Loureed John Cale

John Cale - New York In The 1960s (2006) {3CD Set, Table of the Elements Fr 87}
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© 1960s, 2006 Table of the Elements | Fr 87
Experimental / Non-Music / Abstract / Avant-Garde / Minimalism

John Cale's great credit, both inside and outside The Velvet Underground, was to have found the inoculation dosage that would addict the music industry to sound without alienating one world from the other. But outside the "official" VU there was also an uncut version of the virus, incubated behind the slum walls of the 1960s Lower East Side, and maintained live in the liquid nitrogen of these insolently recorded reel-to-reel audiotapes, recorded and produced by Tony Conrad and now available in this massive Table Of The Elements 3xCD boxed set.

John Cale - Fear (1974) {Island 262 046}
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© 1974 Island Records / BMG Ariola | 262 046
Rock / Art Rock / Experimental

Right from the start, Cale makes it clear he's not messing around on Fear. If his solo career before then had been a series of intriguing stylistic experiments, here he meshes it with an ear for his own brand of pop and rock, accessible while still clearly being himself through and through. Getting musical support from various Roxy Music veterans like Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera, and Andy Mackay didn't hurt at all, and all the assorted performers do a great job carrying out Cale's vision.

John Cale - The Academy In Peril (1972) {Warner Bros. Records 7599-26930-2 rel 1993}
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© 1972, 1993 Warner Bros. Records | 7599-26930-2
Rock / Art Rock / Modern Classical / Experimental

Taking a sidestep from his earliest solo efforts into an exploration of his classical training and influences – thus the title – Cale on Academy creates a set of songs that probably bemused more than one listener at the time of release. The predominantly instrumental release, which finds him working with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on two tracks, steers away from the more grotesque classical/rock fusions at the time to find an unexpectedly happy and often compelling balance between the two sides.