New York in the 1960s

New York in the 1960s
Box set by John Cale
Released	17 August 2004
Genre	Drone, avant-garde, minimalist
Length	186:11
Label	Table of the Elements
John Cale chronology
HoboSapiens (2003) New York in the 1960s (2004) Le Bataclan '72 (2004)

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New York in the 1960s is an album by Welsh-born musician John Cale. It was released in August 2004 on American independent label Table of the Elements. It was three-CD box set of Cale's recording from 1960s.

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Sun Blindness Music, for organ" – 31:37
2. "Summer Heat, for guitar" – 0:29
3. "The Second Fortress, for vox organ" – 10:38

Disc 2

1. "Dream Interpretation, for viola & violin" – 20:35
2. "Ex-Cathedra, for vox organ" – 5:04
3. "[untitled] for piano" – 12:30
4. "Carousel, for synthesizer" – 2:34
5. "A Midnight Rain of Green Wrens at the World's Tallest Building, for viola" – 3:20
6. "Hot Scoria, for guitar & cimbalom" – 9:20

Disc 3

1. "Stainless Steel Gamelan, cembalet & fretless guitar" – 10:24
2. "At About This Time Mozart Was Dead And Joseph Conrad Was Sailing the Seven Seas Learning English pt. 1, for wollensak, viola & guitar" – 26:29
3. "Terry's Cha-Cha, for ensemble" – 8:21
4. "After the Locust, for electric piano & thunder machine" – 4:19
5. "Big Apple Express, for viola, tape & voice" – 7:45
6. "Cold Starry Nights, for voice, sarinda & bowed cembalom" – 2:19
7. "Silent Shadows on Cinemaroc Island, for ensemble" – 8:42

Personnel

• John Cale – viola, organ, piano, electric piano, guitar, electronics, cembalet
• Sterling Morrison – guitar
• Angus MacLise – cimbalom, tambourine, percussion
• Terry Jennings – soprano saxophone
• Tony Conrad – violin
• Jack Smith – voices
• New York Fire Department – voices