John Cale S/D

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yeah sleeve posted a couple great late 70s shows over yonder: http://shardsofbeauty.blogspot.com/2011/01/john-cale-live-in-late-70s-got-my.html

tylerw, Saturday, 16 July 2011 14:23 (twelve years ago) link

Isn't Cowgirls semi legit if it's ROIR? Haven't heard about that getting a remaster like some of the other stuff from the label. Think I have it on Danceteria which might mean it's a boot of something more legit. Not sure about that label beyond them doing early cd versions of ROIR stuff.

Stevolende, Saturday, 16 July 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link

ECGRB's problem isn't that it wasn't mastered properly -- it's that it was recorded poorly. Which is too bad bc the performances and songs are great.

Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 16 July 2011 20:01 (twelve years ago) link

one month passes...

New EP streaming here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/sep/14/john-cale-extra-playful-stream

Geirge Hongriot (NickB), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:24 (twelve years ago) link

cool, this is great. one of those older guys who hasn't lost his voice (looking in your direction, Lou). vocals here sound like they could be from 30 years ago.

tylerw, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:28 (twelve years ago) link

is that fripp soloing on whaddaya mean by that? ha, probably not. but sounds a bit like him.

tylerw, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:29 (twelve years ago) link

Very true. Two songs in and it's pretty enjoyable so far.

Geirge Hongriot (NickB), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link

xp yes, the Frippy bit! Like the St Elmo's Fire sound.

Geirge Hongriot (NickB), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link

lol autotuned French tune is pretty wild. "Extra Playful," indeed.

tylerw, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:45 (twelve years ago) link

Cheesey sleaze funk of 'Perfection' is amusing too.

Geirge Hongriot (NickB), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link

But, um, in total I'm not sure this adds up to anything much.

Geirge Hongriot (NickB), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:48 (twelve years ago) link

yeah, first two songs are definitely the highlights -- other tracks are fun, but not amazing. still, makes me optimistic for the forthcoming album.

tylerw, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link

Yep, agree with all that.

Geirge Hongriot (NickB), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 15:58 (twelve years ago) link

lol at him vocoding the french song to hide his pronunciation

iatee, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 22:59 (twelve years ago) link

"Smelling like an old adobe woman..."

thirdalternative, Thursday, 15 September 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRU1oAfGEU0&feature=player_embedded

tylerw, Friday, 23 September 2011 20:14 (twelve years ago) link

cool video, ill-advised soul patch notwithstanding. really like this song.

tylerw, Friday, 23 September 2011 20:15 (twelve years ago) link

good song, thanks for posting that! his voice is so great. and yes, the soul-patch has gotta go.

nerve_pylon, Friday, 23 September 2011 21:56 (twelve years ago) link

yeah very nice! great synth sounds. so wish MegaCale was happening

I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 September 2011 22:19 (twelve years ago) link

what's MegaCale?

nerve_pylon, Friday, 23 September 2011 22:24 (twelve years ago) link

the new Megadeth + John Cale collab

I saw Mike Love walk by a computer once (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 September 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link

haha i am so glad we invented the Megadeth + John Cale collab on the other thread

if we talk about it enough, it will become reality

geeta, Friday, 23 September 2011 23:12 (twelve years ago) link

Well he's already done Church of Anthrax I guess.

master musicians of jamiroquai (NickB), Friday, 23 September 2011 23:17 (twelve years ago) link

Honi ...So What!

EZ Snappin, Friday, 23 September 2011 23:22 (twelve years ago) link

lol

runaway (Matt P), Friday, 23 September 2011 23:34 (twelve years ago) link

I'm still holding out for the CaleRush album, Paris 2112

tylerw, Saturday, 24 September 2011 01:20 (twelve years ago) link

Ha. And ha at MegaCale, which I missed on the other thread

When I Stop Meming (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 24 September 2011 01:24 (twelve years ago) link

five months pass...

this looks kinda rad
http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/c/cale_john~~_conflictc_101b.jpg
A nicely done tribute to John Cale's production work – from the late 60s era with the Velvets onward to the mid 00s – quite representative of his reach and diversity as a producer! Includes a few of his most legendary productions – art rock genius from The Velvet Underground & Nico, willfully crass primitivism from The Stooges, punk poetry from Patti Smith and more. Also fascinating is the wealth of wildly divergent styles he produced much later – for The Happy Mondays, Jesus Lizard, Alejandro Escovedo and others. 20 tracks: "Venus In Fur" by The Velvet Underground, "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by The Stooges, "Pablo Picasso" by The Modern Lovers, "Afraid" by Nico, "Disco Clone" by Cristina, "Italian Sea" by Chunky, Novi & Ernie, "Sex Master" by Squeeze, "Kuff Dam" by Happy Mondays, Tearing Apart" by Siouxsie & The Banshees, "Spinning Away" by Eno/Cale, "In Excelsis Deo/Gloria" by Patti Smith and more.

tylerw, Thursday, 1 March 2012 23:45 (twelve years ago) link

huh, I didn't know he produced Squeeze!

