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The Island Years (John Cale Album)
''The Island Years'' is a double CD compilation of John Cale's work during 1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f ... and 1975 in music, 1975. The collection, released in 1996, is composed of the three previously released Cale albums issued by Island Records: ''Fear (John Cale album), Fear'', ''Slow Dazzle (album), Slow Dazzle'' and ''Helen of Troy (album), Helen of Troy''. The album also includes some extra tracks, b-sides, and individual tracks from other albums but the ''Slow Dazzles last and experimental track "The Jeweller" was shortened to 4:11 (The same length as on the original LP of ''Slow Dazzle''. On the CD version of the album, the track's duration is 5:07). In 2007 ''The Island Years'' was reissued as a budget release, ''Gold'', with the same track li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cale
John Davies Cale (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground. Over his six-decade career, Cale has worked in various styles across rock, drone, classical, avant-garde and electronic music. He studied music at Goldsmiths College, University of London, before relocating in 1963 to New York City's downtown music scene, where he performed as part of the Theatre of Eternal Music and formed the Velvet Underground. Since leaving the band in 1968, Cale has released sixteen solo studio albums, including the widely acclaimed '' Paris 1919'' (1973) and '' Music for a New Society'' (1982). Cale has also acquired a reputation as an adventurous record producer, working on the debut albums of several innovative artists, including the Stooges and Patti Smith. Early life and career John Davies Cale was born on 9 March 1942 in the mining village of Garnant in the valley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fear (John Cale Album)
''Fear'' is the fourth solo studio album by Welsh rock musician John Cale, released on 1 October 1974 by Island Records. Recording and content ''Fear'' is the first of Cale's three studio albums for Island Records, all of which were released in a period of just over a year. During this time Cale was also producing records for other artists, working on albums such as ''Horses'' (1975) by Patti Smith, one of the most influential of all proto-punk records. In addition to his lead vocals on ''Fear'', Cale also played keyboards, guitars, viola, violin and bass, and was joined by Fairport Convention's Richard Thompson, Roxy Music's Brian Eno and Phil Manzanera, and other artists who were signed to Island at the time. "Gun" features an unusual two-man guitar solo from Manzanera and Eno, with the latter using a synthesizer to process the former's guitar playing in real-time. The promotional album for ''Fear'' released by Island Records contained an interview with Cale. He announced an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Compilation Albums
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Guts (John Cale Album)
''Guts'' is a retrospective compilation album by John Cale, released by Island Records in February 1977. It includes the songs "Leaving It Up To You", which was deleted from '' Helen of Troy'', and the previously unreleased "Mary Lou". It was compiled by Howard Thompson. The CD backcover has a misprint: "Guts" is listed as "Cute". Track listing Side A #"Guts" #"Mary Lou" #"Helen of Troy" #"Pablo Picasso" #"Leaving It Up To You" Side B #"Fear Is A Man's Best Friend" #"Gun" #"Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll" #"Heartbreak Hotel" Personnel * John Cale − vocals, keyboards, guitar, bass, percussion * Chris Spedding − guitar * Phil Manzanera − guitar * Archie Leggatt − bass * Pat Donaldson − bass * Trevor Burton − bass * Timi Donald − drums * Fred Smith − drums * Keith Smart − drums * Phil Collins − drums * Raymond Duffy − drums * Tony Carr − percussion * Andy Mackay − saxophone * Brian Eno − synthesizer * John Wood − synthesizer * Geoff Muldaur Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pablo Picasso (song)
"Pablo Picasso" is a song written by Jonathan Richman for the proto punk group the Modern Lovers. The song was recorded in 1972 at Whitney Studios in Los Angeles, and produced by John Cale, but was not released until 1976, on the Modern Lovers' self-titled debut album. The recording featured Richman (lead guitar, vocals), Ernie Brooks (second guitar), Jerry Harrison (bass) and David Robinson (drums), with Cale playing the repetitive hammered piano part. The central character of the song is the charismatic 20th century artist Pablo Picasso. With dry wit, the lyrics suggest that women never rejected Picasso's romantic advances, despite his short stature. "Well he was only five foot three but girls could not resist his stare / Pablo Picasso was never called an asshole / Not in New York". In a 1980 interview, Richman stated that the song was inspired by his own adolescent "self-consciousness" with women. Cover versions On recordings *1975 – John Cale, on his album ''Helen of Troy'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartbreak Hotel
