John Cale, 11/20/75, (with Chris Spedding), New Victoria Theatre, London, England

The following from Chris Spedding's website Biography at http://www.chrisspedding.com/bio/bio5.htm

October John Cale kicked off Helen Of Troy tour in Europe.

November 3 - J.Cale - A show in Sweden was aired on FM radio. A few songs from this show are offered on his bootleg Down At The End Of...Hard Rock Cafe.

Helen Of Troy (see his comment) was out on 14th.

And he had the UK tour.
13 - J.Cale - Polytechnic, Oxford
14 - J.Cale - Bristol University
15 - J.Cale - Exeter University
16 - J.Cale - Civic Hall, Guildford
19 - J.Cale - Town Hall, Birmingham
20 - J.Cale - New Victoria Theatre, London
21 - J.Cale - Brunel University, Uxbridge
27 - J.Cale - Free Trade Hall, Manchester
28 - J.Cale - Corn Exchange, Cambridge
29 - J.Cale - Nottingham University
30 - J.Cale - Fairfield Hall, Croydon

Chris Spedding:
"John Cale was quite enjoyable. He works very hit and miss, though. You don't get a chance to craft a finished thing. It's a bit like painting a picture by throwing paint against the wall and seeing what sticks - his way of working. It was interesting. Very effective on stage, but quite frustrating in the studio."

"In 1975 I was anxious, after the failure of the Sharks, to get busy again and I took all kinds of gigs, looking for a new direction.
The Cale band of 1975 was perhaps the most exiting live band I've ever played with. John was very challenging and inspiring to play with. I learned a great deal from him. The only disappointing thing was that John failed to recreate the same spontaneity on his records. I had some ideas but he never listened to me."

Chris Thomas:
"Touring with Cale was great fun and I enjoyed it a lot. When we started off that tour, it was insane, because we didn't know the songs, we didn't know the keys, we didn't know what the hell we were doing, so there were a lot of theatrics in the hope audience wouldn't spot what was going on."

John Cale:
"I want a song where you never know what the song is going to be. Pick two chords and if you don't have anything to say, don't say anything. Then you're al least working from a point of honesty so that people can see something grows from there."