John Cale

JOHN CALE

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Bataclan Club, Paris, France 1-26-72 (Lou Reed, John Cale & Nico): Rehearsals Long Version (Pale Blue Eyes - Candy Says - Black Angel's Death Song - Heroin) (20:20) (C+, Audience, 20 minutes)
Bataclan Club, Paris 1-29-72 (Lou Reed, John Cale & Nico): I'm Waiting For the Man - Berlin - Black Angel's Death Song - Wild Child - Heroin - Femme Fatale - No One is There - Frozen Warnings - Janitor of Lunacy - I'll Be Your Mirror - Ghost Story - The Biggest, Loudest, Hairiest Group of All - Empty Bottles (Great show, A-, Soundboard, 1 CD)
City Hall, Glasgow, Scotland 5-6-75: The Endless Plain of Fortune(3:58) - I'm Waiting For The Man (5:09) - Ghost Story (3:31) - Fear Is A Man's Best Friend (3:59) - Taking It All Away (3:04) - Antarctica Starts Here (2:50) - Gun (7:37) - You Know More Than I Know (4:36) - Darling I Need You (4:18) - Pablo Picasso (3:49) - Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll (6:14) - Heartbreak Hotel (5:00) - Baby, What You Want Me To Do (6:19) (B, Audience, 1 CD)
Jarlateatern, Stockholm, Sweden 11-3-75 "Stockholm 1975": Ghost Story - A Child's Christmas in Wales - I'm Waiting for the Man - You Know More Than I Know - Pablo Picasso - Fear is a Man's Best Friend - Helen of Troy - Guts - Where Were You? - Heartbreak Hotel - Cable Hogue (A-, Soundboard, 1 CD)
Nottingham University, Nottingham, UK 11-29-75: Ghost Story - Something On My Mind (?) - Darling I Need You - I'm Waiting For The Man - You Know More Than I Know - Taking It All Away - A Child's Christmas in Wales - Pablo Picasso/Mary Lou - Fear Is A Man's Best Friend - Helen Of Troy - Guts - Heartbreak Hotel - Cable Hogue (1 CD)
Ocean Club, New York NY 7-21-76 "John Cale & Friends": Ghost Story - Buffalo Ballet - You Know More Than I Know - Guts - I'm Waiting For the Man - Close Watch - The Jeweller - Gun - Pablo Picasso - Cable Hogue - Baby, What You Want Me To Do (B+, Audience, 1 CD, lots of purported guests, including Patti Smith [certain], Lou Reed, David Byrne, Mick Ronson, Chris Spedding, and Alan Lanier) Note: May also be known as "7-2-76"
Paris, France 10-19-76: (1 CD)
The Marquee, London 5-2-77: Helen of Troy - Paris 1919 - Darling I Need You - Guts - I'm Waiting For the Man - Jack the Ripper - Baby You Know - Evidence - Leaving It Up to You - Gun - Pablo Picasso - Heartbreak Hotel - Baby, What You Want Me to Do (1 CD)
The New Yorker, Toronto 2-19-77: Memphis - Waiting For The Man - Hedda Gabler - Darling I Need You - You Know More Than I Know - Guts - Buffalo Ballet - A Child's Christmas In Wales - Paris 1919 - Leaving It Up To You - Fear Is A Man's Best Friend - Don't Know Why She Came - Gun - Pablo Picasso - Heartbreak Hotel - Cable Hogue (1 CD)
Penny Arcade, Rochester NY 3-15-79 "Easy Come and Easy Go": Mercenaries - Baby You Know - Casey At The Bat - Jack The Ripper - I'm Waiting For The Man/Evidence - Dr. Mudd - Fear is a Man's Best Friend - Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll - Leaving It Up To You - Heartbreak Hotel (1 CD)
Palladium, Dallas TX 4-?-79: Walking The Dog (5:02) - Mercenaries (Ready For War) (8:38) - Baby You Know (4:24) - Guts (4:09) - Evidence (3:39) - Dr. Mudd (4:26) - Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (8:31) - I'm Waiting For The Man (5:33) - Fear is a Man's Best Friend (4:33) - Chorale (4:26) - Leaving It Up To You (5:48) - Heartbreak Hotel (4:58) - Cable Hogue (6:08) (cut) (A-, Soundboard, 1 CD)
CBGBs, New York NY 6-16-79: Walking the Dog - Mercenaries (Ready For War) - Baby You Know - Evidence - Dr. Mudd - Only Time Will Tell - Captain Hook - Rape - Sabotage - Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll - Cable Hogue - Leaving It Up to You - A Child's Christmas in Wales (with Nico on lead vocals) - Chorale (with Nico on harmonium?) (B+, Audience, 1 CD)
