Animal Justice (extended play)

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Animal Justice
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ReleasedSeptember 1977
StudioChalk Farm Studios (London)
Genre Art rock
Length14:33
Label Illegal
Producer John Cale
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Animal Justice
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Animal Justice is the debut extended play (EP) by the Welsh rock musician John Cale, released in September 1977 by Illegal Records. "Chickenshit" was Cale's response to his decapitation of a chicken during a gig in Croydon, South London on 24 April 1977. This prompted the vegetarian rhythm section of Mike Visceglia and Joe Stefko to walk off and leave Cale's band.

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Recording

Animal Justice was recorded at Chalk Farm Studios in London, England. Two other songs were recorded during these sessions, "Jack the Ripper (In the Moulin Rouge)" and "Ton Ton Macoute", but were not released. [2]

Content

The album cover is by the rock photographer Jill Furmanovsky. [3]

Release

Animal Justice was released in September 1977 by Illegal Records. [4]

In 1999, this EP was released as bonus tracks on the reissue of the live album Sabotage/Live (1979).

Track listing

  1. "Chickenshit" (John Cale) − 3:25
  2. "Memphis" (Chuck Berry) − 3:15
  3. "Hedda Gabler" (Cale) − 7:53

Personnel

"Chickenshit" contains part of a telephone conversation between Cale and Joe Stefko at the Portobello Hotel, London in April 1977.

References

  1. Thompson, Dave. "Animal Justice – John Cale | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved March 29, 2015.
  2. Cale, John; Bockris, Victor (1999). What's Welsh for Zen. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 176. ISBN   0-7475-3668-6.
  3. Animal Justice (Media notes). John Cale. Illegal Records. 1977.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. Mitchell, Tim (2003). Sedition and Alchemy: A Biography of John Cale. London: Peter Owen. p. 117. ISBN   0-7206-11326.