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, better known for his work as the violist and founding member of The Velvet Underground

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. It is the fourth and final album in a loose anthology released by the independent label Table of the Elements

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. It follows Sun Blindness Music

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, Day Of Niagara

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and Dream Interpretation

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Stainless Gamelan, along with the other albums in the trilogy, involve Cale during his tenure with the minimalist group Theatre of Eternal Music

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Track listing

1. "Stainless Steel Gamelan" - 10:25
2. "At About This Time Mozart Was Dead And Joseph Conrad Was Sailing The Seven Seas Learning English" - 26:30
3. "Terry's Cha-Cha" - 8:21
4. "After the Locust" - 4:20
5. "Big Apple Express" - 5:45