Release date: 01-01-2007 (originally released in 1971)

2007 US edition reissue 9-track vinyl LP, originally released in 1971 and the follow-up to Cale's 'Vintage Violence' from 1970; Cale & Riley had previously worked together in the 60s in New York, as part of the burgeoning avant garde scene, this album highlights Riley's minimalist leanings, as well as Cale's aspirations to more orchestral arrangements, housed in a sealed picture sleeve.

Tracks:
01. Church Of Anthrax
02. The Hall Of Mirrors In The Palace Of Versailles
03. Soul Of Patrick Lee
04. Ides Of March
05. Protégé

Totally excellent reissue of a record that we've always loved, but love even better at this nice low price! Although you may not like John Cale's solo stuff (or you may), this collaboration with minimalist composer Terry Riley is an amazing album of long modal instrumental tracks (with one vocal one) that grooves along in a spacey funky way. Riley plays piano, organ, and soprano sax; and Cale joins in on bass, guitar, viola, and harpsichord. The two of them groove together in these totally cool tracks that build and build, with minimal lines repeating over and over endlessley, but also in a way that sounds very funky in parts. The cut "Ides Of March" is waiting to become a dancefloor groover in the jazz dance scene, and there's lots of other great tracks like "Church of Anthrax", "The Protege", and "The Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles".