John Cage performs Cage - The Text Pieces 1: The Artists Pieces
John Cage   mode 84/85   Mode Records - A Record Label Devoted
to New Music John Cage performs Cage The Text Pieces 1: The
Artists Pieces  mode 84/85 (2-CDs)  Series re Morris
Graves  (1973) 80:05  Art is Either a Complaint or Do Something
Else  32:38  What You Say  (1979) 10:34  John Cage was a
"renaissance man": composer, musician, visual artist and a
writer/poet. Unfortunately, until now, Cage's special text
pieces have not been available on CD. Now, in conjunction with
The John Cage Trust, a series of archival recordings will be
issued.  Cage's readings of his text are legend-as recited with
his unique, gentle voice, they often had a "musical" quality.
Even now, several years after his death, no one else can recite
them as well; few even try. Cage's declamations give his texts
an aural signature-so strong is his voice, even on records, that
you hear it in your head when you read his text alone.  These
are not stories in the traditional sense