V04-T01 A Door Is Ajar

.....A new year, a new volume. Let's dive in, shall we?

Volume 4: "THE LITTLE BROWN ONES ARE THORAZINE, GEORGE", track 1

• 00:40 "A DOOR IS AJAR"(Traditional, arranged by Kronos Quartet)
• performed by Kronos Quartet
• original source: CD WINTER WAS HARD Elektra/Nonesuch 79181(US)1988
• and my source: the same

.....According to my notes from 1994:

"This is not an excerpt-- this is an entire and complete track which closes what I think is Kronos' third album for Nonesuch. I've used it to open part four because I think that it's far more appropriate-- this is essentially what is heard when someone has just entered a car, and that implies that a journey is about to begin. What most intrigued me about this track (typical archivist) is the credit-- 'Traditional'. Is this not the new folk music?

"The person who actually wrote the exact words used labored in corporate anonymity and is not credited anywhere in owners' manuals or other company publications. The car's manufacturer probably never thought to copyright the recording. The process of establishing a claim of ownership (let alone pursuing it in the courts should someone 'steal' it) would probably cost more than exclusive ownership would generate. Even though it doesn't create a profit, the recording is played over and over, heard by millions, recognized instantly.

"Is this not the new folk music? Also curious is how this could be 'arranged' for a string quartet.

"This was supposed to kick off a theme of car songs, but many key selections were missing from my collection, so I did some stream of consciousness reprogramming."

.....The next track suggests where the car theme might have taken us.