John Cale: Titan - Discs 4 & 5

I re-watched the movie Big Fan and was reminded how perfect the placement of John Cale's Big White Cloud is in film. (The deployment of Helen Reddy's version of Delta Dawn at a critical juncture is also a nice touch).   I included the original version of Big White Cloud on another compilation, but there's an excellent alternative version of the song which leads off Disc 5.  As I'm posting the final two discs of the Cale compilation, I also wanted to pay homage to an excellent Cale playlist somewhere on the internet (in addition to the one that I mentioned last month), but I can't find it. (I really need a system to keep track of stuff like that.)  Anyway, these are the final two discs.  I know he's got a huge body of work, but I'd like to think I did justice to a true titan.

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Disc 4
She Doesn't Live Here Anymore	John Cale
The Pianos, Pt. 1: Welcome to Europe	John Cale
The Jeweller	John Cale
Dying On The Vine	John Cale
Zen	John Cale
Church of Anthrax	John Cale & Terry Riley
Mercenaries (45 version)	John Cale
Mr Sparrow	John Cale
Secret Corrida	John Cale
Movement 3 [from Kiss]	John Cale
Hanky Panky Nohow	John Cale
Last Night I Said Goodbye to My Friend	The Velvet Underground
Disc 5
Big White Cloud (Alternative version)	John Cale
Opening Theme	John Cale
Poison	John Cale & Marissa Nadler
Venus In Furs (Live)	John Cale
Jim	John Cale
The Legal Status of Ice	John Cale
Shark-Shark	John Cale
Sabotage	John Cale
The Moon	John Cale
Mercy	John Cale featuring Laurel Halo
Verses	John Cale
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night	John Cale

 

More John Cale

      It's late and I still have some work to finish on a Sunday night, so I have to keep it short.  As I noted last week, I tried to include a lot of obscurities so I need to give credit to a great Youtube playlist.  I would have included more, but there were a number of great live cuts that were recorded at a problematically low level for inclusion in a compliation.  Nonetheless, I owe the creator of the playlist a great deal of gratitude and highly recommend it any time you want to binge on John Cale.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNINWcxxj9hEHC2MVMCY4PXFB87YjpwHi

Hope everyone enjoys this third volume

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In Memoriam John Cage-Call Waiting (1)	John Cale
Cordoba	Brian Eno & John Cale
Set Me Free	John Cale
Night Crawling	John Cale
Sorrow	Anna Calvi and John Cale
Empty Bottles	John Cale & Lou Reed
Caligula	John Cale
Dr. Mudd	John Cale
Memories of Paris: President Y Is Still Stable	John Cale
IO	John Cale
Execute the Second Group	John Cale
Buffalo Ballet	John Cale