| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| 1 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 0:34 |
| 2 | Symphony no. 3: II. (extract) | Henryk Mikołaj Górecki | | 5:15 |
| 3 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 0:14 |
| 4 | Grand Pianola Music: On the dominant divide (extract) | John Adams | | 4:41 |
| 5 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 0:07 |
| 6 | Toccata and Fugue in D minor (extract) | Johann Sebastian Bach arr. Mike Batt | | 2:23 |
| 7 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 0:08 |
| 8 | O Superman (extract) | Laurie Anderson | | 4:10 |
| 9 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 0:10 |
| 10 | Everybody in the place (extract) | The Prodigy | | 2:49 |
| 11 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 0:39 |
| 12 | Jeux (extract) | Claude Debussy | | 2:10 |
| 13 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 0:40 |
| 14 | Le Sacre du Printemps : Danse sacrale | Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский | | 2:37 |
| 15 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 1:01 |
| 16 | Pierrot lunaire: Der Mondfleck | Arnold Schönberg | | 0:53 |
| 17 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 0:45 |
| 18 | String Quartet no. 4: I. (extract) | Béla Bartók | | 2:13 |
| 19 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 1:08 |
| 20 | Concerto op. 24: I. | Anton Webern | | 2:40 |
| 21 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 0:37 |
| 22 | Doctor in the Tardis | The Timelords | 3 | 3:38 |
| 23 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 0:09 |
| 24 | Structures, Book 1, no. 3 | Pierre Boulez | | 2:17 |
| 25 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 1:28 |
| 26 | Variations IV: excerpts from 8pm to 9pm (extract) | John Cage | | 3:16 |
| 27 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 1:17 |
| 28 | The Well Tuned Piano (extract) | La Monte Young | | 2:05 |
| 29 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 0:24 |
| 30 | Young’s Blues | La Monte Young | | 2:37 |
| 31 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 0:43 |
| 32 | Einstein on the Beach, Train I | Philip Glass | | 4:57 |
| 33 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 0:41 |
| 34 | Sister Ray (extract) | The Velvet Underground | | 2:03 |
| 35 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 0:05 |
| 36 | Sister Ray (extract) | The Velvet Underground | | 2:30 |
| 37 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 0:38 |
| 38 | Trash | New York Dolls | | 3:12 |
| 39 | [dialogue] | Richard Middleton | | 1:12 |
| 40 | Preview- engineer:
- Paul Goodman
- producer:
- Michael Mantler
- alto saxophone:
- Jimmy Lyons (from 1968-01 until 1968-06) and Frank Wess (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- baritone saxophone:
- Charles Davis (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- bass:
- Kent Carter (from 1968-01 until 1968-06), Bob Cunningham (from 1968-01 until 1968-06), Richard Davis (from 1968-01 until 1968-06), Eddie Gomez (from 1968-01 until 1968-06), Reggie Johnson (from 1968-01 until 1968-06), Alan Silva (from 1968-01 until 1968-06), Steve Swallow (from 1968-01 until 1968-06) and Reggie Workman (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- cornet:
- Don Cherry (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- double bass [bass]:
- Ron Carter (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- drums (drum set):
- Andrew Cyrille (from 1968-01 until 1968-06) and Beaver Harris (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- flugelhorn:
- Randy Brecker (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- French horn:
- Julius Watkins (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- guitar:
- Larry Coryell (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- piano:
- Carla Bley (from 1968-01 until 1968-06) and Cecil Taylor (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- soprano saxophone:
- Steve Lacy (from 1968-01 until 1968-06) and Steve Marcus (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- tenor saxophone:
- Gato Barbieri (from 1968-01 until 1968-06), George Barrow (from 1968-01 until 1968-06), Pharoah Sanders (from 1968-01 until 1968-06) and Lew Tabackin (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- trombone:
- Jimmy Knepper (from 1968-01 until 1968-06) and Roswell Rudd (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- tuba:
- Howard Johnson (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- orchestra:
- The Jazz Composer’s Orchestra (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- conductor:
- Michael Mantler (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- recorded at:
- RCA Victor Studio B in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- recording of:
- Preview (from 1968-01 until 1968-06)
- composer:
- Michael Mantler
| The Jazz Composer's Orchestra | | 3:37 |