{"product_id":"charles-joseph-smith-collected-works-and-war-of-the-martian-ghosts-2lp-vinyl","title":"CHARLES JOSEPH SMITH - Collected Works and War of the Martian Ghosts - 2LP - Vinyl [APR 3]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2LP - The definitive collection of Dr. Charles Joseph Smith's original recordings in a deluxe double vinyl Collector's Edition set. First Pressing (ed. of 500). Two 150g Black Vinyl Discs in black polylined innersleeves. Single pocket jacket with extra wide spine. Includes a twelve page full colour Liner Notes Booklet insert (11 in. x 11 in.) containing 30 archival photographs, poetry, interviews, quotes, and 9000 words of liner notes about the life and work of Charles Joseph Smith.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCollected Works and War of the Martian Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e is the definitive recorded collection of living Chicago DIY legend, \u003cstrong\u003eDr. Charles Joseph Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e. Born on Chicago's southside in 1970, Smith is a lifelong resident of the Beverly neighbourhood who went on to earn 3 degrees in piano (Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate) and perform as a concert pianist in 5 countries (USA, Italy, Germany, France and Hungary). The album also marks the first archival release from Chicago’s Sooper Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll of the music here is being made widely available for the first time. This 90-minute collection is compiled from 30 years of Charles’ self-released original music spanning concert piano, electroacoustic experimentation, electronic beats, free improvisation, and two instrumental sketches of his evolving sci-fi opera, \u003cem\u003eWar of the Martian Ghosts\u003c\/em\u003e (a 2023 electronic realisation, and a 2018 piano realisation). This double Vinyl \/ Triple CD Collector’s Edition comes with an extensive Insert Booklet containing 9000 words including poetry, interviews, quotes, 30 archival photographs, and extensive liner notes on the life and work of Charles Joseph Smith written by \u003cstrong\u003eSooper\u003c\/strong\u003e co-founder \u003cstrong\u003eGlenn Curran\u003c\/strong\u003e (edited by \u003cstrong\u003eSadie Dupuis\u003c\/strong\u003e). This is a piece of Chicago music history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Charles Joseph Smith’s remarkable story begins with a mute child’s gift for music, and the purposeful way he nurtured this talent to become both life practice and raison d'être. Charles recounts this artistic journey in his autobiography, The 88 Keys that Opened Doors, a self-published book that chronicles a life in which music was (and still is) the primary key to overcoming immense challenges posed by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis career as a musician starts in the church, reaches into the international concert piano circuit, and eventually settles to bear strange fruit in Chicago’s experimental underground. Along the way, Charles Joseph Smith’s compositional voice absorbed and metabolised popular music spanning pop to jazz, the gospel of the church, the canon of the classical conservatory, modern dance scores, and the rule-shattering experimentalism of his city’s DIY subculture, where he has been a mainstay for over 30 years. Since the mid-1990s, Charles has been performing, dancing, and selling his self-published musical and written works in person, often at the local shows he frequents. He is known around Chicago as a living symbol of the power of music, and of the beloved spirit of community at the heart of DIY. This is the definitive collection of his original recordings—though it would be impossible to ever encompass the galaxies of music, poetry, and prose penned by the prolific Dr. Charles Joseph Smith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDISC ONE - COLLECTED WORKS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSide A\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSounds of the Beach – Two Voices (2002)\u003cbr\u003eLe Leader Negatif (2008)\u003cbr\u003eBeats for Katie S. 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