Willem Breuker, Twenty minutes in the life of Bill Moons / De Achterlijke Klokkenmaker (side A)

Willem Breuker came to be known for his Kollekteif, which pursued its idiosyncratic take on ensemble jazz and humorous performance for many years.  1973 and 1974, when he made "20 Minutes in the life of Bill Moons" and "De Achterlijke Klokkenmaker", Breuker's work was more conceptual and theatric.  Musical influences including jazz were thrown into the theatrical blender, rather than being foreground elements.  Pictures in the LPs liner notes illustrate the theater piece that "The Simple-Minded Clockmaker" accompanied—at one point, a character even flies above the audience's heads on a simple rope.  The recording also includes speech from the theatrical presentation.  The context of "20 Minutes in the life of Bill Moons" is less clear—it's identified as "a dramatic/musical radio documentary" in the liner notes, and it was made for AVRO radio, who did a great job with the recording.  It's one continuous piece that moves through an obvious series of moods and changes, with some great dramatic synthesizer from Michel Waisvisz.  With only one, open-ended illustration to accompany this piece, the context is harder to discern.