John Cale
Real Name:
John Davies Cale
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Welsh musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer (born 9 March 1942, Garnant, Wales, UK), best known as a co-founder of The Velvet Underground with Lou Reed. He has worked with Theatre Of Eternal Music and produced the seminal debut albums for The Stooges, Patti Smith, and The Modern Lovers.
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John Cale | Vintage Violence (Album) | Columbia | CS 1037 | US | 1970 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Cale & Terry Riley | John Cale & Terry Riley - Church Of Anthrax (Album) | Columbia | C 30131 | US | 1971 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Cale | The Academy In Peril (Album) | Reprise Records | MS 2079 | US | 1972 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Cale | Paris 1919 (Album) | Reprise Records | none | UK | 1973 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Cale | Fear (Album) | Island Records | ILPS 9301 | UK | 1974 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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88.198 - I |
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Kevin Ayers - John Cale - Eno* - Nico (3) | Kevin Ayers - John Cale - Eno* - Nico (3) - June 1, 1974 (Album) | Island Records | 88.198 - I | Spain | 1974 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ILPS 9350 |
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John Cale | Helen Of Troy (Album) | Island Records | ILPS 9350 | UK | 1975 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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L 35594 |
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John Cale | Slow Dazzle (Album) | Island Records | L 35594 | Australia | 1975 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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IXP 2 |
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John Cale | Hear "Fear" - An Interview With John Cale (LP, Promo) | Island Records | IXP 2 | US | 1975 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SP 004 |
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John Cale | Sabotage/Live (Album) | Spy Records Ltd. | SP 004 | US | 1979 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SP-4849 |
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Mr. John Cale* | Honi Soit (Album) | A&M Records | SP-4849 | US | 1981 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ILPS 17019 |
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John Cale | Music For A New Society (Album) | Island Records, ZE Records, Island Records, ZE Records | ILPS 17019 | Italy | 1982 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ILPS 7026 |
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John Cale | John Cale Comes Alive (Album) | ZE Records, Island Records, ZE Records, Island Records | ILPS 7026 | Scandinavia | 1984 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ZCIT 8401 |
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John Cale | Caribbean Sunset (Album) | ZE Records, Island Records | ZCIT 8401 | US | 1984 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Cale | Artificial Intelligence (Album) | Beggars Banquet | BEGA 68 | UK | 1985 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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R-1267 |
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John Cale | Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (Album) | Special Stock Records | R-1267 | UK | 1988 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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7599-26024-2, 926 024-2 |
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John Cale | Words For The Dying (Album) | Opal Records | 7599-26024-2, 926 024-2 | Europe | 1989 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WPLP-9039 |
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Lou Reed / John Cale | Lou Reed / John Cale - Songs For Drella (Album) | Sire, Sire, Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records | WPLP-9039 | Japan | 1990 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9 26421-2 |
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Eno* / Cale* | Eno* / Cale* - Wrong Way Up (Album) | Opal Records, Warner Bros. Records | 9 26421-2 | US | 1990 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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John Cale | Paris S'Eveille - Suivi D'autres Compositions (Album) | Les Disques Du Crépuscule | none | 1991 | Sell This Version | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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VICP-5201 |
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John Cale | Fragments Of A Rainy Season (Album) | Hannibal Records | VICP-5201 | Japan | 1992 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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YMCD 007 |
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John Cale | 23 Solo Pieces For La Naissance De L'Amour (Album) | Les Disques Du Crépuscule | YMCD 007 | UK | 1993 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MCAC-11037 |
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John Cale / Bob Neuwirth | John Cale / Bob Neuwirth - Last Day On Earth (Album) | MCA Records | MCAC-11037 | US | 1994 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TWI 1028, twi 1028 |
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John Cale | N'Oublie Pas Que Tu Vas Mourir (Album) | Les Disques Du Crépuscule, Les Disques Du Crépuscule | TWI 1028, twi 1028 | Belgium | 1995 | Sell This Version | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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TWI 1008, twi 1008 |
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John Cale | Antártida (Original Soundtrack) (CD, Album) | Les Disques Du Crépuscule, Les Disques Du Crépuscule | TWI 1008, twi 1008 | Belgium | 1995 | Sell This Version |
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sunset123
January 3, 2021
wasted a lot of time. As of 2021 if one ignores the compilations, live albums, collaborations and rehashed MFANS Cale has released 4 new studio albums in 30+ years. Walking on Locust/Hobosapiens/ Black Acetate and Shifty Adventures...

telexandroid
December 4, 2016
edited over 6 years ago
One of the most rewarding discographies to get lost in. Fear(the title track is his absolute masterpiece in my opinion, and the rest of the album travels from gorgeous to insane and back again), Music For a New Society(beautiful and devastating, some brilliant lyrics and improvisation along with fragile and gorgeous arrangements), and Fragments of a Rainy Season(a brilliant compilation tracklist in itself that just happens to be brilliant solo performances of some of his best songs/covers) are my absolute essentials. There's also the lush, nostalgic, 70s pop of Paris 1919 and Vintage Violence or the trashy glam pastiches of Slow Dazzle and Helen of Troy. His semi-punk period of Sabotage and the Animal Justice EP is also essential with ragers like Mercenaries and the proto-Birthday Party raver Chicken Shit. The more overlooked (in an already all too overlooked discography) 80s albums like Honi Soit and Artificial Intelligence have their great moments as well (ie Wilson Joilet, Dead or Alive, Dying on the Vine, or Black Rose). He has his misses as well but they are absolutely outweighed by a career filled with fantastic composition, songwriting, and forward momentum. Not to mention his great work in the 21st century that has continued in 2016 with the M:FANS album and performances at the Bowie Proms and the Velvets anniversary concert in Paris. In a year where we've lost too many legends it's worth remembering those we still have and hopefully will have for years to come. John Cale's a musician's musician and honestly a perfect subject for the devoted music fan.
nagyphilip
November 20, 2016
Highly underrated artist! No comments yet? FEAR is one of the greatest albums ever recorded. Better than any Lou Reed if you ask me. Also recorded other classics for the ISLAND label.
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Zeppotron
March 9, 2022And in terms of his studio laziness, look no further than the highly creative years of 1976 to 1981. Five songs recorded in the studio released in five years, and one of those without a band. But he was busy, busy, busy. There must be upwards of 30 unreleased songs from this era, and most of them are better than the stuff he did later record. Why on earth didn't he get into the studio to commit songs like 'Even Cowgirls Get The Blues' to tape?
Crazy!