CALE,JOHN
PARIS 1919 (DELUXE) - CD
UPC: 887830013925
Label: DOMINO
Format: CD
Release Date: November 15, 2024
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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 1919is remastered from the original tapes by Heba Kadry and includes previously unreleased outtakes and a brand new recording, "Fever Dream 2024: You're a Ghost."
TRACK LIST:
- Child's Christmas in Wales (Remastered)
- Hanky Panky Nohow (Remastered)
- The Endless Plain of Fortune (Remastered)
- Andalucia (Remastered)
- Macbeth (Remastered)
- Paris 1919 (Remastered)
- Graham Greene (Remastered)
- Half Past France (Remastered)
- Antarctica Starts Here (Remastered)
- I Must Not Sniff Cocaine (Remastered) - Bonus Track
- Hanky Panky Nohow (Drone Mix) (Remastered) - Bonus Track
- Child's Christmas in Wales (Rehearsal 1) (Remastered) - Bonus Track
- Half Past France (Intro Chat) (Remastered) - Bonus Track
- Macbeth (Take 11) (Remastered) - Bonus Track
- Hanky Panky Nohow (Guitar Mix) (Remastered) - Bonus Track
- Fever Dream 2024: You're a Ghost - Bonus Track
