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Some time ago I received a disc in a trade which had several Cale tracks from various compilations, 12? singles, OOP, and ?rare? songs. The person that sent it had also received it in a trade and did not have a track listing. A majority of the songs had lyrics, so I?ve since been able to identify all of them -- except for these two which are instrumentals. I?m hoping that there are some true J.C. aficionados out ther that can help me identify these mystery tracks. More than likely a *no brainer* for a real Cale fan, ?Oh that old thing?! I feel sheepish asking for help on this, because I really should know the answer.
I?ve encoded brief excerpts of each song.
Click on the ?play? tab to stream audio.
Piano
http://www.4shared.com/file/1772882/a07 ... piano.html
Strings
http://www.4shared.com/file/1772881/397 ... rings.html

Can't say I recognise either of those I'm afraid... they do sound like his film soundtrack stuff, but I'm afraid I couldn't identify them any further than that.

I think the piano piece is from 23 solo pieces it sounds familiar

The piano piece is "Sailor Theme", track 23 (3:28) from the "Love Me" film soundtrack.
(Love Me - La Bande Originale du Film, Mercury France/Universal 542 373-2, 2000)

The strings piece is "Opening Theme N°2", track 5 (6:00) from the "Saint-Cyr" film soundtrack.
(John Cale - Bande Originale du Film Saint-Cyr, Archipel 35/Virgin France 8 49545 2, 2000)

Thank you olandem, the running times you posted jive with what I have. Mystery solved!