The Concentration of Light Prior to Combustion

The Concentration of Light Prior to Combustion
Studio album / Live album by PGR/Thessalonians
Released	1986 (1986)
Recorded	June 16, 1986 (1986-06-16)
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 (1986) The Unwinding (1986)

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

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

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes of The Concentration of Light Prior to Combustion.

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

• Kim Cascone – instruments
• Dine Forbate – instruments
• Larry Thrasher – instruments

Production and design

• Anthony Michael King (as AMK) – design
• Leonard Marcel – engineering (B1-B3)
• Kevin McMahon – assistant engineering (B1-B3)

Release history

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

External links

• The Concentration of Light Prior to Combustion at Discogs (list of releases)