Featuring Cale
Samplers, soundtracks and tribute albums
Cale's songs have been included on various samplers, soundtracks and tribute albums.
Some of these albums contain otherwise unavailable tracks or live versions. Various tracks have only been released as B-sides or as extra tracks on CD-singles. Don't be surprised when you find them on bootlegs.
Big White Cloud (2007)
A re-recorded version (longer and with echo effects) of this song on the Smokin' Aces soundtrack. Also included on the DVD of Circus Live.
Big White Cloud (2017)
On the Bob Stanley And Pete Wiggs Present English Weather compilation.
(I Keep A) Close Watch (2011)
Studio version on Sonar 1000, a 3CD set compiled by Radio 1 (Belgium). Also included I Can't Stand It by The Velvet Underground.
(I Keep A) Close Watch (1997)
Unplugged live version on Het beste uit 10 jaar 2 Meter Sessies.
(I Keep A) Close Watch (2018)
Studio version on the When The Day Is Done - The Orchestrations Of Robert Kirby compilation.
Cordoba (1994)
Unplugged version on Rare On Air Vol. 1 - KCRW Live Performances.
Cordoba (2006)
Album version on Compounds And Elements.
Daybreak (1998)
Translation of the poem La Aurora on Federico Garcìa Lorca - De Granada a la Luna.
Dead Or Alive (2010)
Album version Included on the Belgian 2CD Radio 1 Classics Volume 1
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night (2006)
Live version on Compounds And Elements.
Dying On The Vine (1996)
On a double CD 10 Percent dedicated to the American cultwriter William S. Burroughs.
Fear Is Man's Best Friend (2009)
The final song of four songs of Cale recorded at May 1, 1975 studio session in London for the long running BBC program hosted by John Peel is released on the 4CD box set Kats Caravan - The History of John Peel on the Radio.
Graham Greene (1976)
Released on the Dutch 2LP Literaluisterplaat.
Grandfather's House (1990)
Released on the One Word single. The maxi single version also contains the track Palanquin.
Hallelujah (1991)
Cover of Leonard Cohen on I Am Your Fan tribute album. The maxi single features the Cale/Cohen track Queen Victoria (a.k.a. The Queen and Me).
Hallelujah also included on the soundtrack of Basquiat (1996) and the soundtrack of Scrubs (2002)
Heartbreak hotel (1992)
Cale's version is included on the Elvis Presley tribute album Always On Our Mind, released in Australia by GAB Disc.
I Wanna Be Around (2001)
On Small World Big Band album by Jools Holland.
In A Flood (2005)
On the Uncut CD Uncut Presents The Year's Essential Music: 2005 of the December issue.
In Memoriam John Cage - Call Waiting (1993)
On Chance Operation album, a tribute to John Cage. It consists of seven short pieces with the sound of a telephone trying to establish a connection.
Jack The Ripper (1989)
Shelved single was released on the I.R.S. sampler These People Are Nuts!. Also released on the Seducing Down The Door compilation.
Leaving It Up To You (2000)
On the Uncut CD 20th Century Noise - A Millennial Soundtrack of the January issue.
Letter From Abroad (2005)
On the High Fidelity Reference CD No. 77, that came with the Danish/Swedish magazine High Fidelity.
The Long Voyage (1995)
Duet with Suzanne Vega on the Hector Zazou album Songs From the Cold Seas.
The Moon (1997)
Reads this poem on Kerouac - Kicks Joy Darkness.
Mr. Sparrow (2022)
Contributes this new track to For The Birds: The Birdsong Project Volume III.
Paris 1919 (1994)
Acoustic version on In Their Own Words, Vol. 2 album, recorded live at the Bottom Line, New York, March 24, 1994.
Paris 1919 (2005)
Live version on KGSR Broadcasts, Vol. 13 album.
She Doesn't Live Here Anymore (2004)
On the Por Vida: A Tribute To The Songs Of Alejandro Escovedo album.
Shuffling Down To Woodbridge (1990)
Released on the Ring Of Fire/Shuffling Down To Woodbridge promo single. Ring Of Fire is a Brian Eno track.
Spinning Away (2010)
On Disconnect, a compilation album put together by UK DJ Leo Zero.
Spinning Away (2024)
On the Original Soundtrack for the Gary Hustwit documentary about Brian Eno.
The Sleeper (1986)
Released on One Pound Ninety-Nine LP - A Sampler of the State of Things. Beggars Banquet BBB 1 UK Sampler.
So Long, Marianne (1999)
Duet with Suzanne Vega on the folk tribute album Bleecker Street-Greenwich Village.
So Much For Love (2001)
The sampler Open All Night: In The City contains one Cale track:
So Much For Love from the Walking on Locusts album. Released on Rhino (R2 79993).
Temper (1980)
Outtake from the recording sessions for The Academy In Peril, is released on the promotional 2LP compilation Warner Bros. Records Troublemakers as as part of the label's Mail order only promotional Loss Leaders series. The instrumental is also released on the Seducing Down The Door compilation.
Waiting For My Man (1975)
The sampler album Las Botas Draciosas Marchan Sobre Polonia contains an excellent live version of this track, with Chris Spedding on guitar.
You Know More Than I Know (1993)
Live version on Medium Rare, 10th anniversary sampler of the Rykodisc label. Also on More Fragments (see Fragments Of A Rainy Season).
