PERFECT LIVES ep-7: The Backyard (T' be Continued) HD Remaster

An opera written and created for television by ROBERT ASHLEY Robert Ashley’s 1983 television opera “about” bank robbery, cocktail lounges, geriatric love, adolescent elopement, et al, in the American Midwest. One of the definitive text-sound compositions of the late 20th century, it has been called a comic opera about reincarnation. ROBERT ASHLEY as “R” (The Narrator) “BLUE” GENE TYRANNY as Buddy (The World’s Greatest Piano Player) JILL KROESEN as Isolde DAVID VAN TIEGHEM as “D” (The Captain of The Football Team) Television Director — JOHN SANBORN Television Producer — CARLOTA SCHOOLMAN Instrumental music beds composed in collaboration with “BLUE” GENE TYRANNY and PETER GORDON Music produced in collaboration with PAUL SHORR Video image processing — DEAN WINKLER and JOHN SANBORN Associate director — MARY PERILLO Videotape editor and Post Production Supervisor — DEAN WINKLER Piano solos and electronic keyboard parts composed by “BLUE” GENE TYRANNY Piano solos based on harmonic progressions by “BLUE” GENE TYRANNY Pre-recorded chorus voices: JILL KROESEN and DAVID VAN TIEGHEM and REBECCA ARMSTRONG (The Supermarket) Costumes and make-up by JACQUELINE HUMBERT Piano landscape-mirrors and color design by MARY ASHLEY Synchronous sound recorded by PAUL SHORR Audio engineer: JOSHUA HARRIS Rhythm templates derived from the “Palace” organ, courtesy of Gulbransen Organ Co. (CBS Musical Instruments) Special thanks to PIERRE AUDI and THE ALMEIDA THEATER (London) PERFECT LIVES was commissioned for television by THE KITCHEN — MARY MACARTHUR GRIFFIN, Director High definition remaster - DEAN WINKLER 2022 Watch for the BluRay collector's edition of the remastered PERFECT LIVES to be released by Lovely Music Ltd. later this year. www.lovely.com