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The authorized biography of John Cale
‘On all counts, a must for John Cale fans’ -
**** Uncut
Written with the full cooperation of John Cale and incorporating
exclusive interviews with important figures from all phases
of the musician’s 35-year career, this new biography
explores the man who has successfully transcended the boundaries
between classical and popular music. Cale’s music
- from the Velvet Underground onwards - has been a
series of passionate assaults on accepted musical forms,
and his processes of deconstruction and reconstruction
are illustrated by detailed accounts of his albums, live
shows and relationships with other artists such as La Monte
Young, Brian Eno and Lou Reed.
Exhaustively researched, Sedition and Alchemy also
contains the first full discography of John Cale’s work
to date.
•Only John Cale biography available
•Contains never-before-seen pictures of John Cale
•Doreword by Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals
•Cover artwork by Dave McKean, cult graphic artist
‘Tim Mitchell’s biography reminds us just how
singular [Cale’s] journey has been . . . Even the danger
of overfamiliarity with the Velvet Underground canon can’t
blunt the excitement of reading how Cale helped produce
such a glorious, unprecedented pile-up of high and low
art when he formed the group with Lou Reed in 1965. But
arguably the most fascinating aspect of this book is Cale’s
post-VU solo career’ - Wire
TIM MITCHELL is the author of There’s Something
About Jonathan: Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers,
also published by Peter Owen, described by Record Collector
‘the best book you can imagine anyone writing about Jonathan
Richman’. |
