John Cale

John Cale (born March 9, 1942) is a Welsh musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his work in rock music, but has worked in a variety of styles over the years. He is perhaps best known for having been a member of the rock group The Velvet Underground.

Album discography

With the Dream Syndicate

• Day of Niagara (Table of the Elements) 2000

Early recordings: New York in the 1960s

• Sun Blindness Music (Table of the Elements) 2001
• Dream Interpretation: Inside The Dream Syndicate Vol. II (Table of the Elements) 2001
• Stainless Gamelan: Inside The Dream Syndicate Vol. III (Table of the Elements) 2001

With the Velvet Underground

• The Velvet Underground and Nico (Verve) March 1967
• White Light/White Heat (Verve) January 1968
• VU (Verve, outtakes compilation) February 1985
• Another View (Verve, outtakes compilation) September 1986
• Live MCMXCIII (Sire) November 1993
• Peel Slowly and See (Polydor, box set) September 1995
• Loaded (Fully Loaded Edition) (Rhino Records) 1997†
• The Very Best of the Velvet Underground (Polydor, compilation) April 2003

† Although Cale had left The Velvet Underground two years before they released their 1970 album Loaded, he was briefly involved in the demo stages of that record. The 1997 2CD reissue of that album contains a demo of "Ocean" that features Cale playing the organ.

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Solo

• Vintage Violence (Columbia) December 1970
• The Academy In Peril (Reprise) April 1972
• Paris 1919 (Reprise) March 1973
• Fear (Island) September 1974
• Slow Dazzle (Island) April 1975
• Helen of Troy (Island) November 1975
• Guts (compilation) (Island) February 1977
• Sabotage/Live (IRS) December 1979
• Honi Soit April 1981
• Music for a New Society (Ze) August 1982
• Caribbean Sunset (Ze) June 1983
• John Cale Comes Alive (Ze) September 1984
• Artificial Intelligence (Beggars Banquet) November 1985
• Words for the Dying (All Saints) October 1989
• Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (live) (ROIR) 1991
• Paris S'eveille, Suivi d'Autres Compositions (OST) (Crepuscule) November 1991
• Fragments of a Rainy Season (live) (Hannibal) October 1992
• 23 Solo Pieces pour La Naissance de L'Amour (Crepuscule) November 1993
• N'Oublie Pas Que Tu Vas Mourir (Crepuscule) 1994
• Seducing Down The Door (compilation) (Rhino) 1994
• Antartida (OST) (Crepuscule) 1995
• Walking on Locusts (Hannibal) September 1996
• Eat/Kiss: Music for the Films of Andy Warhol (Hannibal) June 1997
• Somewhere In The City (OST) August 1998
• The Unknown (OST) (Crepuscule) 1999
• Le Vent De La Nuit (OST) (Crepuscule) March 1999
• Close Watch: An Introduction to John Cale (compilation) - 1999
• 5 Tracks (EP) (EMI) May 2003
• HoboSapiens (EMI) October 2003
• Process(OST) (Syntax) July 2005
• blackAcetate (EMI) October 2005

Collaborations

• Church of Anthrax (with Terry Riley) (Columbia) April 1971
• June 1, 1974 (with Kevin Ayers, Brian Eno, Nico) (Island) 1974
• Songs for Drella (with Lou Reed) (WEA) April 1990
• Wrong Way Up (with Brian Eno) (All Saints) October 1990
• Last Day on Earth (OST, with Bob Neuwirth) (MCA) May 1994