John Cale

The Velvet Underground founder

Role

Singer Guitarist Bassist

Genre

Rock Pop Classical

Group

The Velvet Underground The Theatre of Eternal Music

Credits

Snowball How We See The Light Shark-Shark

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Singer Guitarist Bassist

Genre

Rock Pop Classical

Group

The Velvet Underground The Theatre of Eternal Music

Credits

Snowball How We See The Light Shark-Shark

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John Cale's Keyboards and Synthesizers

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Vox Continental

Organs

This photo shows Cale playing a Vox Continental Organ. According to this website, John Cale used this organ on Sun Blindness Music and the White Light/White Heat albums.

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Korg M1

Synthesizers

This site states that Cale uses a Korg M1.

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Kurzweil K2600 Synthesizer

Synthesizers

This site states that Cale uses a Kurzweil K2600.

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Roland GR-500

Sound Modules

This site states that Cale used a Roland GR-500.

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Kurzweil PC2x

Synthesizers

This site states that Cale uses a Kurzweil PC2x.

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Roland D-50

Synthesizers

This site states that Cale uses a Roland D 50.

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Rheem Mark VII

Organs

In this photo, Cale can be seen playing a Rheem Mark VII combo organ with the Velvet Underground at the Retinal Circus in June 1968.

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Hohner Cembalet

Vintage & Electric Pianos

John Cale is credited with playing a Cembalet in the liner notes of his album Stainless Gamelan: Inside The Dream Syndicate Volume III.

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Yamaha CP-70

Vintage & Electric Pianos

During the 1984 Rockpalast performance at Grugahalle Essen, John Cale is seen using the Yamaha CP-70 piano from the song "Caribbean Sunset" to "I’m Waiting for My Man," including the encore. This is evidenced by the YouTube video uploaded by ForARide.

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Roland FANTOM-08 Music Workstation Keyboard

Synthesizers

At 3:51 of this KEXP session, you can see the Roland Fantom 8 in front of Cale.

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Kurzweil PC2

Synthesizers

At 12:06 you can see Cale using the keyboard live in 2013

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