The Concentration of Light Prior to Combustion

The Concentration of Light Prior to Combustion
The Concentration of Light Prior to Combustion
Studio album / Live album by PGR/Thessalonians
Released	1986
Recorded	June 16, 1986
Studio	Various Club Foot; (San Francisco, California); Poolside Studios; (San Francisco, California); ;
Genre	Experimental; drone;
Length	58:56
Label	Banned
Thessalonians chronology

The Concentration of Light Prior to Combustion the debut split album of PGR/Thessalonians, released in 1986 by Banned Production.^[1]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Weaponry in Four Stages (Extractions)" (Stage 1)	PGR	3:02
2.	"Weaponry in Four Stages (Extractions)" (Stage 2)	PGR	9:09
3.	"Weaponry in Four Stages (Extractions)" (Stage 3)	PGR	9:56
4.	"Weaponry in Four Stages (Extractions)" (Stage 4)	PGR	8:44

Side two
No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Cries of Children, Cries of Stone"	Thessalonians	7:18
2.	"The Grid Loses Importance"	Thessalonians	13:35
3.	"Twilight Becomes You"	Thessalonians	7:12

Adapted from the liner notes of The Concentration of Light Prior to Combustion.^[2]

Thessalonians

Kim Cascone – instruments, mixing (B1-B3)
David Gardner – instruments, mixing (B1-B3)
David James – instruments, mixing (B1-B3)
Kurt Robinson – instruments, mixing (B1-B3)
Larry Thrasher – instruments, mixing (B1-B3)

PGR

Production and design

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1986	Banned Production	CS	bP/15

^ "Thessalonians: Solaristics". Noh Poetry Records. 2005. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
^ The Concentration of Light Prior to Combustion (booklet). PGR/Thessalonians. Glassell Park, California: Banned Production. 1986.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)