Tracklist

Time's Encomium
A	Part I	14:53
B	Part II	16:47

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center
• Pressed By – Allentown Record Co. Inc.

Credits

• Art Direction – William S. Harvey
• Composed By – Charles Wuorinen
• Coordinator – Teresa Sterne
• Design [Cover Design] – Hess And/Or Antupit
• Illustration – Wilcox*
• Mastered By – Pete Helffrich
• Sleeve Notes – Charles Wuorinen

Notes

Time's Encomium was composed and realized between January 1968 and January 1969, at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York.

a Nonesuch Records commission

This data (when provided) is identical to other releases and confirmed as valid. The composition won a Pulitzer prize but this is not in evidence in releases produced prior to this award.

DETAIL OF THIS RELEASE

On THIS release the Matrix/Run-out data is faint and difficult to photograph, but sufficiently legible to interpret as stated:

"ARC" is the pressing facility: Allentown Record Co. Inc.

The "Pete Helffrich" signature seems illegible but his identity is known and associated with ARC in numerous other examples.

The "7-26-69" follows closely but only the first digit is debatable. This is the date of production.

Whole some releases have distinctly-different label designs, others are identical or nearly-so. For the latter. subtle differences with the placement of print on the labels were also examined closely. Variations may be seem with the precise location of print on either side of the spindle in relation to the inner circle of the vinyl.

At this time the variations observed may be attributed to the placement of identical labels in slightly different positions.

In THIS release:

Side A, left side, the "S" of "STEREO" and the "H" of the catalog number begin just inside the circle, and on the right side, the "EO" and ":53" cross the line.

Side B, left side, the "S" of "STEREO" and the "H" of the catalog number fall on the line itself, and on the right side, the "E" also falls on the line, and the ":" just inside it.

COMPARISONS WITH OTHER RELEASES:

THIS release may be identical to
Charles Wuorinen - Time's Encomium (For Synthesized & Processed Synthesized Sound)

Label print placement is one small variant, but the primary reason to a new submission is in the matrix run-out data, which is probably the same (but misread). It states:

Side A: H 71225 A Pete Helffrig ARC725-4
Side B: H 71225 B Pete Helffrig ARC725-9

Compared with "ARC 7-26-69" as seem for both sides of THIS release, the missing dashes and "6" of "69" are a concern, but misreading "6" as "5" and "9" as "4" could easily be done. Or might two lacquers have been cut on consecutive days, the 25th and 26th of July, 1969?

These are likely to be the identical release, but until the other contributor can verify this proposed correction, it seems inappropriate to overwrite my data on theirs. Therefore THIS one is submitted separately for comparison.

COMPARISON WITH OTHER RELEASES

Side A of
Charles Wuorinen - Time's Encomium (For Synthesized & Processed Synthesized Sound)
shifts the placement of the words one character left. This could be a variance in production, not design. But this release credits Bob Ludwig as the mastering engineer -- clearly contradicted by the data of THIS release.
Bob Ludwig

Charles Wuorinen - Time's Encomium (For Synthesized & Processed Synthesized Sound)
has a completely new set of production credits:
"Lacquer Cut At – Masterdisk"
"Lacquer Cut At – Sterling Sound"
"Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation"

Charles Wuorinen - Time's Encomium (For Synthesized & Processed Synthesized Sound)
is identified as a 1970 repressing with Side B remastered by Bob Ludwig:
"Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout): H 71225 A Pete Helffrich"
"Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout): H-7̶1̶2̶5̶5̶-B RE-1 71225 B STERLING RL"

Charles Wuorinen - Time's Encomium (For Synthesized & Processed Synthesized Sound)
also admits to a 1970 origin (but not as a repressing), and provides yet another variation on the matrix/runout data:
"(Runout etching side A): H 71225 A 2590 002 A-1 Pete Helffrig"
"(Runout etching side B): 2590 002 B-1 H 71225 B Pete Helffrig"

Charles Wuorinen - Time's Encomium (For Synthesized & Processed Synthesized Sound)
is identified as a repressing and belongs to a different family of label designs.

Charles Wuorinen - Time's Encomium (For Synthesized & Processed Synthesized Sound)
is identified as a Canadian reissue by WEA Music Of Canada, Ltd.

Charles Wuorinen - Time's Encomium
is designated as a UK release, and lacks label images, production credits, and deadwax data.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side A): H 71225 A Pete Helffrig ARC725-4
• Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side B): H 71225 B Pete Helffrig ARC725-9
• Matrix / Runout: H 71125 A ... Pete Helffrich ... ARC 7-26-69
• Matrix / Runout: H 71125 B ... Pete Helffrich ... ARC 7-26-69

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
H-71225	Charles Wuorinen	Time's Encomium (For Synthesized & Processed Synthesized Sound) ‎(LP, Album)	Nonesuch	H-71225	US	1969
H-71225	Charles Wuorinen	Time's Encomium (For Synthesized & Processed Synthesized Sound) ‎(LP, Album, RP, Pul)	Nonesuch	H-71225	US	Unknown
2590 002	Charles Wuorinen	Time's Encomium (For Synthesized & Processed Synthesized Sound) ‎(LP, Album)	Nonesuch	2590 002	UK	1970
H-71225	Charles Wuorinen	Time's Encomium (For Synthesized & Processed Synthesized Sound) ‎(LP, Album)	Nonesuch	H-71225	US	1969
H-71225	Charles Wuorinen	Time's Encomium (For Synthesized & Processed Synthesized Sound) ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Nonesuch	H-71225	Canada	Unknown