Anyone who knows me, knows “Paris 1919” by the legendary @therealjohncale is absolutely one of my top records EVER of all time. It has been a mainstay in my life, always a record I go back to and cherish and marvel and discover something new I love about it over the years. Like an old friend that is always there for you. I love this record in ways I cannot articulate in words. So excited to announce that I had the SUPREME privilege of remastering “Paris 1919” and “The Academy in Peril” out in Nov @dominorecordco This was a long elaborate journey with John at the helm; revisiting the old sessions from the original 1/4” EMI tapes, lots of detective work checking past reissues on various formats, discovering some golden nuggets during the recording process and piecing them together, many fun discussions with John who had incredible and bold ideas about doing something really cool & ambitious for a remaster. It’s a little piece of insight into what it felt like to be a fly on the wall while he was recording it between 1972-73. Thank you so much to John Cale & Nita Scott. It’s an enormous privilege to work with you Team Domino for being the best; @famousclass @gkarrberg Pushkar Ojha And Chris Bellman who did a stellar job with the lacquer cut and his patience with the many back and forths until we nailed it. Remastered by me “Revisiting work from the past is a double-edged sword for me. Of course, it’s bound to happen when you've been making music for 60 years or so. . . What's unique about this process with Domino, is their desire to get it right. Not merely re-issue something for the sake of an anniversary or racking up a catalogue favorite - but finding new treasures and highlighting what made it special in the first place. After hearing the test pressings, it occurred to me that the new mastering was a major part of how these works will be presented, rather than simply being preserved. There are moments of clarity and even a laugh or two had by revisiting not only the music, but recalling the sessions (and antics) that made up what became these two recordings. It is my pleasure to share these with you . . . again.” – John Cale, September 2024