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JOHN CALE

Founding member of the Velvet Underground, then a producer, collaborator, solo artist, and soundtrack composer. While John Cale is one of the most famous and, in his own way, influential underground rock musicians, he is also one of the hardest to pin down stylistically. Much has been made of his schooling in classical and avant-garde music, yet much of what he's recorded has been decidedly song-oriented, dovetailing close to the mainstream at times. Terming him a forefather of punk and new wave isn't exactly accurate either. Those investigating his work for the first time under that premise may be surprised at how consciously accessible much of his output is, at times approaching (but not quite attaining) a fairly "normal" rock sound. There is always a tension between the experimental and the accessible in Cale's solo recordings, meaning that he usually finds himself (not unwillingly) caught between the cracks: too weird for commercial success, and yet not really weird or daring enough to place him among the top rank of rock's innovators. "THE ACADEMY IN PERIL" Produced by John Cale 1972     LP     REPRISE RECORDS      MS 2079 PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL PRESSING RELEASED IN A DIE-CUT GATEFOLD COVER (UNIPAK STYLE) + 'LOSS LEADERS' COMPANY INNER SLEEVE Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode: none Price Code (on spine): 0598 LABEL: REPRISE -  BROWNISH/TAN LABEL - BLACK TEXT Catalog on cover: (spine) MS 2079    (inside left panel) 2079 Catalog on labels: MS 2079 (31,407) RE-1 / MS 2079 (31,408) Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 31407-RE-1     MS-2079 Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): MS 31408-1 On labels: All selections written by John Cale Published by Garnant Music BMI        ℗1972  Warner Bros. Records Inc. STEREO rim text reads "Reprise Records, A Division Of Warner Bros. Records Inc. Made in U.S.A." On Inside Left Panel: Many thanks to Kinney London-Martin, kate, Ian, also to Ron Wood for track 2 Thumping by Del (The Bouncer) Newman by appointment, etc. Cover Concept: Andy Warhol Potography: Ed Thrasher Reprise.........Made in U.S.A. ©1972 Warner Bros. Records Inc. On Back Sleeve: Andy Warhol tracklisting Side A: THE PHILOSOPHER - BRAHMS LEGS LARRY AT TELEVISION CENTRE - THE ACADEMY IN PERIL Side B: INTRO /DAYS OF STEAM ORCHESTRAL PIECES: (a) Faust   (b) The Balance   (c) Capt. Morgan's Lament KING HARRY - JOHN MILTON grading RECORD VG+ but (please, read above description) SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)   Taking a sidestep from his earliest solo efforts into an exploration of his classical training and influences  -- thus the title -- Cale on Academy creates a set of songs that probably bemused more than one listener at the time of release. The predominantly instrumental release, which finds him working with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on two tracks, steers away from the more grotesque classical/rock fusions at the time to find an unexpectedly happy and often compelling balance between the two sides. Cale has good fun applying rock arrangement and production tricks: compression, gentle flanging, drum rhythms, and so forth...(AllMusic)