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John Cale – Vintage Violence
John Cale
Vintage Violence
Style: Rock
Label: Columbia
Catalog Number: CS 1037
Released: 1970, 70's
The debut solo LP by The Velvet Underground’s electric viola player John Cale, Vintage Violence is a deeply personal singer-songwriter album by an artist reflecting on his life, experiences, and the “people that know him well…” Though the album received mixed reviews upon release, it has since become a cult classic and one of Cale’s most beloved works. Interestingly, Cale himself doesn’t share that same reverence for the album. In his autobiography he states that there wasn’t “much originality on that album, it’s just someone teaching himself to do something.” Perhaps that brutally honest, DIY approach is what makes this album so special and why it’s maintained such a devout following after all these years.
Recommended – A4 Big White Cloud, A5 Cleo, B3 Amsterdam
Tags: Art Rock / Country-Rock / Cult Classic
Tracklist:
A1 Hello, There
A2 Gideon’s Bible
A3 Adelaide
A4 Big White Cloud
A5 Cleo
A6 Please
B1 Charlemagne
B2 Bring It On Up
B3 Amsterdam
B4 Ghost Story
B5 Fairweather Friend
Credits:
Arranged By, Conductor – John Cale (tracks: A4)
Bass – Harvey Brooks
Drums – Sandy Konikoff
Engineer – Don Meehan, Jim Reeves (3)
Executive-Producer – John McClure
Guitar – Ernie Coralla*
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Garland Jeffreys
Keyboards – Stan Szeleste*
Performer [Accompanying Music] – Penguin (2)
Photography By – Isi Valeris
Producer – John Cale, Lewis Merenstein
Vocals, Keyboards, Guitar – John Cale
Written-By – G. Jeffreys* (tracks: B5), J. Cale* (tracks: A1 to B4)