Eindhoven, Netherlands 1979: Dr. Mudd Poem - Rose Garden Funeral of Sores - Riverbank - Fucking Your Neighbor's Wife (fades out) (B+, Audience, from "They Called Him 'Freier'" LP)
Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles CA 3-29-80 (Early Show): Walking The Dog - Ready For War - Baby You Know - Dead Or Alive - Evidence - Dr. Mudd - Memphis - Only Time Will Tell - Magic And Lies - Fucking Your Neighbour's Wife - Chorale - Sabotage - Guts - Pablo Picasso (B, Audience, 1 CD, a little static/distortion)
Whisky A Go Go, Los Angeles CA 3-29-80 (Late Show): Honi Soit/Pablo Picasso - Walking The Dog - Mercenaries - Baby You Know - Dead Or Alive - Evidence - Dr. Mudd - Memphis - Only Time Will Tell - Magic And Lies - Fucking Your Neighbour's Wife - Chorale - Sabotage - Leaving It Up To You - Pablo Picasso - Heartbreak Hotel (B, Audience, 1 CD)
Paradise Theatre, Boston 10-19-82: A Child's Christmas In Wales - Streets Of Laredo - Buffalo Ballet - Paris 1919 - Riverbank - Guts - Ghost Story - Only Time Will Tell - Thoughtless Kind - Chinese Envoy - Cable Hogue - Taking It All Away - I'm Waiting For The Man - Heartbreak Hotel - Close Watch - Fear Is A Man's Best Friend (B+, Audience, Solo performance, 1 CD)
Manila Club, Florence, Italy 2-21-83: (1 CD)
Zeche, Bochum, Germany 3-6-83: (1 CD)
Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany 3-7-83 "Cale Street": Ghost Story - Ship of Fools - Leaving It Up to You - Amsterdam - A Child's Christmas in Wales - Antarctica Starts Here - Taking It All Away - Riverbank - Paris 1919 - Guts - Chinese Envoy - Thoughtless Kind - Only Time Will Tell - Cable Hogue - Dead Or Alive - I'm Waiting For the Man - Heartbreak Hotel - Chorale - Fear is a Man's Best Friend - Close Watch (B+, 1 CD)
Theatre Twente, Enschede, Netherlands 2-14-84: Heartbreak Hotel - Hedda Gabler - Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll - Amsterdam - Riverbank - Mercenaries (Ready For War) - Caribbean Sunset - Guts - Praetorian Underground - Dead Or Alive - Magazines - Model Beirut Recital - Dr. Mudd - Leaving It Up To You - Heartbreak Hotel - Chinese Envoy - I'm Waiting For The Man - Paris 1919 - Hungry For Love (FM Broadcast, 2 CD)
Pandora's Music Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands 9-22-84: Amsterdam - Leaving it Up to You - Buffalo Ballet - Riverbank - Dead or Alive (A, VPRO Radio internet stream, part of "The Night Train," 1 CD)
"Rockpalast," Grugahalle, Essen, Germany 10-14-84: Autobiography - Oh La La - Evidence - Magazines - Model Beirut Recital - Dr. Mudd - Leaving It Up To You - Caribbean Sunset - The Hunt - Fear Is A Man's Best Friend - Paris 1919 - I'm Waiting For The Man - Mercenaries (Ready For War) - Pablo Picasso - Love Me Two Times (1 CD)
Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands 11-15-87 (with Metropole Orchestra): The Endless Plain of Fortune - There Was a Saviour - Interlude 1 - On a Wedding Anniversary - Interlude 2 - Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed - Interlude 3 - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (A, VPRO Radio internet stream, part of "The Night Train," 1 CD)
St. Anne's Church, New York NY 1-7-89 (with Lou Reed) "Drella in Progress I": Small Town - Open House - Style It Takes - Work - Trouble With Classicists - Faces and Names - Images - Starlight - It Wasn't Me - I Believe - Nobody But You - Forever Changed - Hello It's Me (B, Audience, 1 CD)
St. Anne's Church, New York NY 1-8-89 (with Lou Reed) "Drella in Progress II": Small Town - Open House - Style It Takes - Work - The Trouble With Classicist - Faces and Names - Images - Starlight - It Wasn't Me - I Believe - Nobody But You - Slip Away - Forever Changed - Hello, It's Me (B+, Audience, 1 CD)
