Cramps Records CRSCD 097

CAGE / UNCAGED - a rock/experimental hommage to John Cage

1. David Byrne: Cage and the Long Island Express way and Enlightened Whistler 4:56
2. John Cage: Excerpt No.1 0:17
3. Debbie Harry: In Just-Spring (composed by John Cage: no.3 from '5 Songs for Contralto) 1:05
4. John Cage: Excerpt No.2 0:56
5. Arto Lindsay: Proust 2:43
6. John Cage: Excerpt No.3 0:39
7. Ars Hell and Mutt: John Cage Descending 0:35
8. John Cage: Excerpt No.4 0:31
9. John Zorn: Naked City (excerpt) 5:57
10. John Cage: Excerpt No.5 0:31
11. Chris Stein: Right in the Head 0:59
12. John Cage: Excerpt No.6 0:25
13. Amy Denio: Dishwasher 4:07
14. John Cage: Excerpt No.7 0:56
15. David Weinstein and Shelly Hirsch: Cheap Imitation (composed by David Weinstein) 3:56
16. Lee Ranaldo: 329 Overtones for J.C. 3:00
17. Ann Magnuson and John Zorn: Helmut Newton Told Me - Wish You Were Here - Oh! To Be Invited to the Venice Biennale 4:46
18. John Cage: Excerpt No.8 0:21
19. Jello Biafra and Eugene Chadbourne: Overpopulation and Art (text by John Cage) 3:48
20. John Cage: Excerpt No.9 0:14
21. Lou Reed excerpt from 'Metal Machine Music' 3:34
22. John Cage: Excerpt No.10 4:36
23. Elliott Sharp: inDET (samples from Cage's 'Indeterminacy') 0:39
24. John Cage: The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs (1942), performed by Joey Ramone 2:21
25. John Cage: Excerpt No.11 0:23

All John Cage excerpts are from John Cage's 'Silence' and 'A Year from Monday'.

Cage excerpts recorded: December 1968 and March 1969 at 222 Bowery in New York City (Initially released on LP on Giorno Poetry Systems)
Other works recorded at various times and locations. This project was created by the Institute for Contemporary Art in New York, Alanna Heiss, President and Executive Director, in conjunction with Il Suono rapido delle cose, an exhibition of and tribute to the work of John Cage. It was presented at the XLV Venice Biennale from June 9 - October 10, 1993.

Currently available on LP Get Back GET5301 and CD Edel 0138652CRA
CD released in 1998

Source: Original CD