Velvet Underground Trainspotting Question

Yeah, about three different drummers on Loaded, including him.

Then again, it was Deep Purple's drummer on their next album!

yeah I think he acquits himself pretty well on Loaded - this set is just weird. It sort of reminds me of the Funkadelic Meadowbrook release where it's a brand new (and very different) drummer's first ever time playing with the band.

this is cool -- might be old, but it's new to me?
http://www.uncut.co.uk/the-velvet-underground/john-cale-on-the-velvet-underground-nico-news
cale walks through the debut song by song.

Not seen that before, worth keeping yeah.

i dig that long, boogie-ing some kinda love on the expanded Max's.

Yes, that is great

um
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=U6CKz3ZmCps#t=1009s

I'm waiting for the Scoobiesnacks!

wtf?

haha, love the Warriors reference too with the DJ woman. Did Scooby sing something about the wicker man?

Has anybody picked up the new cd box set yet? How does the Columbia University set sound? Has it improved at all?

Heard about a Japanese bootleg of the set being remastered about 5 years back and wondered waht that was like, if it's now been deemed suitable for official commercial release I'm wondering if that means anything good soundwise. There are some tracks on there I love as it is but might love even more. That Run Run Run sounds like Dresden being raided.
Is it from some kind of original master tape now?

i think it is supposed to be from the original tape? not sure how much diff it'll make. still an amazing recording.
i haven't heard the box set yet, is it out?

this is apparently going to be a "black friday" release for you collectors
http://s3.amazonaws.com/broadtime_photo/418455061281p
cover is kind of poorly executed?

Just seen this. Is it a bootleg?
http://www.play.com/Music/CD/4-/37215916/0/La-Cave-1968/ListingDetails.html

La cave '68.

Or are the official bootleg series coming out in bursts.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/broadtime_photo/418455061281%3A245

that la cave thing is an old bootleg.

right, things are probably reappearing with the box set coming out. Didn't know Play sold actual bootlegs though.

Think both the box set and Nico's THe End are 29th October according to Amazon anyway. Not sure if that'll be actual til it happens.

The Seeds 1st lp is supposed to be the same day.

la cave really is one of the best boots! has that ridiculous improv'd lyrics version of pale blue eyes.

"sister ray went down to mexico..."

from what i gather, the VU was playing that song for awhile, at least back to the latter days of Cale's membership in the band --- would be interesting to hear what other lyrics lou was singing on that tune before he actually "wrote" the song.

I think Unterberger has Pale Blue Eyes having a very early introduction/appearance in the band's setlist if that's the song being atlked about. Think it might have even been as early as '66.

Has anyone heard this? (or perhaps, more appropriately would anyone want to hear this?)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_V.U._1971%E2%80%931973

I downloaded it long ago but didn't make it through the first disc. It was pretty rough going as far as I remember.

But parts of it have more VU members than parts of Loaded, so it couldn't be all bad...?

Doug, Sterl and Moe?

I see a 'copy' every so often, but it's an old-fashioned "hueg" box set and wants 'carrying'...

doug and moe are on it, morrison is not. it's not great by any stretch of the imagination, but it has its moments.

If I recall, the first time the (this) VU toured the UK, Lou was over touring himself..

The post-Lou V.U. seem way more rooted in rock'n'roll. That set reminded me of Jason & the Scorchers or somebody.
Didn't think it was that bad, maybe even good if it wasn't that particular band. Do think they were paying quite a few of the better known Velvets tracks, but has been a while since I heard it.

haha, have you got the one with Cale's keyboard that has a speech bubble saying "SCREE!"
for some reason that's always stuck in my head

RIght, seeing as how that "Final VU" box is £25 on ebay, I've ordered one.

We Shall See!

Have you guys heard that one where Lou is teaching someone -Nico?- the words to "Venus in Furs" whilst somebody else- Sterl and John? - is playing a Bo Diddley song?

yeah that should be part of the rehearsal segment of the new box set. aren't they playing "love is strange" too?

Xp: Guess it's from The Factory Rehearsal: http://open.spotify.com/track/70XPQA0sXtX90xbx6hZ0Lg

Says "Crackin' Up" which sounds like "Love is Strange" so I split the difference.

RIght, seeing as how that "Final VU" box is £25 on ebay, I've ordered one.

We Shall See!

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Well, I got one, and have played CD1 so far.

It's funny, out of all four CDs, Doug Yule only sings one song, one time, that he sang while Lou was in the band: "Oh Sweet Nothing".

No "Candy Says", "Who loves the sun", "New Age", "She's my best Friend", nope.

VU-related, in some important/amazing ways--be there or be square, Jim:
http://boo-hooray.com/barbara-rubin/christmas-on-earth---barbara-rubin/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFaOyQbDTKs

Sweet Sister Ray

http://philipjohnsonglasshouse.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/1967-glass-house-country-happening-with-merce-cunningham-john-cage-the-velvet-underground/
The film is archival footage of an event held at the Glass House in 1967 to benefit the Merce Cunningham Dance Company. Described as a “Country Happening” in Vogue Magazine, August 1967, Merce Cunningham dancers performed to music by John Cage, and later the Velvet Underground took the stage.
can't actually see any VU in the film, but maybe those groovy dancers at the end are twisting it to sister ray? funny to imagine the VU playing such a pastoral setting.

New WL/WH reissue package:

http://store.universal-music.co.uk/restofworld/invt/0602537540938

Believe there is another thread about that.

But surely we need to spread the word that there is a free flexidisc with every initial order from the website. I think it may be a track inside the package already but just think, rarity free with every £54.99 plus p+p spent there.

While stocks last !!!!!

This is where The End of Cole Ave once stood. This is where much of Live 1969 was recorded. *sigh*

"much" = less than half?

what's worse, that pic or this one?
http://www.matrixfillmore.com/images/photos/about/image-gallery/img5.jpg

sorry, "some" or "a chunk" or "the best songs from".

I never listen to 1969 anymore. Listen to the boot of the End of Cole Ave show instead.

IS that the Matrix? I couldn't bring myself to go by there when I was in San Francisco last week.

http://velvetundergroundacetate.com/
who's gonna buy it?!

Also, wtf the wooden box artifact?

They better include a free banana with that.

https://24.media.tumblr.com/b78978798405088c6a4f856da77bdbbc/tumblr_n6nkmwuEcV1t5kowbo1_500.jpg
feel like "train round the bonnnnd" is how nico would've sung that song.

Chelsea Girls sdtk: http://www.volcanictongue.com/tips

Are there any samples of this online anywhere? Saw it here:

http://littlebigchief.bigcartel.com/product/velvet-underground-chelsea-girls-s-sided-lp

and they have another record I'm interested in, http://littlebigchief.bigcartel.com/product/alien-city-lp

but I don't love to spend good money on new records I haven't heard these days.