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''I Hear a New World: an outer space music fantasy'' is a concept album devised and composed by Joe Meek and recorded by the Blue Men in 1959. It was released in part in 1960 and in full in 1991 by RPM Records. It was later analyzed by Barry Cleveland in his book, ''Creative Music Production: Joe Meek's Bold Techniques''. In its September 1998 issue (number 175), music magazine ''The Wire'' listed the album in the lead article "100 Records that Set the World on Fire (When No One Was Listening)".〔(''The Wire'', issue 175 )〕 It was described as having a "profound influence on artists as diverse as Steven Stapleton and Saint Etienne".〔(discogs.com/lists ) ''100 Records That Set The World On Fire (When No One Was Listening)''〕 The title song was covered by the Television Personalities, Mark Sultan and They Might Be Giants in 2004.〔(''I Hear a New World'', covered by They Might Be Giants (2004) )〕 ==Production== The Blue Men were originally the West Five, a skiffle group from Ealing in London. In addition to ''I Hear a New World'', they also recorded under the name of Rodd, Ken and the Cavaliers for Meek. The tracks were recorded at his Holland Park flat and at Lansdowne Studios. The album was Meek's pet project. He was fascinated by the space programme, and believed that life existed elsewhere in the solar system. This album was his attempt "to create a picture in music of what could be up there in outer space", he explained. "At first I was going to record it with music that was completely out of this world but realized that it would have very little entertainment value so I kept the construction of the music down to earth". He achieved this as a sound engineer by blending the Blue Men's skiffle/rock-and-roll style with a range of sound effects created by such kitchen-sink methods as blowing bubbles in water with a straw, draining water out of a sink, shorting out an electrical circuit and banging partly filled milk bottles with spoons; however, one must listen carefully to detect these prosaic origins in the finished product. Another feature of the recordings is the early use of stereophonic sound. The first, eponymous track on the album is the only one to feature conventional vocals. Most of the others are instrumentals; however, some feature high-frequency vocals in the style of The Chipmunks, Pinky and Perky and The Nutty Squirrels. Meek also wrote liner notes for each track to set the scene for each piece; for instance, the notes for "Magnetic Field" read, "This is a stretch of the Moon where there is a strange lack of gravity forcing everything to float three feet above the crust, which with a different magnetic field from the surface sets any article in some sections in vigorous motion, and at times everything is in rhythm". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「I Hear a New World」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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