John Cale on BBC news at 6

[bradski]

Weird news item on the BBC news at 6. Quite a long feature about the VU & Nico album with archive clips and an interview with Cale. He's playing the album in its entirety next year in Liverpool apparently. Seems a bit moot without Lou, Sterling and Nico (don't think Mo's involved either, could be wrong).

They had Cale playing a copy of the banana album - on a shitty little portable record player. Not only that it was a warped copy - and not only that it was a Vinyl Lovers copy .... not even a Verve or MGM (or even Polydor) copy. Strange feature anyway for the mainstream main news at 6.
You can probably catch it on iPlayer..... 24th October, BBC news at 6.

[bradski]

http://www.getintothis.co.uk/2016/10/jo ... -new-york/

[iaredatsun]

Thanks for the link and post.

I do not think that the BBC are going to go out and buy a collector's version of VU&N for a short interview. I guess they'd nip down to Sister Ray and see what they have in the rack and one of the Vinyl Lovers ones is probably what they stock. I might bet Cale doesn't even own a copy, let alone carry it about.

I wish Cale could also tempt us with a CD of a 1967 live tape or some tidbit unheard.

[bradski]

The BBC has a massive gram library with virtually every record ever made in there, especially from that era (I know - I used to work for 'em way back).
But yeah - it was just laziness I guess.
It just amused me when they went on about the profound influence of the record - as they zoomed in on the Vinyl Lovers label going round (and going up and down too, as it was well warped).

Quite agree - Cale should stop messing about with whatever half-assed projects he's currently working on, go down into his basement without further ado and dig those tapes out... sort your priorities out man.

[dial4]

Ah John & his numerous tapes ! For the moment only two surfaced. Both excellent.

[gazatthebop]

I guess they'd nip down to Sister Ray and see what they have in the rack and one of the Vinyl Lovers ones is probably what they stock. .

filming was done in Liverpool, someone is posting banana stickers across the city. Seems the show has sold out

[iaredatsun]

I guess they'd nip down to Sister Ray and see what they have in the rack and one of the Vinyl Lovers ones is probably what they stock. .

filming was done in Liverpool, someone is posting banana stickers across the city. Seems the show has sold out

Ok. bang goes my theory. re, where the got the LP.

[gazatthebop]

Cale has asked Moe Tucker to join him in Liverpool for the 50th anniversary show. She's turned Cale's offer down

[schnittstelle]

Wow! Did she give any explanation why?