The Velvet Underground Matrix tapes to finally see full release

looks like basically the same packaging style as the quine tapes?

Not quite as good... fuck it though, it could come wrapped in toilet paper and I wouldn't care.

One month to go.

I'm not a young man anymore.

Annnnd fuller details

http://www.velvetundergroundmusic.com/the-complete-matrix-tapes-to-be-released-november-20th/

ha, finally...
pretty crazy that (apparently) that first "waiting for the man" is the same lonnnnnng one from the quine tapes! will be so great to hear that in perfect quality.

is there a really long german word that describes the mixed feelings one feels when learning that david fricke has written the liner notes?

A handful of these were also previously released as bonus tracks on the original 2-volume CD issue of Live 1969 (the shorter "What Goes On," for one).

schadenfricken

xp

xp frickenzfraude is the word you're looking for, karl. kind of feel like the guy has written enough VU liner notes for one lifetime. give someone else a chance, dave!

weird that the tracklisting claims that one of the "waiting for the man"s was previously released on live 1969, which I don't think is true -- the one on Live 69 is definitely the one that opens the end of cole avenue bootleg (recorded in dallas).

xp Yeah, that packaging looks kind of basic? I'd be much more likely to shell out for this thing if it was a bit more deluxe. I'm a sucker for facsimile handbills, art prints, that kind of thing.

xp kinda depressing that they can't get things like that right after 45 years

yeah that long slow "Waiting" is the best

schadenfricken

xp

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat)

xp frickenzfraude is the word you're looking for, karl.

― tylerw

in the interest of compromise, let's go with...frickenzfricken

really, really excited to hear these

exactly. who cares what the packaging is like

i mean the sister ray alone is godhead

yeah, i mean any complaints aside, this is my favorite music ever.

I think it's only the case with one track, but it's nice of them to remind us, "That's right. This will be the THIRD time you've bought this song."

ROCK AND ROLL (6.58) + / ** / ***

fourth! live 69, quine, VU deluxe and now this ... man, that performance is the best though. holy crap.

d'oh, yep, fourth. And yeah, that's one of the highlights of the 1969 stuff, easily. And there's a whole other song lurking in that high-register riff at the end!

And if the sound on the VU deluxe is anything to go by, this should be a pretty wonderful experience.

yeah, even w/ the stuff that already showed up on Live 69, will be great to have them cleaned up from the original tapes... that "ocean"! that "new age"!

aaaaagh that "Ocean" is seriously one of my favorite things in their (or anyone's) oeuvre.

I was hoping there was an even longer "What Goes On" hiding somewhere, because that thing could go on forever.

yeah, seems like the longest it ever got was that hilltop concert ... 11 minutes or so. kind of a mess towards the end, but i love it. speaking of which, here's what i'm listening to this morning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ukH9mHkfrw

OK y'all are getting me really excited abt this

I kind of want to sell that ridiculous (and now superfluous) 6CD version of the 3rd album that I was suckered into buying :(

That 'groovy' long version of "White Light", I can just see the audience actually dancing in mme.

xpost that was so worth it, if only for the definitive mix of "I can't stand it"

nice 'tube, tylerw! what goes on is my very favorite velvets song.

I kind of want to sell that ridiculous (and now superfluous) 6CD version of the 3rd album that I was suckered into buying :(

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Ha, yeah, I had a hunch they'd put out a Matrix box when the 3rd album box came out. And I'm not too keen on the "Did I ever tell you kids about the '60s? Because this is how we used to mix things then!" remixes of the VU songs on that box.

some of the mixes are ok (the aforementioned "i can't stand it"), some are kinda wonky (the "ride into the sun" seems incorporate mistakes that would be better mixed out). but yeah i bought it for the matrix stuff, which is now redundant. at least this matrix set isn't ridiculously overpriced or anything.

It is in the UK.

i usually do not gaf about archival releases, but I'm inordinately psyched about this

Me too
It's like guaranteed good times in a box

From a friend on FB:

Listening to an advance of the upcoming Velvet Underground box set THE COMPLETE MATRIX TAPES; I'm only three tracks in and I'm already sunk deep into VU bliss. This is the best sounding live stuff from the band I've ever heard; great performances and the clarity is delicious.

9 minute version of What Goes On on the first disc is unreal.

can't wait to hear this

this shit better not be limited edition

i don't think it is.
9-minute what goes on is the same performance from Live 1969, right?

That's what I was assuming... re What Goes On

yeah. but lamonti is correct, it is unreal.

Live 1969 version already was, hard to believe it can be improved on.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/ba/Hcybitpaowynaaa.jpg

xp this has better sound iirc?

yeah, this'll be from the original tapes, so it'll be cleaned up for sure.

Is clean always better though... ignore me, I'm quibbling.

yeah i don't know! Live 1969 might be my fave album ever, so I'm OK with the sound, imperfect as it is. but i don't mind hearing this newly transferred stuff either.

I don'mind either. That is what is known as understatement.

I used to own the first European CD version of Live 1969 (as two discs) and it sounded fucking terrible, and I'm not any kind of audiophile. I think later issues on CD were better, but I can't believe that this new set won't be a massive improvement, sonically speaking.

yeah the matrix stuff on the 3rd album deluxe sounds fucking fantastic.

Vinyl sounded much better fwiw (xp)

Oh yeah definitely, I also used to own the double vinyl with that terrible airbrush painted cover, sound was fine for listening and dancing to What Goes On - very 'present' in the room feeling - but now that I'm old and don't dance anymore I'm in the mood for a more pristine VU sound.

it is some of the best music

otm

thx for bump, will listen to this later today

also listen to "sweet sister ray" which is turning 50 years old this week.

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