Velvet Underground Trainspotting Question

I see it new for $30 on Amazon....

well I just tried ordering one, will report back

WTF

Condition: Used - Like New - Sealed item. Like NEW. 30 Day Satisfaction Guarantee.

so maybe I bought a used copy? confusing.

Condition: New - BRAND NEW, Factory Sealed items direct from the Studios. 30 Day Satisfaction Guarantee.

I've actually always wanted to know where that photo shoot took place... is the LA Zoo or something?

Bob Egan of popspotsnyc.com claims that it was in the Ferndell Nature Trail section of Griffith Park, near the junction of N. Western Ave. and Los Feliz Blvd., though he admits he's a bit "speculative" about it. If true, that would be in the vicinity of where The Byrds' Mr. Tambourine Man LP cover photo was taken. The photographer was Sanford Schor.

ha, so the LA Zoo wasn't toooo far off. is the waterfall still there? i spent a lot of time in griffith park as a kid, but don't think i ever saw anything like that...

Don't know, I live in New York

damn it someone needs to stop what they're doing right now and go looking for the waterfall on the cover of an old velvet underground bootleg for me!

holy what https://soundcloud.com/wakaflockaflame/askcharlamagne

What is it?

Waka sampling heroin

Ooh, dangerous.

it's a "venus in furs" sample -- kinda good!

ah right sorry

duh

Waka sampling heroin

:‑o

hmm
“From my collection, Super Rare Tape..VELVET UNDERGROUND 7 X 1/4 PRODUCTION STEREO TEST TAPE 4T - 7.5 ips.1967 VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO...SMS/MGM-VERVE RECORDS...INCLUDES REED & CALE'S DELETED 2ND VERSION OF "HEROIN;" MUCH DIFFERENT MIX WITH CALE VOCALS, PIANO, FUZZ GUITAR & NO VIOLA..play tested, leader'd, excellent hi-fidelity, non smoke home,..always stored in cello sealed bag...”
http://www.ebay.com/itm/191776489151#cvip_desc
http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/LkUAAOSwJkJWjWsw/s-l1600.jpg
never even heard of this alternate "heroin"

omg

shit like this is gonna keep turning up for the next 50 years, isn't it?

50TH ANNIVERSARY EXTRA DELUXE EDITION COMING SOON

wow $750 seems a bit cheap for something like that

yeah, considering how much that acetate went for...

huh, so there is a VU exposition coming to Paris in March through August (link in English), at the Cité de la musique

looks cool! there's some kind of museum exhibition (it's in the space where the big Miles Davis exposition was a few years back, which was rad). and also several concerts in the space, including Television playing Marquee Moon, and John Cale playing the first VU album, with Etienne Daho, the Libertines, Animal Collective, Lou Doillon, Nick Franklin from Lemon Jelly, and Mark Lanegan.

also there are conference talks and debates on the band, musical workshops around the work of the band for both kids & adults, experimental film "experiences"

I am so there.

I had a great time relaxing in the "mini EPI" room at the Andy Warhol / Ai Wei Wei exhibition in the National Gallery of Victoria the other month. Was enjoying the art and then stepped thru a door into a room full of beanbags and all four walls projecting Factory footage, Chelsea Girls, VU rehearsals, screen tests, coloured dots, Malanga with his whip, et al. And a great mix of VU obscurities played loud. My wife had to come back and get me after half an hour.

yeahhh that sounds like fun

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CdmFDNSUYAAYbA3.jpg

pretty damn solid attempt to bring lou's live vocal to the studio instrumental of guess i'm falling in love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb8GfC2o9Eo&feature=youtu.be

This works really well. Kinda thinking of this as the definitive version now (especially since they used the '80s mix).

yeah, even though it occasionally slips up, that pretty much fits with it being from the WL/WH era. and the twin Sterling guitar solos sound cool too!

Oh, I tried that once, it sounded godawful, but technology has moved on from me using a 4-track portastudio..

yeah it's by no means perfect, but pretty listenable. maybe the closest we'll get!

Yeah, not bad. I guess they slowed down the studio take.

Basically, I tried editing in individual Lou snippets. It was rub. Packed it after 20 seconds worth. Oh, and then I tried singing it myself. mmm, no.

I think even Lou would have loved that one.

No idea where to post this but I thought this might be a good spot:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSYdH4vKd6M

what's the longest version of sister ray, the matrix version?

pretty sure, yeah, 38 minutes? the La Cave version mixed w/"Murder Mystery" is only 28.

Disc 3, "Complete Matrix Tapes", 37 mins.

The Scratch Orchestra apparently did a 45 minute version of "Sister Ray" at a concert in '69/'70 - even longer than the Velvets were doing themselves at the time...

― The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 January 2016 21:58 (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

From John Tilbury's biography of Cornelius Cardew.

now THAT is some trainspotting

I think I said it at the time, I read it so you don't have to.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEBUSzmUQAA5QWs.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEBUSzkVYAALdV3.jpg

(don't think this record actually exists, but haha, what if it did!)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/253014171696?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&fromMakeTrack=true

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/4GgAAOSwXeJYC7mC/s-l1600.jpg

I... kinda want it

re: disco dazzler - no "in the light of the miracle", no credibility

Watching college football with the folks and heard a VU song come on during a commercial break, did a little research and learned that Syracuse has rights to "Head Held Up High" from alumnus Lewis Reed. This wasn't the exact commercial but was available on the 'tube:

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

Uh... lol, sorry about that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad73QMHa5HI

Wow

Spent an afternoon at the library going through some newspaper microfilm - managed to unearth an EPI review from a show in my hometown, Nov 12 1966. Vaguely dismissive in all the best ways - "I guess the whole thing would be pretty wild if you'd just swallowed some LSD but I don't know much about that."

https://i.imgur.com/5dQ8mT2.png

that's amazing, great find

yeah, I was pretty pleased with myself, haha, especially cause it gives some partial setlist confirmation, namely that they did 'Black Angel's Death Song'. Now if I could only dig up a tape...

assumed thiw as revived due to this, the provenance is a bit dubious, but the tracklist compiles a fair amount of stuff in one place which is nice

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076GFJN1N?tag=mfconvert-20

there's another forthcoming box set this spring which also promises this 1969 album, not sure if the tracklist will be the same