NORGINE LTD. PRESENT "TABLEAU OF A LITHOTOMY" BY MARIN MARAIS (c. 1965)

Norgaine Ltd has been in medical supplies and pharmaceuticals for over 100 years. In the 60s they released this 7" 45 rpm promo-record. Side 'A' is an adaptation of Marais' "Tableau de l'opération de la taille" (1725), a desription of a surgery in musical form. Side B is a dramatic dialogue about constipation between a doctor and a Norgine sales rep. Here the tentacles of capital reach deep into our cultural surfeit, not to mention our our ears and rectums. Welcome to the dreamworld of ideology.

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