John Cale – Paris 1919 (Deluxe Edition) (2024)

Review by Tim Sendra: … deluxe edition of Paris 1919 includes previously unreleased tape audio, a drone mix of “Hanky Panky Nohow,” a new track called “Fever Dream 2024: You’re a Ghost,” outtakes, and more. One of John Cale’s very finest solo efforts, Paris 1919 is also among his most accessible records, one which grows in depth and resonance with each successive listen. A consciously literary work — the songs even bear titles like “Child’s Christmas in Wales,” “Macbeth,” and “Graham Greene” — Paris 1919 is close in spirit to a collection of short stories; the songs are richly poetic, enigmatic period pieces strongly evocative of their time and place. Chris Thomas’ production is appropriately lush and sweeping, with many tracks set to orchestral accompaniment; indeed, there’s little here to suggest either Cale’s noisy, abrasive past or the chaos about to resurface in his subsequent work — for better or worse, his music never achieved a similar beauty again. — AMG

Track List: Disc 1 01 - Child's Christmas in Wales (Remastered 2024) 02 - Hanky Panky Nohow (Remastered 2024) 03 - The Endless Plain of Fortune (Remastered 2024) 04 - Andalucia (Remastered 2024) 05 - Macbeth (Remastered 2024) 06 - Paris 1919 (Remastered 2024) 07 - Graham Greene (Remastered 2024) 08 - Half Past France (Remastered 2024) 09 - Antarctica Starts Here (Remastered 2024)

Disc 2 01 - I Must Not Sniff Cocaine (Remastered 2024) 02 - Hanky Panky Nohow (Drone Mix) (Remastered 2024) 03 - Child's Christmas in Wales (Rehearsal 1) (Remastered 2024) 04 - Half Past France (Intro Chat) (Remastered 2024) 05 - Macbeth (Take 11) (Remastered 2024) 06 - Hanky Panky Nohow (Guitar Mix) (Remastered 2024) 07 - Fever Dream 2024: You're a Ghost (Remastered 2024)

Media Report: Genre: art rock Origin: Wales, UK
Format: FLAC Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec Bit rate mode: Variable Channel(s): 2 channels Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz Bit depth: 16 bits Compression mode: Lossless Writing library: libFLAC 1.2.1 (UTC 2007-09-17)

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