John Cale
Fear Is A Man's Best Friend - John Cale

John Cale: New York in the 1960s

Chrysler Building (c) Judith Bloem

About this series

3 CDs released in May and December 2001. Table of the Elements. TOE-CD-75, TOE-CD-79 and TOE-CD-80..

Produced from archival recordings by Tony Conrad. Liner notes by David Fricke.

Vox Continental

These recordings are solo efforts on electronic organ - the awesome Vox Continental, guitar and viola as well as collaborations with saxophone player Terry Jennings, violinist Tony Conrad, Velvet Underground guitar player Sterling Morrison and the VU's original drummer Angus MacLise.

Thanks to Tony Conrad, who was a co-member in La Monte Young's group The Dream Syndicate, these tapes are finally available to the public.

NY 60s box set

Box set

Also released as a box set containing all 3CDs, and as 5LP version, with two bonus tracks:


© 1999- Hans Werksman