Description: This is a 33 1/3 record to "SUPERSONIC GUITARS" featuring the 1957 MID CENTURY MODERN ART Solar TOY Art CHARLES EAMES called THE DO NOTHING MACHINE This is VOL. 2 BILLY MURE 33 1/3 LP to SUPERSONIC GUITARS In 1957, the Aluminum Company of America invited the Eames Office to participate in an advertising initiative called the Forecast Program. As a result, Charles and Ray Eames created one of the first usages of solar electricity. They called the device, The Solar Do-Nothing Machine. The Forecast Program invited designers across the country to submit aluminum prototypes highlighting the strengths of the material. By programs end, over 20 Designers across the country contributed prototypes to demonstrate the advantage of aluminum. Among those designers were Alexander Girard, who developed aluminum shelving, and Isamu Noguchi, who used aluminum to design a Prismatic Table. The Eames Office, famous for its furniture, was specifically tasked with creating an aluminum toy. In the true Eames fashion of “Toys are never as innocent as they appear,” they set forth to investigate the use of solar energy in combination with the lightweight, reflective properties of aluminum. After months of experimenting, the office created what they called the Solar Do-Nothing Machine. But this do-nothing machine did something. The contraption converted sunlight into electrical energy to run ten motion displays. A polished aluminum reflector screen reflected sunlight onto two panels of twelve cells, converting the light to electrical energy. Wires conducted the energy to six small one and a half volt motors, placed on (you guessed it) aluminum pedestals, driving a series of pulleys and belts, causing the mounted shapes to revolve. The Eames Solar Toy, as whimsical as it may seem, is very purposeful. It turns out that this is a machine that “produces” awareness. When Alcoa asked Charles and Ray to build an aluminum toy, first they wondered whether to take on the problem at all. “Life,” said Eames, “is too full of real problems to permit introducing hypothetical ones. ” They only took on the assignment when they realized that the toy could be useful and educational. Charles said, “Then it occurred to us that there are some things worth promoting, and the conservation of natural resources looked like a likely one. A demonstration of solar energy as a practical source of power appeared to be a not uninteresting way of promoting resource conservation.” They called the device, The Solar Do-Nothing Machine. Whenever they are heard, Billy Mure and his Supersonic Guitars continue to point up the happy fact that there is something new and exciting in the world of popular music. Songs performed by the Mure contingent crackle with excitement. Every number is full of sound, and listeners are treated to a supersonic display of talent which turns each hearing into an audio treat. This second album of Billy Mure's Supersonic Guitars offers twelve glittering examples of guitar artistry. Conceived by Mure and Eddie Heller, the album takes the listener on a supersonic tour which covers a worldwide range of tempos and moods. There are four electric guitars, led by Billy's, and an ensemble composed mainly of drums, bongos, vibes, marimba, piano, and organ. Visible Cover Edge Wear please see pics THIS RECORD IS IN GOOD please see pics CONDITION .
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Location: Kailua Kona, Hawaii
End Time: 2024-11-21T13:56:57.000Z
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