Cale, John: Slow Dazzle - 180gm Vinyl (Vinyl LP)
Proper Records Uk
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Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Following on quickly from Fear, and capitalising on that album's energy Slow Dazzle is another fiery release by Velvet Underground founder John Cale - This re-issue faithfully replicates the original 1975 Island Records UK release and is pressed onto high quality 180gm vinyl. Released in March 1975, initially, the album offers a false sense of mellow security: Mr Wilson, a tribute to Brian, the leader of Cale's beloved Beach Boys starts the on a much sweeter note than Fear Is A Man's Best Friend, as does Taking It All Away; by Dirty Ass Rock'n'Roll Slow Dazzle is off to darker terrain, business as usual. Cale, however, cannot resist a pop song and a ballad Ski Patrol is a great two-minute vignette, and I'm Not The Loving Kind is soul-baring. The album's reputation, however, rests on two tracks Guts, a bald telling of Cale's wife's infidelity and his pitch-black cover of Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel. 50 years later, these songs still pack a tremendous punch. Mr. Wilson, Taking It All Away, Dirty-Ass Rock 'N' Roll, Darling I Need You, Rollaroll, Heartbreak Hotel, Ski Patrol, I'm Not the Loving Kind, Guts, The Jeweller
Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Following on quickly from Fear, and capitalising on that album's energy Slow Dazzle is another fiery release by Velvet Underground founder John Cale - This re-issue faithfully replicates the original 1975 Island Records UK release and is pressed onto high quality 180gm vinyl. Released in March 1975, initially, the album offers a false sense of mellow security: Mr Wilson, a tribute to Brian, the leader of Cale's beloved Beach Boys starts the on a much sweeter note than Fear Is A Man's Best Friend, as does Taking It All Away; by Dirty Ass Rock'n'Roll Slow Dazzle is off to darker terrain, business as usual. Cale, however, cannot resist a pop song and a ballad Ski Patrol is a great two-minute vignette, and I'm Not The Loving Kind is soul-baring. The album's reputation, however, rests on two tracks Guts, a bald telling of Cale's wife's infidelity and his pitch-black cover of Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel. 50 years later, these songs still pack a tremendous punch. Mr. Wilson, Taking It All Away, Dirty-Ass Rock 'N' Roll, Darling I Need You, Rollaroll, Heartbreak Hotel, Ski Patrol, I'm Not the Loving Kind, Guts, The Jeweller