JOHN CALE 1999-08-20 EDINBURGH audience recording from master cassette RESEED

The Queen's Hall
Edinburgh
20 August 1999

01: Intro 0.39
02: In My Craft Or Sullen Art 2.07
03: If I Were Tickled By The Rub Of Love 5.33
04: Lament 4.57
05: On A Wedding Anniversary / Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night 7.33
06: Buffalo Ballet 3.02
07: Child's Christmas In Wales 3.07
08: Chinese Envoy 3.05
09: Broken Hearts 2.32
10: My Funny Valentine 2.08
11: Ship Of Fools 4.20
12: You Know More Than I Know 3.06
13: Leaving It Up To You 3.29
14: Set Me Free 4.09
15: Cable Hogue 3.21
16: Dying On The Vine 4.14
17: Cordoba 3.30
18: Heartbreak Hotel 8.10
19: Style It Takes 2.50
20: Thoughtless Kind 2.49
21: Hallelujah 4.40

John Cale: guitar, piano, keyboard

lineage: master TDK SA90 cassette - Pioneer CT-S670D player - wav - flac (level 8) - you
recorded from the centre right of the balcony using a Toshiba KT4087 recorder and a stereo tieclip mic

original recording by lurid_uk
wav transfer December 2012 by lurid_uk
uploaded to Dime December 2012 by lurid_uk
reseeded on Dime February 2026 by lurid_uk

This was the first of a 2-night stay in Edinburgh for the 1999 "Flux Festival" (part of the Edinburgh International Arts Festival). The Queen's Hall is a relativley small venue (holding ~ 900) where John had previously played in 1992. Sadly I didn't get as good a seat this time, and ended up in the balcony. But the recording turned out ok.

The show started with John noodling away at an odd-looking keyboard device at stage right while reciting Dylan Thomas poems. I believe that the first 2 of these are unique to this concert. He then moved on to the more conventional guitar/piano format for the remainder of the show. I think that the final encore was "Close Watch" but I didn't manage to record it.

After the show, I hung around (alone) at the stage door and was rewarded when John appeared (also alone), wearing a baseball cap and otherwise dressed pretty much like a tramp. He happily signed a few things for me and then climbed into a waiting minicab and raced off.

thanks to gazatthebop for help with the set list

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