"I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my personality by dabbling in rock 'n' roll."John Cale
The Velvet Underground
White Light/White Heat
About this album
Released in 1968.
Tracks:
- White Light/White Heat
- The Gift
- Lady Godiva's Operation
- Here She Comes Now
- I Heard Her Call My Name
- Sister Ray
Cale debuts as a lead singer on record, reciting The Gift and Lady Godiva's Operation. This is the last original Velvets album with Cale.
Musicians:
John Cale: vocals, electric viola, Vox Continental organ, bass, medical sound effects
Sterling Morrison: bass, guitar, vocals
Lou Reed: guitar, vocals
Maureen Tucker: drums
Other credits:
Gary Kellgren: recording engineer
Acy R. Lehman: cover design
Bob Ludwig: mastering
Billy Name: cover photo
Val Valentin: director of engineering
Tom Wilson: production
Andy Warhol: cover design concept
Cale in UP-TIGHT: The Velvet Underground Story, the book by Victor Bockris & Gerard Malanga:
"Most of the recording was done straight through; Sister Ray was one piece. I Heard Her Call My Name and Here She Comes Now evolved in the studio. We never performed them live. The Gift was a story Lou had written a long time ago when he was at Syracuse University. It was my idea to do it as a spoken-word thing. We had this piece called 'Booker T' that was just an instrumental, so instead of wasting it, we decided to combine them."
White Light/White Heat / Here She Comes Now single
White Light/White Heat, is released in November 1967, with Here She Comes Now on the B-side. Same faith as the previous attempts to get into the charts.
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