Description
John Cale was never very kind to his solo debut, Vintage Violence. When it was released in early 1970, Cale had been out of The Velvet Underground for less than two years. He wanted to prove he could be the songwriter, the person penning the words and melodies behind which a band could work. I was masked on Vintage Violence, he wrote much later. Youre not really seeing the personality. Indeed, Cales personality as a polyglot seemingly interested in everything emerged more and more on his next two solo albums, his only two for Reprise: 1972s bracing and exploratory classical sojourn, The Academy in Peril, and 1973s masterclass in anxious but accessible songcraft, Paris 1919. By reissuing both records in tandem affirms the artistic fearlessness Cale then fostered at the edge of 30, when all of music seemed like one inviting playpen.
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- – Disc 1 –
- 1Child’s Christmas in Wales
- 2Hanky Panky Nohow
- 3Endless Plain of Fortune
- 4Andalucia
- 5MacBeth
- 6Paris 1919
- 7Graham Greene
- 8Half Past France
- – Disc 2 –
- 1Antarctica Starts Here
- 2I Must Not Sniff Cocaine
- 3Hanky Panky Nohow [Drone Mix]
- 4Child’s Christmas in Wales [Rehearsal 1]
- 5Half Past France [Intro Chat]
- 6MacBeth [Take 11]
- 7Hanky Panky Nohow [Guitar Mix]
- 8Fever Dream 2024: You’re a Ghost
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