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Track three of MiXology (volume 1), a companion to John Cale’s POPtical Illusion and Mercy (2023) that gathers previously unreleased songs and alternate versions from those sessions. This one comes from the Mercy sessions and features Tony Allen, the Afrobeat drummer, who died in 2020.
John Cale, featuring Tony Allen. From MiXology (volume 1), Double Six / Domino, released digitally in May 2025; the CD and a limited vinyl pressing followed on August 8. Video by Studio Sparks, with elements of artwork by Abby Portner and Bjorn Copeland; design by Rob Carmichael, SEEN. Sources: Livewire. Photograph: Tony Allen at the Eurockéennes festival, Belfort, France, July 1, 2007, by Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR. Wikimedia Commons. This tinted crop is shared under the same licence.
- №
- NMU 250502
- artist
- John Cale feat. Tony Allen
- title
- Long Way Out of Pain
- featuring
- Tony Allen
- video
- Studio Sparks
- from
- MiXology (volume 1) (2025)
- label
- Double Six / Domino
- photograph
- Rama, Tony Allen at the Eurockéennes, 2007. CC BY-SA 2.0 FR.
- filed
- May 2, 2025
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