John Cale – The Academy In Peril

Description

John Cale was never very kind to his solo debut, ‘Vintage
Violence’. When it was released in early 1970, Cale had
been out of The Velvet Underground for less than two
years. He wanted to prove he could be the songwriter, the
person penning the words and melodies behind which a
band could work. “I was masked on ‘Vintage Violence’,” he
wrote much later. “You’re not really seeing the personality.”

Indeed, Cale’s personality as a polyglot seemingly
interested in everything emerged more and more on his
next two solo albums, his only two for Reprise: 1972’s
bracing and exploratory classical sojourn, ‘The Academy in
Peril’, and 1973’s masterclass in anxious but accessible
songcraft, ‘Paris 1919’.

By reissuing both records in tandem affirms the artistic
fearlessness Cale then fostered at the edge of 30, when
all of music seemed like one inviting playpen.

Artist-sanctioned reissue, remastered from the original
tapes.

CD features bonus track, ‘Temper’ (included with the LP
format as a digital download.)

The CD tracklisting combines ‘Intro’ and ‘Days Of Steam’
into a single track, replicating the original CD pressing.

The LP tracklisting combines ‘Intro’ and ‘Days Of Steam’
into a single track, replicating the original pressing, with
different visible banding for each track present on the vinyl
LP.