Indeterminacy
Variations IV Volume II (LP)
Second volume of excerpts from the ground-breaking and mind-blowing August 1965 sound collage performance (predating Nurse With Wound and Bladder Flask for about 15 years), released by Everest in 1969 (this is a 1970 re-press with different labels). Essential.
Microphone (LP)
The astonishing and influential first solo electronic album by the pianist/composer and one of the rarest on Cramps' superlative "Nova musicha" experimental music series, released in 1978. Some of the best and most extreme electronic music ever.
Music For Merce Cunningham / Dialects / Untitled (LP)
Rare 1998 red vinyl LP on Rotating Arts Press in a limited edition of 200 numbered copies with an undated recording of a satellite broadcast of the electronic environment for a live event by Merce Cunningham, plus two 1988 live radio recording.
John Cage (LP)
The first album on Cramps' superlative "Nova musicha" experimental music series released in 1974, presenting pieces for piano, voice and radio noises spanning from 1947 to 1971, performed by an all-star cast including Walter Marchetti, Demetrio Stratos, Juan Hidalgo and Gianni-Emilio Simonetti.
Cheap Imitation (LP)
17th album on Cramps' superlative "Nova musicha" experimental music series released in 1977, with piano pieces performed by the composer himself recorded live in 1976.
Cheap Imitation (CD)
2000 CD re-issue on Ambersand of the 17th album on Cramps' superlative "Nova musicha" experimental music series released in 1977, with piano pieces performed by the composer himself recorded live in 1976.
Seasons (LP)
1977 LP on ALM with three piano pieces spanning from 1938 to 1969, plus a toccata by Johann Sebastian Bach, superbly performed by Yuji Takahashi.
Cage / Canino (2LP)
1978 double LP set on the obscure Italian label I Dischi Dell'Ippopotamo with a landmark performance of Cage's composition by pianist extraordinnaire Bruno Canino, never re-issued on either CD or LP.
John Cage (LP)
Very Pieces for (prepared) piano, percussion and voice in various combinations from the 1940's and 50's, performed by Joshua Pierce and the Paul Price Percussion Ensemble, released by Tomato in 1978.compositions from the 1940's for (prepared) piano, piano and violin, percussion, performed by pianist Reinbert de Leeuw and released by Philips in 1980, never re-issued on either LP or CD.
Chorals / Cheap Imitation (LP)
1981 LP on CP² Recordings with two compositions respectively from 1978 and 1969 performed on the violin Paul Zukofsky.
Freeman Etudes I-VIII (LP)
1983 LP on CP² Recordings with the demanding late 1970's studies for solo violin performed by by their dedicatee Paul Zukofsky.
Sixteen Dances (LP)
1984 LP on CP² Recordings with the 1951 composition for Merce Cunningham performed by Toronto's New Music Concerts conducted by Paul Zukofsky.
Nocturne / Six Melodies / Amores / A Valentine Out Of Season / Music For Marcel Duchamp (LP)
Very early compositions from the 1940's for (prepared) piano, piano and violin, percussion, performed by pianist Reinbert de Leeuw and released by Philips in 1980, never re-issued on either LP or CD.
Atlas Eclipticalis With Winter Music (4LP box)
Volume 2 of Mode's Complete John Cage Edition released in 1986, a monumental 4LP box set with the simultaneous performance of 1961's Atlas Eclipticalis (version for chamber orchestra) with 1957's Winter Music (version for 3 pianos) sparsely performed by The New Performance Group conducted by the composer himself.
Empty Words Part IV (2LP)
Rare 1987 double LP on Edition Michael Frauenlob Bauer with the composer himself performing his 1970's text-composition recorded live in 1984. Truly extreme stuff.
Thirty Pieces For Five Orchestras / Music For Piano (LP)
1987 LP on Hungaroton matching a 1981 compositions for five orchestras performed by Savaria Symphony Orchestra led by Peter Eötvös with a set of indeterminate solo piano pices from the 1950's performed by several Hungarian composers including László Sáry and Zoltán Jeney.
Empty Words - Parte III (2CD)
2011 re-issue on Ampersand of the 1990 2CD set with the legendary extreme live vocal performance by the composer in Milano in 1977, which caused quite a riot. With slipcase.
Fourteen-Seven-Ten-Three²
Rare 2006 CD on Megadisc Classics of late compositions for ensemble from the late 1980's / early 90's, performed by tJames Fulkerson's Barton Workshop.
John Cage (Book)
Rare first catalogue of Cage’s works published by Peters & Henman Press in 1962.
Diary: How To Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse) Continued Part Three (book)
Rare first edition of Cage's 1967 artist book with multi-colored text, published by Something Else Press in 1967.