John Cale
1985, April the 21st
Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, London, England, UK
Lineage: Master recording, walkman pro, TDK AD90, Nakamichi DR-3, Soundforge, WAV
70:51 minutes
01 Ghost Story>
02 Ship of Fools
03 Amsterdam >
04 Leaving It Up To You>
05 A Child's Christmas in Wales
06 Cattle Chorus
07 Guts
08 Chinese Envoy
09 Hedda Gabler
10 Thoughtless Kind
11 Cable Hogue
12 Riverbank
13 Paris 1919
14 Heartbreak Hotelbr>
15 Mercenaries
16 Fear
17 I Keep A Close Watch>
This from the taper:
“One of my very best, and most unusual, recordings that I found in a box of cassettes over the weekend.
This is a solo John Cale show at
a tiny venue in London. Maybe 250 people attended. I sat at one of the
tables at the front maybe 10 feet away from Cale.
He plays the show on guitar and piano basically sitting at
the piano stool the whole time. Recording was tricky as he was so close and the
venue was quite bright!
Some great versions of classic Cale tracks and a blistering cover of "Heartbreak Hotel" have made this
recording one of my all time
favorites. Hope you all share that view.”