"He's the only musician I’ll mention if people ask who I play with. There’s only one name. He’s the greatest. He has more of an impact on me than any drummer, more than anyone, in my adult life."Deantoni Parks
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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