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3 unusual facts about SPY Records


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.

SPY Records

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

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



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