John Cale - Guts & Chinese Envoy (Rockpalast 1983)
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mhhhg great!!
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Wow. Saw Cale on this tour, on Aug 27 1983 - my 20th birthday, with Jonathan Richman. Black and White. Richman crawling up the aisles singingg, "I'm a little dinosaur"; Cale curled up into foetal ball over his guitar primal screaming at the end of 'Cable Hogue' or something (have shot of that: should scan it) - and both of them duetting on 'Pablo Picasso'. Hard to describe Cale's set. Terrifying, cryptic, gentle? Saw him solo 3 years later and he spoke to me from stage. Both forever memories.
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I saw John '83 in germany (Münster "Odeon")
It is one of my favourite memories in my whole life.
he is so very special. this man has such a great worth and meaning for me
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always the same intro to "Guts": "This song is in b flat."
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always the same intro: "This song is in B Flat."
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@trollfinger Cale is better than this live, I saw him play a whole show solo in 2001.
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It is somewhat well known that Kevin Ayers fucked John Cale's wife the night before the June 1, 1974 concert ... hence the somewhat bemused look between them on the cover. "Guts" was written for him not long after that.



good stuff, a total legend!
taariqtaariq 2 years ago 10
Chinese Envoy is one of my all-time Cale faves. Fucking amazing performance
Toyboy789 3 years ago 7