Name: Fragments Of A Rainy Season
Brand: John Cale

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rewiglp107

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2016-12-09

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PIAS

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Standard:20

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0887830010719

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

John Cale

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Classic

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Domino

Domino is an independent label founded in Putney, South West London by *a694357* and his partner Jacqui Rice in 1993. The label initially focused on American acts such as *Sebadoh*, *Pavement* or *Royal Trux* before signing British acts in the late '90s.

The label operates a US division, located in Brooklyn, which output was initially identified by its own catalogue number schemes, DOMUS then DNO (used until 2013), when the releases handled by the UK headquarters are identified by WIG (albums) and RUG (singles and EPs) catalogue numbers.

The company operating the label, *Warp Records*, diversified, establishing a publishing arm and a series of labels (*Double Six Recordings*, *Weird World Record Co.*, *Rephlex*, ...).

John Cale is a Welsh musician, composer, singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as a co-founder of the influential band Velvet Underground with Lou Reed. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with various artists and produced debut albums for notable bands such as The Stooges, Patti Smith Group, and Modern Lovers.
Born on March 9th, 1942 in Garnant, Wales, UK, John Cale's musical contributions have left an indelible mark on the industry. His talent spans across multiple roles within the music realm - from composing to singing to producing.
With his involvement in Velvet Underground alongside Lou Reed, John Cale played a pivotal role in shaping the sound of alternative rock. Additionally, he has lent his expertise as a producer to create groundbreaking debut albums for renowned bands like The Stooges' self-titled album (1969), Patti Smith Group's "Horses" (1975), and Modern Lovers' eponymous release (1976).

Domino Records reissue John Cale’s classic live album Fragments Of A Rainy Season, featuring his revered interpretation of Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah amongst many solo versions from his enduring catalogue and previously unreleased outtakes. Fragments Of A Rainy Season was the first live John Cale album to feature him performing solo and ‘unplugged’ - before that term became a mid 1990s buzzword. In contrast to the jaundiced punk truculence of Sabotage / Live (1979) or Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1986), Fragments Of A Rainy Season gives us Cale at his most melodic and moving, a mellowed and certainly a soberer man in a Yamamoto jacket and a lopsided haircut running through a selection of his prettiest songs. It’s a Cale many love deeply, a man alone at a concert-hall Steinway revisiting the pop-rock of Paris 1919 and A Child’s Christmas In Wales, as wistful and whimsical as any 70s singer songwriter holding court at LA’s Troubadour club. It’s the Cale who disavowed the spiky nihilism and decadence of the Velvets, inspired instead by melodicism of Paul McCartney and Brian Wilson (to whom he’d paid haunting homage on Slow Dazzle’s brilliant Beach Boys pastiche Mr. Wilson). It’s the Cale who improbably took a staff job at Warner-Reprise in LA and - for an all-too-brief moment - became part of the Burbank producers’ mafia alongside Lenny Waronker and his laidback chums. (Lest we forget, 1973’s Paris 1919 featured members of Little Feat and The Crusaders among the backing musicians.) Cale being Cale, Fragments Of A Rainy Season isn’t all rueful tenderness. The deceptively jaunty Darling I Need You is flippantly introduced as a song about “religious awakening in the southern part of the United States,” while Elvis’ Heartbreak Hotel is no less gothic in the solo version here than it is in the Grand Guignol horror show of the original on Slow Dazzle. Guts is as close as Cale ever came to Lou Reed at his most withering.

2CD - Double CD includes eight previously unreleased tracks from the original touring period. 

3LP - Limited Triple LP pressed on Hevyweight Vinyl includes eight previously unreleased tracks from the original touring period and digital download code of all content.

2LP - Double LP pressed on heavyweight vinyl and includes digital download code (digital download also includes the eight bonus tracks). 

Fragments Of A Rainy Season

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