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SYR4 - Goodbye 20th Century
September 27, 1999

Everything comes to an end… even the twentieth century.” -Lou Harrison

SONIC YOUTH with
WILLIAM WINANT / JIM O’ROURKE / TAKEHISA KOSUGI
CHRISTIAN WOLFF/ COCO HAYLEY GORDON MOORE
CHRISTIAN MARCLAY / WHARTON TIERS

music composed by
JOHN CAGE, YOKO ONO, CORNELIUS CARDEW, STEVE REICH, TAKEHISA KOSUGI, NICOLAS SLONIMSKY, GEORGE MACIUNAS, JAMES TENNEY, PAULINE OLIVEROS, CHRISTIAN WOLFF

Disc A 40'35

1. Christian Wolff: EDGES (1969) 16'02
CW / JO / KG / LR / SS / TK / TM / WW
� C.F. Peters Corp., BMI.

2. John Cage: SIX (1991) 3rd take 3'01
JO / LR / SS / TK / TM / WW
� Henmar Press, Inc., ASCAP.

3. Pauline Oliveros lyrics by lone: SIX FOR NEW TIME FOR SONIC YOUTH (1999) 8'08
JO / KG / LR / SS / TM / WW
� Deep Listening Publishing, ASCAP.

4. Takehisa Kosugi: + � (1987) 7'02
JO / KG / LR / SS / TK / TM / WW
� Copyright Control, JASRAC.

5. Yoko Ono: VOICE PIECE FOR SOPRANO (1961) 0'12
CHGM
� Yoko Ono.

6. Steve Reich: PENDULUM MUSIC (1968) 5'56
KG / LR / SS / TM
� Universal Editions (London) Ltd.

Disc B 65'45

1. James Tenney: HAVING NEVER WRITTEN A NOTE FOR PERCUSSION (1971) 9'04
JO / KG / LR / SS / TK / TM / WW
� Smith Publications.

2. John Cage: SIX (1991) 4th take 3'02
JO / LR / SS / TK / TM / WW
� Henmar Press, Inc., ASCAP.

3. Christian Wolff: BURDOCKS (1971) 13'16
CM / CW / JO / KG / LR / SS / TK / TM / WW
� C.F. Peters Corp., BMI.

4. John Cage: FOUR6 (1992) 30'20
JO / LR / SS / TK / TM / WW
� Henmar Press, Inc., ASCAP.

5. George Maciunas: PIANO PIECE #13 (CARPENTER’S PIECE) FOR NAM JUNE PAIK (1962) 3'49
KG / LR / SS / TM
� Estate of Geroge Maciunas.
FOR ENHANCED CD VIDEO OF THIS PIECE, INSERT DISC A IN YR COMPUTER.

6. Nicolas Slonimsky: PIECE ENFANTINE (1951) 2'21
WW / LR
� Schirmer Music.

7. Cornelius Cardew: TREATISE page 183 (1967) 3'29
JO / KG / LR / SS / TK / TM / WW
� Peters Editions Ltd., PRS.

Sonic Youth: Kim Gordon / Lee Ranaldo / Steve Shelley / Thurston Moore
with: William Winant / Jim O’Rourke / Takehisa Kosugi
Christian Wolff / Christian Marclay / Coco Hayley Gordon Moore / Wharton Tiers
procudced by SY with William Winant and Jim O'Rourke
recorded and mixed March-Aug 99, NYC
recorded by Wharton Tiers with Luc Suer
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound
Graphics/Digital Encoding: Chris Habib
eggplant purple printing/black vinyl

alt.music.sonic-youth

Jani

Sonic Youth, initially comprising of guitarist / vocalists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo, guitarist / bassist / vocalist Kim Gordon and drummer Richard Edson, were formed in New York City in 1981. A product of the No-Wave music scene of the late 1970s, the group had their roots in abrasive, experimental music, with Moore and Ranaldo having previously worked with the experimental composer Glenn Branca. The band were joined in 1985 by drummer Steve Shelley, and have now recorded 14 albums together, as well as many side and solo projects. Their work has been consistently challenging and innovative, and they are widely regarded as one of the most intriguing and influential bands of their time.