Nick drew my attention to this appearance by John Cale on the US television show I’ve Got a Secret in 1963, including a piano performance.
Quoted from Nick’s entry in YouTube:
John Cale was the guest on this September 16, 1963 episode of I’ve Got a Secret. His secret centered around his participation in an 18 hour 40 minute piano performance, the first full length presentation of Erik Satie’s “Vexations“. (Not mentioned, John Cage was among the ten pianists taking turns playing the piece that is just three lines long, yet played 840 times.) Seated also on the I’ve Got a Secret stage was Off Broadway actor, Karl Schenzer, who’s secret was that he was the only person to stay for the entire piano concert. On this game show it is interesting to see how artists and television personalities intermix.
In early 1965, John Cale co-founded The Velvet Underground with Lou Reed.
I recorded this footage on January 6, 1987 during the opening of Andy Warhol’s photo exhibition held at the Robert Miller Gallery, then located at 41 East Sixth Street, New York, NY. In the beginning of the video, he autographs a 1961 copy of Amy Vanderbilt’s Complete Cookbook that he had done the illustrations for prior to becoming well known for his pop art creations. Later in the video he autographs my friend’s face and then adds marks to a small photo of Henry Geldzahler. Also in the video, Warhol uses his camera to shoot photos and others take photographs of him. There are interesting moments when camera flashes go off illuminating high contrast, still frames. Tragically, Warhol died 47 days later on February 22, 1987. This video may be among the last of him to have been recorded in public.
