John Cale Antartida [1995)

ANTARTIDA
Original Soundtrack by John Cale
Les Discs du Crépuscule, 1995
20 tracks

Film directed by Manuel Huerga
Starring José Manuel Lorenzo, Francis Lorenzo, Walter Vidarte with special
appearances by Cristina Hoyos and John Cale

Produced by John Cale
Cello solos performed by Dawn Buckholz
Solo guitar performances by Chris Spedding

"Antarctica Starts Here" - John Cale (vocal, piano)

"Pasodoble Mortal" - Mauricio Villavecchia (accordion), Cece Gianotti
(guitar), Guillermo Prats (electric bass), Michael Weiss (drums), Xavi
Mezquita (trumpet)

"People Who Died" (written by Jim Carroll) - John Cale (vocal, piano),
Sterling Morrison (guitar), Chris Spedding (guitar), Maureen Tucker (drums),
Erik Sanko (bass)

NOTES:
In the 1990s, collecting John Cale albums started getting real difficult and
real expensive, with the release of a number of import CDs containing the
soundtracks for various films he had scored. ANTARTIDA was one of these, a
film about drug addiction. I remember seeing its soundtrack in the Cale
section at my favorite CD store several years ago, priced at over $30; it
was agony -- especially as "Antarctica Starts Here" is one of my favorite
songs from his classic PARIS 1919 album -- but $30 for a single disc? I had
to pass. Since then, I've sometimes thought of this disc as The One That Got
Away, especially as it's now OOP. Thankfully, I recently won a copy on eBay,
so I am passing my winnings on to you, since most of you will never get to
hear this, otherwise.
A very nice, atmospheric score... that just happens to contain a
reunion of 3/4s of The Velvet Underground on one track. Had that information
been mentioned on the back cover of this disc, I would have bought it new,
then and there.
Sorry, no scans.