
"What I enjoy most about being on stage is that the natural instruments give you a greater freedom with texture. When you use natural instruments they have their own resonance."
John Cale
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New York in the 60s
Stainless Gamelan:
Inside The Dream Syndicate Vol III
About this album
Third disc of 3 CD's released in December 2001. Table of the Elements. TOE-CD-80.
Tracks:
- Stainless Steel Gamelan (10.30) (mid 1960s)
John Cale and Sterling Morrison: Cembalet/Fretless guitar
- At About This Time Mozart Was Dead And Joseph Conrad Was Sailing The Seven Seas Learning English (26.27) (recorded May 67)
John Cale: Wollensak
John Cale and Sterling Morrison: Viola, Guitar
- Terry's Cha-Cha (8.20) (recorded May 1967)
John Cale: Wollensak
Angus MacLise: Hand drums, tambourine
Terry Jennings: Soprano saxophone
- After the Locust (4.18) (recorded circa 1968)
John Cale: Electric piano
Tony Conrad: Thunder machine
- Big Apple Express (5.45) (recorded early/mid 1960's)
John Cale: Viola, tape
New York Fire Department: vocal
Produced from archival recordings by Tony Conrad, Buffalo NY, USA.
Liner notes by David Fricke.
Stainless Gamelan review by Ken Clark.