
animal justice (extended play)

animal justice is the first ep by welsh musician john cale. it was released in september 1977 by record label illegal. "chickenshit" was cale's response to his decapitation of a chicken during a gig in croydon on april 24, 1977. this prompted the vegetarian rhythm section of mike visceglia and joe stefko to walk off and leave cale's band.
recording.
"animal justice" was recorded at chalk farm studios in london, england. two other songs were recorded during these sessions, "jack the ripper (in the moulin rouge)" and "ton ton macoute", but were not released.
content.
the album cover is by rock photographer jill furmanovsky.
release.
"animal justice" was released in september 1977 by record label illegal.
in 1999 this ep was released as bonus tracks on the reissue of the live album "sabotage/live" (1979).
personnel.
"chickenshit" contains part of a telephone conversation between cale and joe stefko at the portobello hotel, london in april 1977.

