{"product_id":"john-cale-slow-dazzle-180gm-vinyl","title":"John Cale - Slow Dazzle [180gm]","description":"\u003cp\u003eLimited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Following on quickly from Fear, and capitalising on that album's energy Slow Dazzle is another fiery release by Velvet Underground founder John Cale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis re-issue faithfully replicates the original 1975 Island Records UK release and is pressed onto high quality 180gm vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased in March 1975, initially, the album offers a false sense of mellow security: \"Mr Wilson\", a tribute to Brian, the leader of Cale's beloved Beach Boys starts the on a much sweeter note than \"Fear Is A Man's Best Friend\", as does \"Taking It All Away\"; by \"Dirty Ass Rock'n'Roll\" Slow Dazzle is off to darker terrain, business as usual. Cale, however, cannot resist a pop song and a ballad \"Ski Patrol\" is a great two-minute vignette, and \"I'm Not The Loving Kind\" is soul-baring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album's reputation, however, rests on two tracks \"Guts\", a bald telling of Cale's wife's infidelity and his pitch-black cover of Elvis Presley's \"Heartbreak Hotel\". 50 years later, these songs still pack a tremendous punch.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vinylestore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67910094389325,"sku":"805520240802","price":37.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0796\/9131\/7325\/files\/4385245-3289522.jpg?v=1794004573","url":"https:\/\/vinylestore.shop\/products\/john-cale-slow-dazzle-180gm-vinyl","provider":"Vinylestore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}