Home / Music / John Cale co-founded The Velvet UndergroundMusic linernotes album music john-caleJohn Cale co-founded The Velvet UndergroundThe Velvet Underground was co-founded by John Cale and Lou Reed in New York in 1964. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesJohn Cale's droning viola defined the Velvet Underground's early soundJohn Cale produced landmark albums for The Stooges, Patti Smith, and NicoTakemitsu described A Flock Descends as a shifting panorama with a circular structureAlice Coltrane's Journey in Satchidananda carries John's spiritual torch — and makes it her ownSun Ra recorded over 100 albums — arguably the most prolific recording artist of the 20th centuryExploreAcross 110th Street is a defining blaxploitation soundtrackPopol Vuh scored Herzog's AguirreThe Boomerang soundtrack accompanied Eddie Murphy's 1992 comedyScript of the Bridge opens with a sample from a 1946 filmApollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks was composed for a documentary about going to the moonPrevious John Cale produced landmark albums for The Stooges, Patti Smith, and NicoNext Jimmy Miller recorded Let It Bleed with an out-of-tune piano and a raw room sound.
