FRAGMENTS OF A RAINY SEASON

Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing, includes digital download. Fragments of a Rainy Season is the the first live John Cale album to feature him performing solo and ounpluggedo u before that term became a mid-AE90s buzzword. In contrast to the jaundiced punk truculence of Sabotage/Live (1979) or Even Cowgirls Get the Blues (1986), Fragments 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, , including his seminal take on Leonard CohenAEs aeHallelujahAE. The album features versions of aeParis 1919,AE aeDying On The Vine,AE aeChinese Envoy,AE cover versions of the Elvis classic aeHeartbreak HotelAE and the aforementioned Leonard Cohen, and a suite of Dylan ThomasAE works aeOn A Wedding Anniversary,AE aeLie Still, Sleep BecalmedAE and aeDo Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.AE