Sunday Night Show, New York City NY 2-26-89: Dirty Blvd. (Lou Reed) - Style It Takes (Cale & Reed) - Nobody But You (Cale & Reed) - Walk on the Wild Side (Reed with David Sanborn)(B+, TV, I can do VHS or audio)
"Late Night with David Letterman," New York NY 11-17-89 (with Lou Reed): Nobody But You (B+, TV)
"Arts & Entertainment Revue" November or December 1989: Interview (Lou Reed) - Nobody But You (Lou & John) - Interview (John Cale) (B+, TV, 15 minutes, I can do VHS or audio)
Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York NY 12-3-89 (with Lou Reed): (2 CD)
NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan 8-6-90 (with Lou Reed): Small Town - Open House - Style It Takes - Work - Trouble With Classicists - Starlight - Faces and Names - Images - Slip Away (A Warning) - It Wasn't Me - I Believe - Nobody But You - A Dream - Forever Changed - Hello It's Me - Pale Blue Eyes (B, Audience, 1 CD)
Mountain Stage, Charleston VA 10-2-91 "Mountain Stage Memories": Cordoba - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - Dying on the Vine - Chinese Envoy - Buffalo Ballet - Style It Takes - Paris 1919 (A, FM, 1 CD, part of "MSM")
Philharmonie, Art Project, Muinch, Germany 9-6-92 "John Cale & Strings": Broken Hearts - Paris 1919 - Heartbreak Hotel - Cordoba - Dying on the Vine - Fear is a Man's Best Friend - Life Underwater - Hallelujah (A- [recording level low], FM?, 1 CD, Filler: Queen Victoria [from a promo CD, aka The Queen and Me])
"Fresh Air," National Public Radio 1994: Interview
The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittburgh PA 11-18-94 (with Moe Tucker & Sterling Morrison): Live performance of Cale's scores to "Eat" and "Kiss" (B+, Audience, 1 CD)
Mountain Stage, Charleston VA 12-17-95 (with Soldier String Quartet) "Mountain Stage Memories": Dying on the Vine - Cordoba - Fear Is A Man's Best Friend - Heartbreak Hotel - Set Me Free - Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll (A, FM, 1 CD, part of "MSM")
Mountain Stage, Charleston VA 10-27-96 "Mountain Stage Memories": All I Want is You - Entre Nous - Free Again - Dancing Undercover - Crazy Egypt - Evidence (A, FM, 1 CD, part of "MSM") Note: Date may be 11-30-96.
The Knitting Factory, New York NY 3-26-97: Memphis - Helen Of Troy/Gun - Evidence - Dr. Mudd - Secret Corrida - All I Want Is You - So Much For Love - Dying On The Vine - Guts - Some Friends - Entre Nous - Crazy Egypt - Fear is a Man's Best Friend - Set Me Free - Dancing Undercover - Model Beirut Recital - Magazines - Leaving It Up To You - Cable Hogue - Dirty Ass Rock 'n' Roll - Pablo Picasso (B+, Audience, 2 CD)
Rymeposten, Odense, Denmark 4-4-97: DJ's Intro - Secret Corrida - All I Want Is You - So Much For Love - DJ Talking - Guts - Some Friends - Entre Nous - Crazy Egypt - DJ Talking - Fear is a Man's Best Friend/Hedda Gabler - Dancing Undercover - Leaving It Up To You (A, FM, 1 CD)
Life, New York NY 8-5-98 (Combined set with The Creatures): Disconnected - Take Mine - Tattoo - Venus Sands (A-, Audience, great as filler)
Life, New York NY 8-6-98 (Combined set with The Creatures): Lament - Riverbank - Magazines - Model Beirut Recital - Hedda Gabler - Disconnected - Take Mine - Tattoo - Pluto Drive - Miss the Girl - Murdering Mouth - Fear is a Man's Best Friend - Evidence - Pablo Picasso - Heartbreak Hotel - So Unreal - Turn It On - Prettiest Thing - Beside Ourselves - Exterminating Angel - Gun - Venus in Furs (A-, Audience, 2 CD) Note: The Creatures are Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie
Drawing Center, New York NY 7-2-99: Julius, The Baby Of The World (by Kevin Hawkes) (10:45) - Brave Horace (by Holly Keller) (6:41) - The Hunter of Boar & Sky (by Jules Pfeiffer) (19:21) - My Friend The Piano (by Catherin Cowson & Kevin Hawkes) (12:00) (B-, Audience, 1 CD, reading children's stories)
Barrumba, Torino, Italy 1-31-01: (Audience, 2 CD?)
Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands 6-28-01: Sold Motel - Ship Of Fools - Dancing Undercover - Over Her Head - Riverbank - On A Wedding Anniversary/Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - Some Friends/A Child's Christmas In Wales - Chinese Envoy - Darling I Need You - Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead - Leaving It Up To You - Ghost Story - Set Me Free - Cable Hogue - Antarctica Starts Here - Buffalo Ballet - Dying On The Vine - Cordoba - Heartbreak Hotel - Guts - Thoughtless Kind - Hallelujah - Style It Takes - Paris 1919 (A-, Audience, 2 CD)
Swinging Groningen Festival, Groningen, Netherlands 6-29-01: Ship Of Fools (cuts in) - Dancing Undercover - Over Her Head - On A Wedding Anniversary/Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - Riverbank - Some Friends/A Child's Christmas in Wales - Chinese Envoy - Darling I Need You - Ghost Story/Amsterdam - Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead - Leaving It Up To You - Set Me Free - Cable Hogue - Dying On The Vine - Cordoba - Heartbreak Hotel - Guts - Style It Takes - Thoughtless Kind (Audience, 1 CD, First song [Sold Motel] not taped)
Tollhaus Veltival, Karlslruhe, Germany 7-27-01: Sold Motel - Ghost Story - Ship Of Fools - Dancing Undercover - You Know More Than I Know - Over Her Head - Riverbank - On A Wedding Anniversary - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - Some Friends - A Child's Christmas In Wales - Darling I Need You - Amsterdam - Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead -Leaving It Up To You - Set Me Free - The Endless Plain Of Fortune - Style It Takes - Heartbreak Hotel - Dying On The Vine - Cordoba - Paris 1919 - Thoughtless Kind - Hallelujah (B+, Audience, 2 CD)
Die Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany 7-29-01: Sold Motel - Ghost Story - You Know More Than I Know - Ship of Fools - Dancing Undercover - Over Her Head - Riverbank - Some Friends - A Child's Christmas in Wales - Chinese Envoy - Darling I Need You - Amsterdam - Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead - Leaving It Up to You - Set Me Free - Antarctica Starts Here - The Endless Plain of Fortune - Heartbreak Hotel - Style It Takes - Dying On the Vine - Cordoba - Paris 1919 - Fear is a Man's Best Friend - Thoughtless Kind - Guts - Hallelujah (A, Digital Audience, 2 CD)
Concert Hall, Melbourne 10-30-01: Riverbank - On A Wedding Anniversary - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - Some Friends - A Child's Christmas in Wales - Chinese Envoy - Darling I Need You - Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead - Leaving It Up to You - Set Me Free - Cable Hogue - The Endless Plain of Fortune - Buffalo Ballet - Cordoba - Dying On the Vine - Heartbreak Hotel - Style It Takes - Paris 1919 - Thoughtless Kind (A, Audience, 1 CD)
Lukaskirche, Dresden, Germany 11-23-01: Sold Motel - Ghost Story - Ship Of Fools - Dancing Undercover - Over Her Head - Riverbank - On A Wedding Anniversary - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - Some Friends - A Child's Christmas In Wales - Chinese Envoy - Darling I Need You - Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead - Leaving It Up To You - Set Me Free - Cable Hogue - The Endless Plain Of Fortune - Buffalo Ballet - Dying On The Vine - Cordoba - Heartbreak Hotel - Style It Takes - Paris 1919 - Thoughtless Kind - Fear is a Man's Best Friend - Hallelujah (B+, Audience, 2 CD)
Royal Festival Hall, London, UK 7-13-02: (1 CD)
Kassel 7-26-02 "Fragments of a Sunny Day": (2 CD)
King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow, Scotland 6-23-03: Over Her Head - Lament - Waiting For Blonde/Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night - Verses - Venus in Furs - Set Me Free - Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead - Fear is a Man's Best Friend - Paris 1919 - E is Missing - Model Beirut Recital - Gun/Pablo Picasso - Heartbreak Hotel - Thoughtless Kind
Chums of Dumpty (12" Remix) - E is Missing (12" Remix) - E is Missing (Later With Jools Holland 2003) - Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (Borders Books 2003) - Venus in Furs (Milton Keynes 6-21-2003) (B- [distortion on the bass], Audience, 2 CD, Sound quality on filler is excellent)
Frankfurter Hof, Mainz, Germany 7-1-03: Over Her Head - Lament - Waiting For Blonde - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - Verses - The Endless Plain Of Fortune - Venus In Furs - Set Me Free - Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead - Fear is a Man's Best Friend - Paris 1919 - E Is Missing - Model Beirut Recital - Gun/Pablo Picasso - Heartbreak Hotel - Thoughtless Kind - Hallelujah - Wilderness Approaching (Audience, 2 CD)
Kulturzelt, Kassel, Germany 7-12-03: Drone Intro - Over Her Head - Lament - Waiting For Blonde - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - Verses - The Endless Plain Of Fortune - Venus In Furs - Set Me Free - Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead - Fear is a Man's Best Friend - Paris 1919 - E Is Missing - Model Beirut Recital - Gun/Pablo Picasso - Chorale - Heartbreak Hotel - Thoughtless Kind - Hallelujah (Audience, 2 CD)
Cinema Estiva, Correggio, Italy 7-27-03: Intro Drone - Over Her Head - Lament - Waiting For Blonde - Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night - Verses - The Endless Plain of Fortune - Venus in Furs - Set Me Free - Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead - Fear is a Man's Best Friend - Paris 1919 - Gun/Pablo Picasso - Thoughtless Kind - Hallelujah (B, Audience, 2 CD)