Experimental America: Cage & Beyond
With The U.S.A. making headlines everywhere these days, we are delighted to offer a superb selection of very rare - and not so rare but difficult to find anyway – vintage records, books, posters and other ephemera pertaining to the Great American Avant-garde Music (and Art). From the essential pioneers and early masters Charles Ives, Harry Partch, David Tudor, and with a special focus on John Cage - with a big selection of historical items - to the wonderful experimental works of the '60s and '70s by the so-called Minimalists Tony Conrad, Charlemagne Palestine, Terry Riley, Philip Glass and Steve Reich, and other innovators like Robert Ashley, Alvin Lucier, David Tudor, Gordon Mumma and beyond. A unique occasion to obtain such scarce and wonderful items - please check the condition in the descriptions as this is vintage stuff - and enjoy the astonishing and wonderful production of the America Avant-garde.
Accordion & Voice
Pauline Oliveros' first LP as soloist in its glorious 1982 original first edition on Lovely, the beginning of a legendary path!
Illuminated by the Moon (4LP + Cd+ Book) box
Long sold-out second edition of 500 numbered copies of this stunning set of 4LP, CD and book in heavy box celebrating Alvin Lucier's 85th birthday.
On the Other Ocean
Original 1978 edition on Lovely Records of an album so startling in its beauty and subtlety that it should be used as a textbook guide for how to approach innovative technology!
In Sara, Mencken, Christ And Beethoven There Were Men And Women
Glorious 1978 first edition with gatefold cover and original innersleeve on Cramps Records' Nova Musicha series of the first ground-breaking LP by fundamental composer Robert Ashley.
Lactamase 01 (10")
Limited edition hand-numbered split 10" with the odd pairing of minimalism master Tony Conrad with the wonderful Legendary Pink Dots' Edward Ka-Spel. Complete with all inserts.
The Japanese Room at La Pagode / May (2x7")
Unplayed mint copy of rare first edition limited to 500 copies with bonus disc and folded poster sleeve of split EP shared by the master Tony Conrad and his pupils Jim O'Roure and David Grubbs.
For Piano I / For Pianist / Burdocks (LP)
Original 1972 LP of Christian Wolff's seminal chance compositions featuring David Tudor, David Behrman, Gordon Mumma, etc. on Wergo’s legendary Studio Reihe Neuer Musik series. Complete with insert.
Enclosure 4: Harry Partch (VHS)
Fourth installment of Innova's documentation of seminal American Avant-garde composer Harry Partch's work. A rare VHS presenting a 1971 film version of Partch's major dramatic work Delusion of the Fury.
Enclosure 1 (VHS)
First installment of Innova's documentation of seminal American Avant-garde composer Harry Partch's work. A rare VHS presenting four historic films.
The Bewitched: A Ballet Satire
Original copy of CRI's 1973 double LP re-issue of Harry Partch alien sounding avant-garde major opus recorded in 1953.
Delusion Of The Fury
Original 1971 firt release on CRI of Harry Partch's monumental opus for an ensemble of unique instruments as a 3xLP box set.
"Concord" Sonata (LP)
First 1962 edition on Time Records' important Series 2000 (Cage, Stockhausen, Kagel, Berio, Wolff, etc.) of one of the most influential compositions on the American avant-garde by maverick composer Charles Ives, performed by Stockhausen's pianist of choice Aloys Kontarsky.
Rainforest IV (LP)
Original 1981 copy in excellent condition of the first edition of Tudor's electronic environment masterpiece from 1973 published by the legendary Edition Block.
Microphone
Original copy in excellent condition with innersleeve of one of the most beloved and sought-after albums released by Cramps on their landmark Nova Musicha series, Tudor's 1978 stunning and extreme electronic piece just as thrilling and ahead of its time today as it was then.
Happy Birthday, a Year from Cage
Brand new agenda spanning 16 months around John Cage thoughts and works. Still untouched!
Mozart Mix
Four-sided flyer for the sound installation of John Cage's Mozart Mix at the legendary gelbe Musik Gallery in Berlin in 1993.
Il Suono Rapido delle Cose
Very nice small photographic poster for the exhibition dedicated to John Cage during the Venice Biennale of 1993.
Europeras 3 and 4
Small two-sided flyer for a performance of John Cage's Europeras 3 and 4 at Hebbel Theater in Berlin in 1990.
Mud Book
Fun hard-bound and beautifully printed 1983 artist book on How to Make Pies and Cakes, a collaboration between John Cage and Lois Long.
Eine kleine Geschichte von Fluxus in drei Teilen 1: John Cage / Nam June Paik
Big two-sided invitation card to a 1983 Fluxus exhibition at daadgalerie in Berlin featuring John Cage and Nam June Paik.