Artist: John Cale | Label: Domino | Format: 2xLP | Genre: Rock | LP Condition: Mint | LP Jacket: Sealed
Paris 1919
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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. “You’re not really seeing the personality.” Indeed, Cale’s personality as a polyglot seemingly interested in everything emerged more and more on his next two solo albums, his only two for Reprise: 1972’s bracing and exploratory classical sojourn, The Academy in Peril, and 1973’s masterclass in anxious but accessible songcraft, Paris 1919. By reissuing both records in tandem, Domino—Cale’s home now for a dozen years—affirms the artistic fearlessness Cale then fostered at the edge of 30, when all of music seemed like one inviting playpen.
This artist-sanctioned Deluxe Edition of Paris 1919 is remastered from the original tapes and includes previously unreleased outtakes. Liner notes written by Grayson Haver Currin.
Includes:
Disc One - The Original Album
Child's Christmas in Wales
Hanky Panky Nohow
The Endless Plain of Fortune
Andalucia
Macbeth
Paris 1919
Graham Green
Half Past France
Antarctica Starts Here
Disc Two - Bonus disc with previously unreleased outtakes
I Must Not Sniff Cocaine
Hanky Panky Nohow (Drone mix)
Child's Christmas in Wales (rehearsal 1)
Half Part France (intro Chat)
Macbeth (take 11)
Hanky Panky Nowhow (guitar mix)
Fever Dream 2024: You're A Ghost
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