Happy 76th birthday, John Cale, born on March 9, 1942.

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John Cale

Not to be confused with J. J. Cale, or John Cale from White House Down.

John Davies Cale, OBE (born 9 March 1942) is a Welsh musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer who was a founding member of the American rock band the Velvet Underground. Over his five-decade career, Cale has worked in various styles across rock, drone, classical, avant-garde and electronic music.[5]

He studied music at Goldsmiths College, University of London, before relocating to New York City's downtown music scene in the mid-1960s, where he performed as part of the Theatre of Eternal Music and formed the Velvet Underground. Since leaving the band in 1968, he has released 16 solo studio albums. Of his solo work, Cale is perhaps best known for his album Paris 1919, and his cover version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah", plus his mid-1970s Island Records trilogy of albums: Fear, Slow Dazzle and Helen of Troy.
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The Velvet Underground (1964–1968)
Main article: The Velvet Underground

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The very first commercially available recording of the Velvet Underground, an instrumental track called "Loop" given away with Aspen Magazine, was a feedback experiment written and conducted by Cale. His creative relationship with Reed was integral to the sound of the Velvet Underground's first two albums, The Velvet Underground & Nico (recorded in 1966, released in 1967) and White Light/White Heat (recorded in 1967, released in 1968).
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White Light/White Heat

This article is about the 1968 album. For the song, see White Light/White Heat (song).
White Light/White Heat

Studio album by The Velvet Underground
Released January 30, 1968
Recorded September 1967
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White Light/White Heat is the second studio album by American rock band the Velvet Underground, released in 1968 by record label Verve. It was the band's last studio recording of new material with bassist and founding member John Cale.

I can't do much better than this:

Here's a tune I recorded on an open reel Sony TC-366 from a WTJU broadcast over thirty years ago:

The way this starts, it sounds just like Bryan Ferry's cover of "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall":

John Cale is not in this, but this is too good not to include:

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. Happy birthday to an old favorite!

Funny how that doesn't seem so old anymore...
Always loved this song of his.

[Bongo Prophet]

2. I tend more toward his experimental/electronic work

Especially his work with Brian Eno, from cameos on Eno's albums, or co-producing Nico's "The End".
Their work together on "Wrong Way Up" is great all the way through, and still sounds very contemporary to me.

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