tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post1649055369168886084..comments2024-03-17T03:18:41.308-04:00Comments on Fragments of a Cale Season: The Second FortressInverarityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09838650110847975337noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-48333576065410888452007-08-27T10:47:00.000-04:002007-08-27T10:47:00.000-04:00Wow, so it was. Only in the UK, though, and not f...Wow, <A HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Church-Anthrax-John-Cale/dp/B000025RPJ" REL="nofollow">so it was</A>. Only in the UK, though, and not for very long.Inverarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838650110847975337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-73359341978434854502007-08-26T14:58:00.000-04:002007-08-26T14:58:00.000-04:00Inverarity:Church of Anthrax was issued on CD. Two...Inverarity:<BR/><I>Church of Anthrax</I> was issued on CD. Two albums never released on CD are <I>Caribbean Sunset</I> & <I>John Cale Comes Alive</I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-85914674225859843082007-08-20T19:01:00.000-04:002007-08-20T19:01:00.000-04:00Anonymous:I'll believe it when I hear it. The ori...Anonymous:<BR/>I'll believe it when I hear it. The original Metal Machine Music has as much intensity and purpose as Fripp/Eno's best ambient work. Whether it's accidental or by design doesn't really matter to me. I worry that, by choosing the "threads" of sound that show up in the orchestral transcription, they will lose the threads of sound that I value. Only time will tell.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Jones:<BR/>Caribbean Sunset is one of two Cale albums that haven't seen CD release (the other is the Terry Riley collaboration Church of Anthrax, but that was ripped and made available online by some kind soul). It's a decent little album, but slight. One of these days I really need to get around to ripping it from vinyl.Inverarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838650110847975337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-3320479664147053752007-08-20T18:54:00.000-04:002007-08-20T18:54:00.000-04:00Okay, there seems to be a bit of confusion about t...Okay, there seems to be a bit of confusion about the original Metal Machine Music. I remember buying it and hating it because I thought I was buying Rock and Roll Animal part 3. What I got was guitar feedback, which at the time, was unlistenable. Word on the street was Lou gave RCA the album because he wanted to get dropped from the label, but now, with the Zeitkratzer live album of Metal Machine, he seems to be championing the very concept of Metal Machine as a legimate form of music. I've had the please of hearing the new live album and it is far superior to Lou's original '75 album. Zeitkratzer have given Lou's original vision some new insight and musical purpose. I think you will be surprised when you hear it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-581953300503810442007-08-20T18:50:00.000-04:002007-08-20T18:50:00.000-04:00Didn't Cale record an album called Caribbean Sunse...Didn't Cale record an album called Caribbean Sunset? I don't think it ever got released on CD (vinyl only). Did you ever hear it? Is it any good?Cucumber Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10456991074126138258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-41317755263031264372007-08-20T18:27:00.000-04:002007-08-20T18:27:00.000-04:00Thanks for the info! I'm a fan of Metal Machine Mu...Thanks for the info! I'm a fan of Metal Machine Music, and have listened to it in whole probably more times than a person should. I'll pick up this new version when it's released. (The name of the label, dear readers, is purely coincidental - our Asphodel has only listened to MMM through ceilings and walls.)<BR/><BR/>Whether he intended it as a joke at his label's and listeners' expense or not, MMM has a certain something. However, Reed's nonsense liner notes and spurious technical specs hint very strongly at mischief.Inverarityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838650110847975337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2367859846495854541.post-15885588429954996622007-08-20T18:21:00.000-04:002007-08-20T18:21:00.000-04:00Interesting comments about Metal Machine Music as ...Interesting comments about Metal Machine Music as "a joke". Interestingly, Reed is about to release "Metal Machine Music Live" with German chamber music ensemble, Zeitkratzer. The CD/DVD will be released on September 4th by Asphodel Records. Twenty-seven years after it's original release in '75, Berlin-based sax player Ulrich Krieger transcribed MMM into a classical contemporary acoustic score. The results are impressive, making what was originally an album of guitar feedback and analogue loops into an exciting classical make-over. Reed even performs drone guitar on the third movement. It's recorded and filmed at the Berlin Opera House in 2002. But don't take my word for it - http://www.noblepr.co.uk/Press_Releases/lou_reed/metal_machine_music.htmCucumber Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10456991074126138258noreply@blogger.com