aworks reverse ordered list :: american top 40, aworks edition

Alvin Lucier via last.fm

In honor of the retirement of Casey Casem, here's the aworks blog edition of American Top 40, for the preceding week of listening. It's been thirty years since I was a reliable AT40 listener so I mostly just remember the AM station where I first head the show, "long distance dedications" and of course the reverse countdown:

40. Infogee Rhapsody. Vijay Iyer & Mike Ladd
39. Mysterious Traveler. Weather Report
38. A Remark You Made. Weather Report
37. Glasspiece #2 ('Facades'). Philip Glass
36. Ode. Beth Anderson
35. Ionisation. Edgard Varése. American Percussion Society
34. Tower of Power. Beth Anderson
33. A Room. John Cage. Anthony De Mare
32. String Quartet No. 8. Gloria Coates
31. Dedication. Thad Jones and Mel Lewis
30. Music in Twelve Parts. Philip Glass
29. Rothko Chapel. Morton Feldman
28. Scircura. Chas Smith
27. A Tribute to James Tenney. Alvin Lucier
26. In Memoriam Stuart Marshall. Alvin Lucier. Anthony Burr and Charles Curtis
25. Still And Moving Lines Of Silence In Families Of Hyperbolas. Alvin Lucier. Anthony Burr and Charles Curtis
24. Rosemary Swale. Beth Anderson. Rubio String Quartet
23. String Quartet No. 2 ("Company"). Philip Glass. Smith Quartet
22. In Memoriam John Higgins. Alvin Lucier
21. Violin Concerto Nr.1 'On the Nature of Love'. Robert Kyr.
20. Batter My Heart from Doctor Atomic. John Adams. bootleg recording from the SF premiere
19. The Screens. Philip Glass & Foday Musa Suso
18. String Quartet No. 2 ("Company"). Philip Glass. Kronos Quartet
17. In Memoriam Stuart Marshall. Alvin Lucier
16. Survey of Brutality. Phog Masheen.
15. Printemps II. George Antheil. Ensemble Modern
14. Appalachia Waltz. Mark O'Connor. Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra
13. The Seasons. John Cage. Philipp Vandré
12. Teo!. Maryann Amacher
11. Jazz Study. John Cage. Philipp Vandré
10. Skies of America. Ornette Coleman. London Symphony Orchestra
9. Charles Curtis. Alvin Lucier. Anthony Burr and Charles Curtis
8. The Wire. Alvin Lucier
7. Nutty. Thelonious Monk
6. Crepescule With Nellie. Archie Shepp
5. Phantom Waltz. Meredith Monk. Double Edge
4. A Room. John Cage. Steffen Schleiermacher
3. Sutra for Winter. Steve Layton
2. A Room. John Cage. Philipp Vandré
1. John McLaughlin. Miles Davis

I think it is safe to say none of this music was ever played on the real American Top 40...

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I want to give him some tribute too... I'll add up his music in my music library.