Sabotage/Live
| Sabotage/Live | ||||
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| Live album by John Cale | ||||
| Released | December 1979 | |||
| Recorded |
CBGB's, New York, 16 June 1979 Animal Justice EP August 1977 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 45 minutes | |||
| Label | SPY Records/I.R.S. Records (original release), A&M Canada (reissue), Diesel Motor Records (reissue) | |||
| Producer | John Cale | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Rolling Stone | favorable link |
Sabotage/Live was recorded live at CBGB's, New York on 16th June 1979. It was reissued on CD by A&M Records Canada without bonus tracks, and reissued again in the UK a decade later with the following bonus tracks: "Memphis", "Chicken Shit" and "Hedda Gabler", originally released on the EP Animal Justice in August 1977. The album states: "The special friendship of Hilly Kristal, Michael Mason, Louis Tropia, Mr. & Mrs. Fred Thomases made this album possible." "Rosegarden Funeral of Sores" was released as the B-side of the "Mercenaries (Ready For War)" single in 1980; it was later covered by Bauhaus.
Track listing
All songs written by John Cale, except "Walkin' The Dog" written by Rufus Thomas, Jr.
Original 1979 release
Side A
- "Mercenaries (Ready for War)"
- "Baby You Know"
- "Evidence"
- "Dr. Mudd"
- "Walkin' the Dog"
Side B
- "Captain Hook"
- "Only Time Will Tell"
- "Sabotage"
- "Chorale"
Bonus tracks 1999 reissue
The Diesel Motor CD reissue contains four extra tracks. The first three are originally from the Animal Justice EP, while the fourth was the B-side of the "Mercenaries (Ready For War)" single (the A-side, which was an entirely different studio recording than the live album version, was not included as the master tape is lost):
- Animal Justice
- "Chicken Shit"
- "Memphis" (Chuck Berry)
- "Hedda Gabler"
- "Rosegarden Funeral of Sores"
Singles
"Chicken Shit / Memphis" b/w "Hedda Gabler" 7" & 12" UK August 1977.
"Jack The Ripper in the Moulin Rouge" b/w "Memphis (instrumental)" 7" UK 1977. "Jack The Ripper" was eventually released on the compilation Seducing Down the Door in 1994.
"Mercenaries (Ready for War)" b/w "Rosegarden Funeral of Sores" 7" US 1980. The sleeve notes that on the B-Side the "vocal distortion (is) intended."
Personnel
- John Cale - vocals, piano, guitar, fretless bass, viola
- Marc Aaron - lead guitar
- Joe Bidewell - keyboards, vocals
- Doug Bowne - drums, vocals
- Deerfrance - percussion, vocals
- George Scott - bass, vocals
Animal Justice EP
- John Cale - vocals
- Ritchie Flieger - guitar
- Jimmy Bain - bass
- Bruce Brody - Moog synthesizer
- Kevin Currie - drums
- Jane Friedman - backing vocals on "Chicken Shit"
"Rosegarden Funeral of Sores"
- John Cale: vocals, bass, Wurlitzer piano
- Michael Mason: rhythm/drum machine