
Byrne’s presence is intriguing — legend has it Cale was very excited about producing Talking Heads, at one point telling Brian Eno “THEY’RE MINE!!” Guess we know how that turned out. Smith is maybe the weakest link; she’s enthusiastic as hell, but her caterwauling backup vocals on the pastoral “Buffalo Ballet” come close to ruining a perfectly lovely song. One of the cooler things here is the spooky reading of “The Jeweler,” with Cale intoning a surreal short story as his cohorts create a wall of ambient noise worthy of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, the sound of the Underground boiling over. words/ t wilcox
Download: John Cale & Friends :: The Ocean Club – NYC, July 21, 1976
1. Ghost Story 2. Buffalo Ballet 3. You Know More Than I Know 4. Guts 5. I’m Waiting For The Man 6. I Keep A Close Watch 7. The Jeweler 8. Gun 9. Pablo Picasso 9. Cable Hogue 11. Baby What You Want Me To Do
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