fully formed adult banaka unit (sleeve), Friday, 2 March 2012 01:49 (twelve years ago) link

I didn't know he produced "Kuff Dam," which is to the rest of the Happy Mondays catalogue as Chateau Lafite is to Thunderbird

unlistenable in philly (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 2 March 2012 02:39 (twelve years ago) link

here's the full tracklisting
Venus In Furs - The Velvet Underground
I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges
In Excelsis Deo / Gloria - Patti Smith
Afraid - Nico
Pablo Picasso - The Modern Lovers
Who Is That Saving Me - Harry Toledo & The Rockets
Re-Bop - Marie Et Les Garþons
Disco Clone - Cristina
Italian Sea - Chunky, Novi & Ernie
No King - Ventilator
Sex Master - Squeeze
Take Your Place - Alejandro Escovedo
Kuff Dam - Happy Mondays
Runaway Child (Minors Beware) - The Necessaries
Omnes Gentes Plaudite (The Drinking Song) - Mediaeval Baebes
Needles For Teeth - The Jesus Lizard
Scorch - Goya Dress
Dallas - Lio
Tearing Apart - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Spinning Away - Brian Eno and John Cale

tylerw, Friday, 2 March 2012 02:58 (twelve years ago) link

huh, I didn't know he produced Squeeze!

Chris Difford: "It was so exciting working with someone I had idolised, especially to see him up close and find that he was actually taking as many drugs as people thought and that he was very ill and incoherent. He was everything I had imagined."

In the studio, Cale either terrorized the band (for instance, insisting that they switch instruments and figure out how to play "Amazing Grace") or passed out on a couch (Jools Holland wrote "I am a cunt" on his forehead and then the band put him in a cab back to his hotel). Cale also tried to convince them to name their first album "Gay Guys."

Hideous Lump, Friday, 2 March 2012 03:57 (twelve years ago) link

lollll

tylerw, Friday, 2 March 2012 04:40 (twelve years ago) link

three months pass...

Um.

John Cale Announces New Album, Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 7 June 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link

lol, hmmm.

tylerw, Thursday, 7 June 2012 15:43 (eleven years ago) link

Since everyone here loves press releases with tracklists, here is some of it:

Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood is a title to set tongues wagging and minds wondering, but for an album that seems born of a return to John's youth, it seems safely apt in its mischievousness.

Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood is the result of sessions held at Cale's LA studio. Days were spent experimenting with MPCs, pounding fists onto pianos, manipulating glitches and lots of signature viola drone while patiently waiting for songs to reveal themselves. There was also a spontaneous session with Danger Mouse to create the opening track, "I Wanna Talk 2 U."

As a producer Cale has reached a new plateau on this record. At the albums most maximal, it feels like looking at a collection of precious stones. Myriads of differently colored and textured surfaces carefully placed together, each finding their own space to beckon the ear. It's a blend of chaos and beauty in equal measure and a testament to the exploratory spirit at work which ensures there's always something new to the ears on a John Cale record.

Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood will be available on gatefold heavyweight vinyl, CD and digital.

Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood tracklist:

01. I Wanna Talk 2 U

02. Scotland Yard

03. Hemmingway

04. Face To The Sky

05. Nookie Wood

06. December Rains

07. Mary

08. Vampire Cafe

09. Mothra

10. Living With You

11. Midnight Feast

12. Sandman (Flying Dutchman)

curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 June 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link

oops

curmudgeon, Thursday, 7 June 2012 15:45 (eleven years ago) link

excellent song titles. i'm looking forward to this! that ep from a year or so ago was pretty cool.

tylerw, Thursday, 7 June 2012 15:47 (eleven years ago) link

one month passes...

"I Wanna Talk 2 U" is on soundcloud. It's pretty great.

http://soundcloud.com/double-six/john-cale-i-wanna-talk-2-u

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 August 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link

nice! yeah, very good. danger mouse-y but not overly so.

tylerw, Thursday, 2 August 2012 16:39 (eleven years ago) link

that sounds horrible! tell me more.

nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Thursday, 2 August 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link

haha, well, danger mouse produced it.

tylerw, Thursday, 2 August 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link

it's the least Mousey thing I've heard him work on.

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 2 August 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link

that wah-wah rinkydink guitar (or synth?)_sound is sorta grating

giallo pudding pops (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 2 August 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link

http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs046/1102021487007/img/100.jpg

tylerw, Thursday, 2 August 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link

the combination of beats and john cale is just not a very palatable one for me i don't think

nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Thursday, 2 August 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link

I like that a lot! The cover's cool, too.

Simon H., Thursday, 2 August 2012 19:30 (eleven years ago) link

four weeks pass...

New video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtC2418nNcU

Not sure about the video but the song is good.

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 30 August 2012 13:10 (eleven years ago) link

I was looking through an old notebook and I saw that I've seen John Cale perform once, apparently the same week or so as DMX. Don't recall a minute of either show.

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 30 August 2012 13:54 (eleven years ago) link


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