Velvet Underground Trainspotting Question

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!

― Mark G, Monday, 22 October 2012 12:15 (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

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.

https://scontent-a-pao.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/t1.0-9/10521177_10152567944675953_6049362458093982150_n.jpg
from lou's facebook page:

We thought it'd be cool to share a photograph of one of the more "mythical" artifacts of Lou and the VU.

Lou mentioned this in an interview a while back (Q Magazine in 1996, I think), that he'd recently unearthed a demo he had mailed to himself in 1965, the reason for which is known as "the poor man's copyright."

In classic Lou style, he had this to say about the discovery:
"I'm not going to listen it. I don't want to hear these things any more."

Well, here's what it looks like. And no, we haven't opened it.

would be interesting if it was different stuff than the demo released on Peel Slowly & See

as for the chelsea girls sdtk, i think this is at least part of it. sounds pretty great, would be curious to know if the bootleg is better sound quality (which is dire)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YUIKvSQ2so

According to the post below (originally from the Velvet Forum, reposted on Steve Hoffman), 3rd LP box coming:

Hi all

Good to see that folks are starting to wonder about the status of the 3rd Deluxe 45th.

So far Universal has been doing an excelent job with the Banana and Wl/Wh Deluxe sets, and the 3rd Album will not be an exception. Our guys will take good care of us!
This is what I can say at this point: a selection of the Peter Abrams Soundboard Tapes half inch, 4-track, stereo live recordings of the band at The Matrix Nov 1969 will be part of the Deluxe issue. The quality of these recordings is absolutely fanstatic
and the performances are superb.
As you know there are 42 songs in 4 hours of recordings. Universal still working on which songs will appear, looks like 20 songs in 2 cds. Night and day with the Quine Tapes and Live 1969.

Juts these 2 cds will make the 3rd Deluxe a must for any VU fan.

Stay tuned

oh my god the Matrix recordings!!!!!!!

fanstatic indeed!

hmm this is the one I may have to get, if true

this would be nice. Hope it's true.

So, presumably it will be
CD1: Stereo + singles/promos
CD2: Mono + "VU" + "Another View" and a couple more rarities/unreleased
CD3+4 : Matrix selections

Not all of VU etc, obv, just the Yule tracks

I hope there is a cheap version of this with the live material. Though the 4 disc described above makes sense

will they include the closet mix and the regular mix, I wonder? This is looking like a must buy

As you know there are 42 songs in 4 hours of recordings.

SO RELEASE THEM ALL!!

I was thinking that too, but I'm wondering if the other half (or near-half) has already been released on Live 1969. Because those are (mostly? kind of?) the same tapes, right?

And anyway, if they release part of the shows on this box, and then later release a Complete Live Matrix Recordings box, knowing Velvets fans will buy both, it's win-win! For Universal!

closet mix is so pointless

...except for the alternate 'Some Kinda Love", which is amazing

yeah that's the main diff. excited for the matrix stuff! it's about time. yeah, they might just go with stuff that is not the same performances as on Live 1969.

Yeah I'm p squarely in the regular mix camp, just curious how complete this'll be. I guess closet mix could be left as an enticement to backlist banana box purchasers.

Yeah..

There was a mono third l.p. In the sundazed box, which 'version' was it, closet or Valentin?

(which is the definition of a Velvet Underground trainspotting question)

vu & nico was 6 discs, right? this could easily be 6 discs if they decide to include the closet mix + "lost album" material. I think levenson has said that session tapes exist for the album, so there may be some cool alternates or or chatter. lou telling doug how to sing candy says, etc.