Velvet Underground Trainspotting Question

yeah, right? eesh, hope it is true! guy posted this a while back, but it sounds like he's been successful in tracking the tape down:
There is a tape of the Velvets playing at the RI School of Design in 1967. I have heard it, though that was approximately 30 years ago. The owner of the tape, an acquaintance of mine, has also been missing for approximately 30 years. I have been trying to find him in vain. He used to tape concerts that were held in the Providence area and would not let me copy it. It was on a 7" tape reel. He got into some trouble with some druggies and vanished one day. No one ever found out where he and his wife went. I remember the tape well, it was from the WL/WH period and was very clear with a great Sister Ray.

the ultimate in velvet underground trainspotting -- the VU rehearses! http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/8045359178/rehearsing-for-the-inevitable-i-know-im-in-the
enjoy!
(i actually think sleeve supplied me with the matrix recordings, so credit where credit is due.)

The last minute or two of that Retinal Circus Heroin...wow.

yeah that weird bending of the guitars/lou's voice -- "all of eeeevilllll n this town!"

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O6_Q6XXQifg/TjINNlAMD7I/AAAAAAAAAhc/r-no1Ma06XU/s1600/VUWhiskeyHB.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UQ5nz18lkv0/TjIMtv-97BI/AAAAAAAAAgA/cda0_NtGYiI/s1600/VUsetlist.jpg
interesting that the velvets were playing goodnight ladies at some point...would be interested to hear their rendition.

how the fuck have the Matrix tapes not emerged yet

yeah pretty irritating right? i'm sure that the powers that be think there's more than enough late 1969 VU out there officially, but it seems like someone like Rhino Handmade would jump at the chance to put out a deluxe box set of all this stuff. i know that the guy who owns the tapes has licensed similar projects to the Doors and Jefferson Airplane, but I think there's some kind of argument going on between him and the VU camp.

I blame Lou... or, failing that, Mike Love... hold on tho, Mo's gone all Tea Party, I blame her

yeah lou must've put the kibosh on any/all VU reissues. they haven't really done anything since the deluxe VU & nico, right? aside from that sundazed vinyl version of the quine tapes.

That typewritten Whisky newsletter is "especially groovey!"

btw here's unterberger's piece on the matrix tapes, with an interview with the SOB who is holding them back
http://www.richieunterberger.com/vuexc10.html
(jk about the SOB thing. i love you dude, can i come over to your house)

“They’re beautiful tapes. We listened to some playback of a little bit of the tapes about a year ago over at some studio in Berkeley, and they sounded just great. One of their fans who was [there] said, ‘Oh, these are the holy grail of Velvet Underground tapes.’ If there’s a market for them, they should come to me.”

going back through this thread, i see i'm repeating myself. oh well.

Just noticed in that Whiskey newsletter thing, playing with Moby Grape "for the first time anywhere", the Flying Burrito Brothers, "a new group formed by two former Byrds, Chris Hillman and Graham Parsons".

hee hee, bet they sucked that night.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fokpCjkmNpY/TjIMpYf7S7I/AAAAAAAAAfo/OnUzB-2P6SQ/s1600/VUmaxsreceipt.jpg

this is all coming from over here, which is selling some serious VU ephemera from the "sterling morrison collection"

http://velvetundergroundmemorabilia.blogspot.com/

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CymbC_S-P5c/TjIM0aG7nII/AAAAAAAAAgo/KJ7UcUDFqBI/s1600/VUunioncard.jpeg
vu trainspotter heaven

wow. his tugboat pilots license! His 1968 W2!

essential parts of the VU experience

steak lobster chickpeas

Decent tipper.

important new blog
http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr6x7zn7Ih1r2gpaao1_500.jpg
http://bananaunderground.tumblr.com

that's pretty impressive how they don't move the banana on any of them.

the ultimate vu trainspotting book? http://inevitablevucatalogue.wordpress.com/

that looks cool.

yeah, pretty fun. also pretty expensive.

I'll let you tell me if it's any good.

can we share custody? I'll let you have weekends.

Might be the only way we could swing it!

insane VU / lou reed comic book from the 70s?!
http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy201/Aramchekster/LouReedLivetheBackHolesInSpacemagpg19.jpg
pdf of the whole thang: http://www.divshare.com/download/16935302-8d0

what the hell

That's plain crazy.

Crazy comic book, crazy guy!

and yet... it all makes sense...Scary blue veins as we approach the neg!

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy201/Aramchekster/LouReedLivetheBackHolesInSpacemagpg16.jpg

^ Lou dances Swan Lake in enormous tutu

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v204/bobbldr/mypix/Pers_Tools_Music/vu.jpg
i guess Sundazed is putting this out? hmm

can't see the tracklisting, is this a reissue of the live vol. 1 or 2...?

i think it's a rejigged version of VU and Another View comprised of studio sessions from 1969. confusing, yes.

hmm. would maybe purchase... looks nice anyway

It's the "lost" album...huh.

the lone Velvet's vinyl I have is a random German reissue of the 2nd LP from like 1972. will see if I can find the cover... this would be a nice addition

... the one with the sorta wildly inappropriate Roger Dean-style cover?

nah, it's this (not German btw, misremembered that bit)

http://www.audiophileusa.com/covers400water/89217.jpg

kinda love it honestly

extensive quotes from David Bowie in the liner notes lol

yeah that cover is cool. there's also this one
http://www.minilps.net/images/stories/shop_image/product/velvetshmcd2j.JPG

I think I might actually finish the Unterberger book this evening, after several weeks of squinting. It's like those Lewisohn Beatles tomes, numbing in its level of detail but hypnotic after a while.

Other recommended reading?

been wanting to read Bockris' trashy bio for years. Local library copy is "library only"! Who the fuck is going to sit in a library and read a Lou Reed bio all day.

i enjoyed that coffee table NY Art book that came out a couple years back. some great photos, wacky interviews. the new ellen willis anthology has her great VU essay in it (same one from stranded, i believe).
the unterberger book is great, though, it's my fave VU book, even though i rarely agree with his musical assessments (he seems to have no love for the avant garde side of the band). just a ton of info on my favorite band.
bockris bio is pretty trashy, but has some good stuff in it. lou is probably due a better bio at this point.