Excerpt from

“The Tortoise Droning Selected Pitches

from

The Holy Numbers

for

The Two Black Tigers,

The Green Tiger

and

The Hermit”

from

“The Tortoise, His Dreams and Journeys”

(1964-present)

 

(or the possible alternate title)

 

Excerpt from

“The Tortoise Recalling The Drone

of

The Holy Numbers

As They Were Revealed

in

The Dreams of The Whirlwind

and The Obsidian Gong

and Illuminated by

The Sawmill,

The Green Sawtooth Ocelot

and

The High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer”

from

“The Tortoise, His Dreams and Journeys”

(1964-present)

 

Performed by The Theatre of Eternal Music

La Monte Young : Voice

Marian Zazeela : Voice

Tony Conrad : Violin

John Cale : Viola

 

Recording source unknown.

Appeared on the 4-CD “Purple Set”

 

Recorded sometime after June 1964 when La Monte Young

abandoned the saxophone in favour of his own voice and

before John Cale started to be replaced by Terry Riley from September 1965.

The most likely (although far from certain)

is one of the first five dates listed below at The Pocket Theatre in NYC.

The title chosen for these performances is the main title listed above.

The alternate title was for the last two dates at the same venue in December.

Titles chosen for the other possible public performance dates are unknown.

It is also possible that this recording was from a private performance for which there is no title.

 

Philadelphia College of Art  (64 X 9),

The Pocket Theatre, NYC  (64 X 30, 64 X 31, 64 XI 20, 64 XI 21, 64 XI 22, 64 XII 12, 64 XII 13),

East End Theatre, NYC (65 III 4),

an invitational performance at the NYC home of Henry Geldzahler (65 III 7)