Beuys Laughing / Beuys Lacht

Contains previously unreleased/unpublished two pieces of sound works created by Siegfried Schäfer in 1974, using Joseph Beuys' laughter as sound source material originally recorded by Klaus Staeck and Gerhard Steidl, two of companions for 1974 Beuys' American tour who documented Beuys' lectures, conferences and workshops in every stage. Remastered from the original master tapes discovered after lost of a period of 47 years. [Technical details of original master tape] Siegfried Schäfer, Bresche-Studios, Göttingen, Germany Recording: Revox A77, IEC, 2 track, 19cm/s, mono (both tracks) Audio tape: BASF LGR 30P Duration A-side: 10:56 min. Duration B-side: 11:29 min. Completed on 26 February 1974 [Digital processing] Pauler Acoustics - professional audio, Northeim, Germany Mastering: Hans-Jörg Maucksch DMM disc-cutting: Günter Pauler Mechanical restoration of original magnetic tape, digitalization with Studer A820 tape recorder and Merging Horus A/D converter Sound restoration and editing (noise reduction, removal of static) with Sonic Solutions NoNoise System, for A-side 10:40 and B-side 11:24 Direct metal mastering (DMM) with Neumann VMS-82 processor (copper matrices) and Pyramix audio workstation ©2021 Gerhard Steidl, Klaus Staeck for the photos ©2021 Eve Beuys represented by VG Bildkunst ©2021 Steidl Publishers and Edition Staeck for this edition Separations by Steidl Image Department Printed in Germany by Steidl Includes 4-page booklet with photos and notes in English and Germany. Limited edition of 2,000 records.