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Sabotage/Live
Live album by
ReleasedDecember 20, 1979
RecordedJune 13–16, 1979
VenueCBGB, New York City
GenreRock
Length45:30
LabelSPY/I.R.S. (original release), A&M Canada (reissue), Diesel Motor Records (reissue)
ProducerJohn Cale
John Cale chronology
Guts
(1977)
Sabotage/Live
(1979)
Honi Soit
(1981)
Alternative cover
Cover of the 1999 deluxe re-issue.
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]
Rolling Stonefavourable[3]
Trouser Pressunfavourable[4]

Sabotage/Live is a live albumbyJohn Cale. It was recorded at CBGB, New York on 13–16 June 1979, and released by SPY Records in December 1979.

Release

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A studio version of "Mercenaries (Ready for War)" was released as a single in the US on 14 March 1980.[5] The sleeve notes that on the B-Side the “vocal distortion (is) intended.”

It was later reissued on CD by A&M Records Canada, and reissued again in the UK by Diesel Motor Records. 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 recording than the live album version, was not included as the master tape is lost).[citation needed] However, this was included on the download available on the ZE Records website from 2011.[6]

Critical reception

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NME said of the band, "What they lack in finesse they make up for with a remorseless drive that equally befits Cale's cold-blooded, gut-churning music of fear – but puts the weight on the gut-churning. In fact it's surprising that there isn't a song about a mass-murderer amongst them; instead, for the first side at least, Cale is in the grip of post-nuclear mental tremors, raving obsessively about espionage, atom bombs and the dogs of war."[7]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by John Cale, except where noted

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mercenaries (Ready for War)" 7:33
2."Baby You Know" 3:52
3."Evidence" 3:28
4."Dr. Mudd" 3:42
5."Walkin' the Dog"Rufus Thomas Jr.4:06
Side B
No.TitleLength
6."Captain Hook"11:26
7."Only Time Will Tell"2:37
8."Sabotage"4:59
9."Chorale"3:42
Total length:45:30
Bonus tracks on 1999 reissue
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."Chicken Shit" 03:57
11."Memphis"Chuck Berry4:00
12."Hedda Gabler" 5:23
13."Rosegarden Funeral of Sores" 5:50
Bonus track on 2011 remastered download[6]
No.TitleLength
14."Mercenaries" (Studio Version)4:21

Personnel

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Technical

Animal JusticeEP

"Rosegarden Funeral of Sores"

"Mercenaries (Ready for War)" single version recorded at Plaza Sound, New York City

References

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  • ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: C". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  • ^ "Sabotage: Live". Rolling Stone. 26 June 1980. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  • ^ Grant, Steven; Sheridan, David; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: John Cale". TrouserPress.com. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
  • ^ "John Cale – Mercenaries". Discogs. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  • ^ a b "JOHN CALE SABOTAGE LIVE". ZE Records. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  • ^ Paul Rambali. "John Cale: Sabotage/Live (Spy Import)". Rock's Backpages.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sabotage/Live&oldid=1168859645"

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