JOHN CAGE (LPx3 ) The 25-Year Retrospective Concert Of The Music Of,KO8Y 1500
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TITLE:
JOHN CAGE (LPx3 ) The 25-Year Retrospective Concert Of The Music Of
KO8Y 1500VINYL CONDITION VG++
COVER/SLEEVE CONDITION: VG+
NOTES ON THE RECORD: None
NOTES ON THE JACKET: Label Maker tape with the name of the album
ANY SEAM SPLITS? None
This three-disc set documents the concert held in the town hall of New York City on May 15, 1958, where 25 years' worth of John Cage's compositions were performed, the largest such event at that point in his career. Presented chronologically, the works increasingly tested the patience of the audience, eventually prompting audible protests. Following the "conventionally" modernist "Six Short Inventions for Seven Instruments," listeners hear the delightful "First Construction in Metal," a percussion-driven piece from 1939 that bridges Edgar Varese with the composer's fascination with Balinese gamelan music, which would achieve sublime form in his compositions for prepared piano several years hence. Though almost 20 years old at the time of the concert, the amazing "Imaginary Landscape No. 1," with its high-frequency recordings, struck and stroked cymbals, and piano, must have sorely tested even the most benevolently inclined audience in 1958, but those at town hall appear to have greeted it warmly, if somewhat tentatively. The second disc is given over to a performance by Maro Ajemian of ten of the sonatas and interludes for prepared piano. If these works have been given superior interpretations in the intervening years (especially by John Tilbury and Joshua Pierce), their loveliness is still quite apparent here. Disc three begins attractively enough, with David Tudor's reading of "Music for Carillon No. 1" sent rippling through the theater. But with Cage's groundbreaking "Williams Mix," things take a more raucous turn and the audience, baffled and perturbed, reacts angrily and noisily. Realized by Cage, Earle Brown, and Tudor on magnetic tape and eight loudspeakers, the piece, heard more than four decades on, sounds
TracklistHide Credits
A1 Six Short Inventions For Seven Instruments 5:24 A2 Construction In Metal Percussion – Manhattan Percussion Ensemble 9:06 A3 Imaginary Landscape No. 1 9:00 B1 The Wonderful Widow Of Eighteen Springs Contralto Vocals – Arline CarmenPiano – John Cage 2:33 She Is Asleep (13:11) B2 Quartet For Twelve Tom Toms Tom Tom – Manhattan Percussion Ensemble 5:01 B3 Duo Contralto Vocals – Arline CarmenPiano – John Cage 8:09 Sonatas And Interludes Piano – Maro Ajemian (28:35) C1 Sonata I 2:50 C2 Sonata II 2:19 C3 Sonata III 2:53 C4 Sonata IV 2:56 C5 First Interlude 3:29 D1 Sonata V 1:28 D2 Sonata VI 2:11 D3 Sonata VII 2:25 D4 Sonata VIII 2:52 D5 Second Interlude 5:07 E1 Music For Carillon Electronics [Electric Carillon] – David Tudor 4:46 E2 Williams Mix 5:43 F Concert For Piano And Orchestra Conductor – Merce CunninghamPiano – David Tudor 26:26Grading Scale
NM - near perfect, played rarely if ever.
VG++ - almost like new with only superficial signs of use that dont affect play. Only well cared for records will grade out to VG++.
VG+ - vinyl may show some slight signs of wear and may have slight scuffs or light scratches that don't affect the sound.
VG - surface noise will be noticeable,but will not overpower the music.
Good,
Good Plus (G+)
or Very Good Minus (VG–)
These records go for 10 to 15 percent of the Near Mint value, if you are lucky.
Good does not mean bad! The record still plays through without skipping, so it can serve as filler until something better comes along. But it has significant surface noise and groove wear, and the label is worn, with significant ring wear, heavy writing, or obvious damage caused by someone trying to remove tape or stickers and failing miserably. A Good to VG– cover has ring wear to the point of distraction, has seam splits obvious on sight and may have even heavier writing, such as, for example, huge radio station letters written across the front to deter theft.
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