Albums following in the anthology include the collaborative effort Day of Niagara, and the Cale compilations Dream Interpretation and Stainless Gamelan.

Cale and frequent collaborators La Monte Young, Terry Riley, original Velvet Underground drummer Angus Maclise, Tony Conrad, and Marian Zazeela also contributed to the genres of avant-garde recording art and experimental rock.

These albums were originally in the personal possession of Tony Conrad as part of his tape collection, and were thought lost until discovered and released by the independent record label Table of the Elements.

Sun Blindness Music, the set's centerpiece, is a nearly three-quarters of an hour of a single chord, which shifts gradually between tones and timbres over the expansive time allotted to it.

There are times when the full-bodied chord is so complete and forceful in its presence it is nearly unbearable..." Summer Heat is an extended, distorted solo for electric guitar.