"Heartbreak Hotel" is a song recorded by American singer Elvis Presley. It was released as a single on January 27, 1956, Presley's first on his new record label RCA Victor. It was written by Mae Boren Axton and Tommy Durden, with credit being given also to Presley. A newspaper article about the suicide of a lonely man who jumped from a hotel window inspired the song. Axton presented the song to Presley in November 1955 at a country music convention in Nashville. Presley agreed to record it, and did so on January 10, 1956, in a session with his band, The Blue Moon Boys, the guitarist Chet Atkins, and the pianist Floyd Cramer. "Heartbreak Hotel" comprises an eight-bar blues progression, with heavy Reverb#Creating reverberation effects, reverberation throughout the track, to imitate the character of Elvis Presley's Sun recordings, Presley's Sun recordings. The single topped the Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' Top 100 for seven weeks, ''Cashbox (magazine), Cashbox''s Pop single ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B-side
The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record company intends to be the initial focus of promotional efforts and radio airplay and hopefully become a hit record. The B-side (or "flip-side") is a secondary recording that typically receives less attention, although some B-sides have been as successful as, or more so than, their A-sides. Use of this language has largely declined in the 21st century as the music industry has transitioned away from analog recordings towards digital formats without physical sides, such as CDs, downloads and streaming. Nevertheless, some artists and labels continue to employ the terms ''A-side'' and ''B-side'' metaphorically to describe the type of content a particular release features, with ''B-side'' sometimes representing a "bonus" track or other material. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Of Troy (album)
''Helen of Troy'' is the sixth solo studio album by Welsh rock musician John Cale, released in November 1975. It was the last of his three studio albums for Island Records. Content During the sessions for ''Helen of Troy'', Cale recorded two cover versions, the Ann Ronell standard "Willow Weep for Me" and the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows", both of which went unreleased. Another unused track, "Mary Lou", was released in 1977 on the compilation album ''Guts''. The album includes a cover of "Pablo Picasso" originally by the Modern Lovers, a song which Cale had produced for the band's eponymous debut album. At that time the Modern Lovers' version was still unreleased. Cale re-recorded "I Keep a Close Watch" in 1982 for his eighth solo studio album '' Music for a New Society''. The cover has a photograph of Cale by Keith Morris. Cale's trousers were given to him by Judy Nylon who had acquired them from fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Release ''Helen of Troy'' was released in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slow Dazzle (album)
''Slow Dazzle'' is the fifth solo studio album by Welsh musician John Cale, released on 25 March 1975, his second album for record label Island. Content "Mr. Wilson" is about seminal American musician Brian Wilson; the Beach Boys founding member has been a strong influence on Cale's work over the years. The song reflects the strong, divisive personal struggles in Wilson's life. The music's tone fluctuates from paranoid and unhappy to warm and pleasant moment by moment. "Heartbreak Hotel" is a cover of the Elvis Presley song (written by Mae Boren Axton and Tommy Durden) with fundamental elements of the track changed such the singing taking in "chilling" screams and dark synthesizer elements added to the background. The track "Guts" opens with the line "The bugger in the short sleeves fucked my wife". This refers to rock musician Kevin Ayers sleeping with Cale's wife before the concert that's captured on the ''June 1, 1974'' album; John Cale related the details in his autobio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 In Music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1975. __TOC__ Specific locations * 1975 in British music * 1975 in Norwegian music Specific genres * 1975 in country music * 1975 in heavy metal music *1975 in jazz Events January–April *January 2 – New York City U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case. *January 5 – ''The Wiz'', a new musical version of the classic '' Wizard of Oz'' story, opens at Broadway's Majestic Theater in New York City. *January 6 – Approximately 1.000 Led Zeppelin fans, waiting for tickets to go on sale for Led Zeppelin's February 4 concert, cause an estimated $30,000 in damage to the lobby of the Boston Garden. The fans reportedly broke chairs and doors and caused other damage to the building. Boston Mayor Kevin White cancels the upcoming show. *January 8 – Three Led Zeppelin concert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 In Music
List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1974. __TOC__ Specific locations * 1974 in British music * 1974 in Norwegian music Specific genres * 1974 in country music * 1974 in heavy metal music * 1974 in jazz Events January–April *January 1 – English jazz musician John Dankworth is named CBE in the United Kingdom's New Year's Honours List. *January 3 – Bob Dylan and The Band begin their 40-date concert tour at Chicago Stadium. It is Dylan's first tour since 1966. *January 17 **Joni Mitchell releases her album ''Court and Spark'', supported by the single " Help Me". ** Dino Martin, singer and son of Dean Martin, is arrested on suspicion of possession and sale of two machine guns. *February 12 – New York's rock club The Bottom Line opens in Greenwich Village. The first headlining act is Dr. John. *February 14 – The Captain & Tennille are married in Virginia City, Nevada. *February 16 – Two years of litigation between Grand Funk and former mana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
