Ian Helliwell's "Tape Leaders: A Compendium of Early British Electronic Music Composers" (2016/2021)






England: Velocity Press (book), 2021.
7" x 9" x 0.75", 220 pages, hardcover without dust jacket as issued. No CD, unlike the 1st edition.

Tape Leaders: A Compendium of Early British Electronic Music Composers by Ian Helliwell, as re-published in 2021 by Velocity Press (England).

This has an entry for William S. Burroughs at page 27, despite Burroughs being American. 

William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin are mentioned at a few points in this book, particularly in the entry for Daevid Allen, fellow Paris "Beat Hotel" resident.

Contents: 

  • "Reader's Guide" (foreword)
  • "Electronic Music Composers A-Z":
    • Daevid Allen
    • Barry Anderson
    • John Baker
    • Laurie Scott Baker
    • Don Banks
    • Janet Beat
    • David Bedford
    • Ernest Berk
    • Harrison Birtwistle
    • Michael Blake
    • Desmond Briscoe
    • George Brown
    • John Buller
    • William S. Burroughs
    • Tristam Cary
    • Lawrence Casserley
    • Malcolm Clarke
    • Cyril Clouts
    • Bob Cobbing
    • Justin Connolly
    • Roy Cooper
    • Edward Cowie
    • Howard Davidson
    • Hugh Davies
    • Brian Dennis
    • Delia Derbyshire
    • Michael Dress
    • Grahame Dudley
    • Terence Dwyer
    • Jack Ellitt
    • Brian Eno
    • Malcolm Fox
    • Ron Geesin
    • Roberto Gerhard
    • Anthony Gilbert
    • Ranulph Glanville
    • Stanley Glasser
    • Ken Gray
    • Peter Grogono
    • Graham Hearn
    • Donald Henshilwood
    • Brian Hodgson
    • James Ingram
    • Wilfred Josephs
    • F. C. Judd
    • Peter Keene
    • Basil Kirchin
    • Raymond John Leppard
    • Desmond Leslie
    • John Lifton
    • Ronald Lloyd
    • David Lloyd-Howells
    • Anna Lockwood
    • David Lumsdaine
    • John Herbert McDowell
    • Joe Meek
    • John Metcalf
    • Jacob Meyerowitz
    • Thea Musgrave
    • George Newson
    • Daphne Oram
    • Richard Orton
    • Morris Pert
    • David Piper
    • Malcolm Pointon
    • Andrew Powell
    • Howard Rees
    • John Marlow Rhys
    • Alan Ridout
    • David Rowland
    • Leonard Salzedo
    • Peter Schmidt
    • Humphrey Searle
    • Robert Sherlaw Johnson
    • James Siddons
    • Roger Smalley
    • Tim Souster
    • Alan Sutcliffe
    • Robert Swain
    • John Tavener
    • Stephen Trowell
    • Edgar Vetter
    • David Vorhaus
    • Margaret Lucy Wilkins
    • Marc Wilkinson
    • Edward Williams
    • Keith Winter
    • Trevor Wishart
    • Geoffrey Wright
    • Peter Zinovieff
  • "Experimental Amateurs"
    • Denis B. Affleck
    • Ralph O. Broone
    • Paul R. Carnell
    • Steve Duckworth
    • Kevin Edwards
    • Leslie James Hills
    • Trevor F. Holmes
    • Ian Loveday
    • George West
    • Peter West
    • Brian Whibley
    • Barry Witherden
    • Stuart Wynn Jones
    • other amateurs
  • "Electronic Music Groups"
    • The Beatles
    • Gentle Fire
    • Half Landing
    • Hawkwind
    • Intermodulation
    • Light/Sound Workshop
    • Music Plus
    • Naked Software
    • Quiet Pavement Ensemble
    • Unit Delta Plus
    • White Noise
  • "EMS – Electronic Music Studios"
  • "The BBC Radiophonic Workshop"
  • "Tape Leaders CD" [no CD present in the 2021 edition, but notes are present]
  • "Information, Credits and Index"

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