JOHN CAGE 25th RETROSPECTIVE CONCERT RARE ORIG'59 3-LP BOX SET LP w/BOOK+INSERTS

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·       JOHN CAGE - THE 25th YEAR RETROSPECTIVE CONCERT OF THE MUSIC OF JOHN CAGE – ULTRA-RARE ORIGINAL 1959 PRIVATELY PRESSED STEREO 3-LP BOX SET; (NO LABEL, NO CATALOG NUMBER, BUT THE MATRICES STAMPED ON THE LABEL IDENTIFY THE TITLE AS KOBY1499-1505)

·       ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING

·       ORIGINAL, NONDESCRIPT BLACK PRIVATE PRESSING LABELS WITH SILVER PRINT AND WITHOUT ANY SIGNIFICANT GRAPHICS OR ARTWORK

·       APPARENTLY, AN RCA VICTOR CUSTOM PRESSING

·       Includes original booklet and all 12 inserts/scores

·       ALSO INCLUDES ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET IN THE LEPORELLO FORMAT

·       THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING; THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.

·       ORIGINAL, 1/2" THICK, LINEN-LINED CARDBOARD BOX

·       CLEAN, WEAR-FREE LABELS

·       THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING

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Recorded live at Town Hall, NYC in May of 1958, this historic concert (organized by Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg) was a retrospective of Cage’s work from 1934 to the present. Here Cage’s interest in technology, Eastern philosophies, and the concept of “silence” and “chance” as related to composition come to the fore as he plays some of his most significant and controversial pieces of his career, several of which (“Six Short Inventions for Seven Instruments”, “She Is Asleep”, “Music for Carillon”, and “Concerto for Piano and Orchestra” [in which Merce Cunningham took the part of the conductor – the “living clock” – and David Tudor that of the pianist]), were performed here for the first time ever. This concert created quite a stir for its time, with many journalists and audience members loudly complaining “this isn’t music”! Includes booklet with comments by Cage himself.

Track list

A1 Six Short Inventions For Seven Instruments

A2 First Construction In Metal

A3 Imaginary Landscape No. 1

A4 The Wonderful Widow Of Eighteen Springs

B1 Sonatas And Interludes - Sonata I

B2 Sonatas And Interludes - Sonata II

B3 Sonatas And Interludes - Sonata III

B4 Sonatas And Interludes - Sonata IV

B5 Sonatas And Interludes - First Interlude

B6 Sonatas And Interludes - Sonata V

B7 Sonatas And Interludes - Sonata VI

B8 Sonatas And Interludes - Sonata VII

B9 Sonatas And Interludes - Sonata VIII

B10 Second Interlude

C1 Music For Carillon No. 1

C2 Williams Mix

C3 She Is Asleep [Quartet]

C4 She Is Asleep [Duo]

D1 Concert For Piano And Orchestra

Credits

Composed By – John Cage; Liner Notes – George Avakian, John Cage; Performer – Allan Martin, Albert Kaufman, Anahid Ajemian, Andrew Lolya, Arline Carmen, Burton Fisch, David Tudor, Don Butterfield, Doris Dennison, Douglas Allan, Earle Brown, Frank Rehak, Isadore Cohen, Jesse Taiko, Joan Brockway, John Cage, Margaret Jansen, Maro Ajemian, Marvin Rosenberg, Melvyn Broiles, Merce Cunningham, Michael Colgrass, Paul Price, Philip Brown, Sy Schwartzberg, Warren Smith, William Gromko, Xenia Cage; Piano – Maro Ajemian; Concert Produced By – Emile de Antonio, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg; Recorded By – Robert E. Blake

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·                               CONDITION:

·                               RECORD

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(a)          WE GRADE THE VINYL AS NEAR MINT. The original luster is very much intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.

(b)          The album comes with the original booklet still intact.

(c)           The records come with all 12 original inserts/scores

(d)          The records are pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording!

(e)           Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording!!!

·       COVER (1/2" box)

THE BOX IS NICE --- ABOUT EXCELLENT OR VERY GOOD++ (VG++).

The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:

-        The box has some light ring wear (nothing significant); On the scale from 1 to 10 (1 being the least, and 10 being the most severe), we assess the severity of ring wear as 2 (front side) and 3 (back side)

-        The box shows some light yellowing on both sides, apparently from aging.

-        A few tiny yellowish spots/stains noted on the linen surface on the spine and the top seam

-        The box has a small, rectangular, sticker residue (small yellowish discoloration from the removed price sticker)

NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER

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