Solo albums
Honi Soit
About this album
Released in 1981. A&M AMLH 64948.
Tracks:
- Dead Or Alive
- Strange Times In Casablanca
- Fighter Pilot
- Wilson Joliet
- Streets Of Laredo
- Honi Soit (La première Leçon De Français)
- Riverbank
- Russian Roulette
- Magic & Lies
All songs written by John Cale, except Streets Of Laredo, a traditional arranged by John Cale.
Andy Warhol suggested to call the album John and Yoko. The musicians on this album are listed as the crew of fighter airplane, with Cale as the flight surgeon.
Producer Mike Thorn wrote an illuminating article. The track Need Your Loving was left off in favour of Riverbank.
Musicians:
John Cale: guitar, keyboards, viola, lead vocals
John Gatchell: trumpet
Jim Goodwin: keyboards, synthesizer, background vocals
Peter Muny: bass, background vocals
Robert Medici: drums, background vocals
Sturgis Nikides: guitar, background vocals
Bomberettes: background vocals on Fighter Pilot
Other credits:
Producer: Mike Thorne
Executive producer: John Cale
Additional engineering: Carl Beatty (Media Sound)
Assistant engineer: Harold Tarowsky (CBS)
Recorded and mixed by Harvey Goldberg at CBS, E. 30th St. and Media Sound, NYC, USA
Mastered by Jack Skinner at Sterling Sound, NYC, USA