Vintage Violence

Vintage Violence is the first studio album by multi-instrumentalist John Cale. It was released in March 1970 on Columbia Records label. Cale is also the producer of this album.

Vintage Violence
Studio album by John Cale
Released	March 1970
Recorded	October 1969
Genre	Rock
Length	34:25
Language	English
Label	Columbia
Producer	John Cale
John Cale chronology
Vintage Violence (1970) Church of Anthrax (1971)

Track listing

All songs written and composed by John Cale, except where noted. 

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hello, There"	2:48
2.	"Gideon's Bible"	3:22
3.	"Adelaide"	2:18
4.	"Big White Cloud"	3:31
5.	"Cleo"	2:35
6.	"Please"	4:19

Side B
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Charlemagne"	5:03
8.	"Bring It on Up"	2:24
9.	"Amsterdam"	3:14
10.	"Ghost Story"	3:48
11.	"Fairweather Friend"	2:32
Total length:		34:25

Bonus tracks on 2001 remaster
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Fairweather Friend (Alternate Version)"	2:29
13.	"Wall"	6:06

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Vintage Violence liner notes.

• John Cale – vocals; bass guitar; guitar; keyboards

Penguin

• Garland Jeffreys – guitar; backing vocals
• Ernie Coralla – guitar
• Sanford Konikoff – drums
• Harvey Brooks – bass guitar
• Stan Szelest – piano

Production

• John Cale – producer
• Lewis Merenstein – producer
• John McClure – executive production
• Don Meehan – engineer
• Jim Reeves – engineer
• Isi Valeris – photography

Other websites

• Vintage Violence at Discogs (list of releases)