Deutsche Grammophon
Steve Reich & Musicians - Reich: Drumming; Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ; Six Pianos (2026 Reissue)) Steve Reich & Musicians
To celebrate composer Steve Reich’s 90th birthday on 3 October 2026, DG is releasing a deluxe, hand-numbered and limited-edition ‘Original Source’ edition of his groundbreaking 1974 recording of *Drumming*, along with two further earlier works. The set is released in the original LP format with authentic packaging and includes Reich’s original liner notes featuring numerous photographs from the recording sessions, as well as a detailed article containing Reich’s original correspondence with his DG producer.
To ensure the best possible sound quality, the recordings have been remastered and edited from the original 4-track tapes for the first time.
This limited and numbered release is available on 180g vinyl in a luxurious 3-LP box set featuring the original cover art, and includes additional photographs as well as facsimiles of the original recording logs and tape sleeves.
The vinyl series The Original Source presents outstanding recordings from the 1960s and 1970s in a whole new level of sound quality. To achieve this, the renowned Emil Berliner Studios have remastered and cut the original multitrack tapes using technologies developed specifically for the production of this series, in 100% analogue quality (AAA). The differences in sound quality compared to the original releases are considerable: greater clarity, more subtle nuances and improvements in the frequency response, coupled with less background noise, distortion and compression, deliver an audiophile listening experience like never before.
Track List
LP1
Side A
A1 - 01 | Part I (Russ Hartenberger, Bob Becker, James Preiss)
Side B
B1 - 01 | Part II (Tim Ferchen, Russ Hartenberger, Steve Reich, Steve Chambers, Cornelius Cardew, Bob Becker, Ben Harms, Glen Velez, Joan LaBarbara, Jay Clayton)
LP2
Side A
A1 - 01 | Part III (Leslie Scott, Glen Velez, Bob Becker, Russ Hartenberger, James Preiss, Steve Reich)
Side B
B1 - 01 | Part IV (Leslie Scott, Tim Ferchen, Steve Reich, Steve Chambers, Russ Hartenberger, Glen Velez, Bob Becker, James Preiss, Ben Harms, Cornelius Cardew, Jay Clayton, Joan LaBarbara)
LP3
Side A
A1 - 01 | Six Pianos (Steve Chambers, James Preiss, Russ Hartenberger, Bob Becker, Steve Reich, Glen Velez)
Side B
B1 - 01 | Music For Mallet Instruments, Voices And Organ (Russ Hartenberger, Bob Becker, Tim Ferchen, Steve Reich, Glen Velez, Ben Harms, James Preiss, Janice Jarrett, Joan LaBarbara, Jay Clayton, Steve Chambers)
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Once we receive your record, it will be tested by a member of staff in store.
If your record is deemed as faulty, you will be entitled to a refund, swap or store credit (to the same value as your initial purchase).
If this record is not deemed as faulty, we will not cover any additional postage and packaging costs incurred by either you or us, and we will not be able to offer you a refund, store credit or swap.
Basically, please be absolutely certain the record you have purchased is faulty before following the returns procedure. If possible, we suggest testing the record on different turntables and weighting the tone arm differently.
Steepletone and Crosley Record Players
After having several “faulty” records returned to us (that in actuality had nothing wrong with them), we cannot guarantee that any records we sell will play correctly Crosley or Steepletone branded record players.