John Cale on screen
TV Appearances: the Seventies
June 10, 1972 - Pop 2, Antenne 2, France
39 minutes, black & white. The show is presented by Patrice Blanc Francard and includes reports about Robert Wyatt's Matching Mole, Lewis Caroll and 23 minutes devoted to the Reed, Cale & Nico concert at Le Bataclan in Paris, on January 29, 1972.
It offers 5 songs filmed by Claude Ventura:
Songs intersected with French journalists discussing the Velvet Underground. The Pop 2 show has been re-broadcasted on Canal Jimmy cable TV on October 29, 1999.
October 1972 - Cale on closed circuit TV for schools and colleges in London
English music magazine Sounds publishes an article in July about a series of interviews with musicans for a closed circuit TV program for London schools and colleges, including Cale, Kevin Ayers and Terry Riley. The series becomes available in October. The Cale episode is accompanied by films made by students from Goldsmiths College, Hornsey College of Art and the National Film School. No footage has survived.
1975 - Follies RTB Television, Brussels, Belgium
Further details unknown. 25 minutes.
1975- Wembley Arena, London, UK
Most likely an interview. 8 minutes.
1976 - Filter furore, NCRV TV, The Netherlands
Interview by Dutch journalist Harry de Winter on the NCRV program Filter Furore. Discusses the meaning of Fear Is A Man's Best Friend.
1977 Heno, Heno, Welsh TV, Wales
Performs Evidence.
1979 - New Music, Canada
Interview and live footage.