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7 unusual facts about John Cale


Ah Pook Is Here

Burroughs reads from Ah Pook Is Here on his 1990 recording Dead City Radio; this recording, in turn, formed the soundtrack to the animated short Ah Pook Is Here directed by Philip Hunt and featured music by John Cale.

Jesse Sublett

With his replacement on guitar, Jon Dee Graham, the band saw some touring success as headliners and as opening act for The Clash, The Ramones, and John Cale.

O Baby

It was produced by John Cale and released as the first single from the band's 11th studio album The Rapture.

Ray Johnson

John Cale's song "Hey Ray" from the Extra Playful EP (2011) is about Cale's encounters with Johnson in New York during the 1960s.

Steve Sesnick

Sesnick also seems to have been instrumental in forcing John Cale out of the band and replacing him with Doug Yule in September 1968.

The Boxing Mirror

Produced by John Cale of The Velvet Underground, the album finds Escovedo delving into the worlds of avant-rock and post-punk; and its darker sound has only shades of roots rock/Americana music in comparison with most Escovedo's alt-country records.

WKCR-FM

Page also produced a benefit concert for the station at Carnegie Hall, with appearances by Reich, Glass, John Cale, and David Bowie, among many others.


Allá

Allá are about to release a mini-album of cover versions, entitled Digs and recorded as a tribute to artists who have inspired them: Faust, The Residents, John Cale/Terry Riley, Mexican psych-rock band from the '70s Los Dug Dugs, and Kanye West.

Camille Bright-Smith

John Bright, Travis himself and his brother Lindy, Thanatopsis drummer Ramy Antoun, Tony Brock (The Babys) and Dustin Boyer (guitarist for Jennifer Love Hewitt and John Cale) also worked on the album.

Here She Comes Now

Originally intended for Nico to sing (who did indeed sing it on a few occasions during the Exploding Plastic Inevitable shows), the song was demoed in 1967 by Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison and John Cale.

I Wanna Be Around

Tony Bennett's 1963 recording remains the best known version of the song, (#14 pop, #5 easy listening); however, it has been recorded by many other artists, including Dorothy Loudon (in her album "Saloon"), Patti Page, James Brown, Buddy Greco, Dinah Washington (for her final album Dinah '63), and John Cale (for the 2002 album Jools Holland's Big Band Rhythm & Blues).

Liverpool Sound City

2014 version of this festival will take place May 1-3 and will play there Gruff Rhys, Fuck Buttons, Wolf Alice and many others with John Cale from The Velvet Underground and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth features as keynote speakers.

Montanablue

After an appearance on the German Musik Convoy television show (a first for an unsigned act) and an opening slot on John Cales 1985 German tour the band were signed to WEA and almost immediately began recording their debut album with renowned German producer Conny Plank.

Music for a New Society

Music for a New Society is a studio album by John Cale, released in September 1982 by ZE Records and Island Records.

Norfolk and Norwich Festival

Composers who visited the Festival during this period include Philip Glass, Ute Lemper, Michael Nyman, John Cale and Laurie Anderson.

Sonny Vincent

Vincent has performed and recorded with many musicians, such as Wayne Kramer, Maureen Tucker, Scott Asheton, Captain Sensible, Cheetah Chrome, Bob Stinson, Walter Lure, Brian James, Thurston Moore, Richard Lloyd, Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Jad Fair, John Sluggett, Greg Ginn, John Reis, Lance of Athens GA, and Kim Shattuk.

SPY Records

SPY Records was a New York based independent music label created in 1977 by John Cale and Jane Friedman.

Tax Free

It was produced by Lewis Merenstein and featured violist/multiinstrumentlist John Cale, with whom Merenstein collaborated on number of projects including his debut album Vintage Violence.

The Dream Syndicate

Duck suggested the name "The Dream Syndicate" in reference to Tony Conrad's early 1960s New York experimental ensemble (better known as the Theater of Eternal Music), whose members included John Cale.

The Skunks

One of the first Austin punk bands to tour nationally, The Skunks played CBGB's in August 1979 and Max's Kansas City in 1980 and opened for such national and international acts as The Ramones, The Police, Gang Of Four, Ultravox, The Clash, John Cale, The Cramps and many others.

Ways of Hearing

The book includes short essays on a number of performers, including alternative rocker Blixa Bargeld, contemporary composer John Cale, Captain Beefheart, The Chemical Brothers, hip-hop artists Missy Elliott and Eminem, Montreal avant-garde band Godspeed You Black Emperor!, heavy metal singer-bassist Lemmy, Meatloaf (singer), Rolling Stones guitarist Cliff Richard, Pet Shop Boys and country rockers Wilco.


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Music for a New Society

Following from the commercial success of his previous album Honi Soit, John Cale turned his label SPY Records, which had released singles from Marie et les Garçons, Lester Bangs, and Cale himself between 1977 and 1980, over to Michael Zilkha.

Pop model

Producer – Alain Chamfort (tracks: 6, 12, 14), John Cale (tracks: 5, 8, 10, 18), Marc Moulin (tracks: 6, 12, 14), Michel Esteban

SPY Records

John Cale then released three albums on ZE Records: Music For A New Society (1982), Caribbean Sunset (1983) and Comes Alive (1984).

Vintage Violence

All tracks written by John Cale, except "Fairweather Friend" by Garland Jeffreys.