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John Cale was never very kind to his solo debut, Vintage Violence. When it was released in early 1970, Cale had been out of The Velvet Underground for less than two years. He wanted to prove he could be the songwriter, the person penning the words and melodies behind which a band could work. “I was masked on Vintage Violence,” he wrote much later. “You’re not really seeing the personality.” Indeed, Cale’s personality as a polyglot seemingly interested in everything emerged more and more on his next two solo albums, his only two for Reprise: 1972’s bracing and exploratory classical sojourn, The Academy in Peril, and 1973’s masterclass in anxious but accessible songcraft, Paris 1919. By reissuing both records in tandem affirms the artistic fearlessness Cale then fostered at the edge of 30, when all of music seemed like one inviting playpen. 

Artist-sanctioned reissue

Remastered from the original tapes 

Download includes bonus track - Temper.

The LP tracklisting combines Intro & Days of Steam into a single track, replicating the original pressing, with different visible banding for each track present on the vinyl LP.

Tracklist

The Philosopher 
Brahms
Legs Larry At Television Centre
The Academy In Peril 
Intro
Days Of Steam 

3 Orchestral Pieces 
Faust 
The BalanceCapt. Morgan's Lament 
King Harry 
John Milton