I did check yesterday, the mono LP version from the box is the closet mix.
Still sounds good though.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 15:23 (nine years ago) link
a version of “There She Goes Again,” interpolating the opening guitar quote from Marvin Gaye’s 1962 hit, “Hitch Hike.”just like every version of this song! it's weird that that little bit of trivia is repeated everywhere.― tylerw, Tuesday, September 30, 2014 3:10 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― tylerw, Tuesday, September 30, 2014 3:10 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it's just as likely that they nicked it from the rolling stones cover, no?
also jesus christ these stupid fucking deluxxxe box sets woven of unicorn hair costing a week's wages. shit makes me want to download illegally.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmkU3yg4lK0
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 19:26 (nine years ago) link
the "velvet underground 75th anniversary holographic box set" features a 372-minute live version of "sister ray," spread across seven CDs. the fourth CD is the intermission.
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 19:28 (nine years ago) link
would buy
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 19:30 (nine years ago) link
can you really call the 4th album unreleased when everything on it has been officially issued already in some form or another
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 19:32 (nine years ago) link
don`t forget those hot 2014 mixes bro
― Brio2, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
what goes on (and on til the break of dawn)
― Brio2, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 20:13 (nine years ago) link
a 372-minute live version of "sister ray,"funny you should mention it -- just saw thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63xKbG_9aok
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
amazing
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
going to listen to it all. twice. stereogum is milking the clickbait: "Unreleased Velvet Underground album to be included in new box set"
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
that youtube should just be the opening string chords repeated over and over
it'd be like vexations
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link
Sterling Morrison once claimed there was a literal "lost 4th album" that they cut in LA in late '69, of which the tapes were lost in route when shipped to MGM in NYC. Salt grains needed.
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 20:56 (nine years ago) link
most album-losingest band ever. i bet you'd go over to lou's place and there'd be like 4 lost albums down the back of his couch.
― Brio2, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 21:23 (nine years ago) link
lol, yeah, who knows but that mention from sterling is the only thing i've ever heard about that west coast record -- i think there's the possibility that things like "countess from hong kong" and the demo of "i found a reason" were recorded around the time he's talking about. but i don't know, he liked telling people about amazing things they would never hear (see "sweet rock n roll" and "what goes on" live w/ Cale)
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 23:10 (nine years ago) link
but i can't help it, seeing "UNRELEASED VELVET UNDERGROUND ALBUM TO BE RELEASED" headlines today is irritating me.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
I wanna talk to that Lou Reed, man, he threw a lost acetate at his roadie.
― The "5" Astronomer Royales (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 23:14 (nine years ago) link
(Xp) In the spirit of "What else can be left?" in the case of another artist, I always wanted to call a band Unreleased Hendrix.
― The "5" Astronomer Royales (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 23:15 (nine years ago) link
every time lou reed got drunk he lost another VU album
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 23:16 (nine years ago) link
there are 100s of lost VU albums rotting in landfills tucked into old taxicab seat cushions
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link
You ought to give other people just a little chance, in record collecting anyway.
― The "5" Astronomer Royales (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link
well some speculate he deliberately lost them so that they could be found again decades later
we may never know
― I dunno. (amateurist), Wednesday, 1 October 2014 23:18 (nine years ago) link
― tylerw, Wednesday, October 1, 2014 8:13 PM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it is obviously super irritating, both the people writing these articles & everybody reading them has owned this unreleased album since they were sixteen & found out music was cool, the regurgitation is distressing. hitchhike trivia attacks too.
― schlump, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 23:45 (nine years ago) link
Real headline is that the matrix tapes are coming out.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 1 October 2014 23:50 (nine years ago) link
^OTM. I can't believe they're bundling them with like the 96th reiteration of the reissue.
I don't know whether to line up at midnight for this fucker or to resolutely ignore it for a while until the Complete Matrix Tapes come out on vinyl. Now that they've reached an agreement with Abrams, presumably they'll all come out eventually. Eventually.
― hardcore dilettante, Thursday, 2 October 2014 01:56 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, annoys me that they're holding back that incredible Ocean and Black Angels Death Song
― tylerw, Thursday, 2 October 2014 02:14 (nine years ago) link
just donated to public radio (which i was meaning to do anyway) with the strategic purpose of winning tickets to this dinnerfingers crossed!
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Thursday, 2 October 2014 23:47 (nine years ago) link
i guess i'd know by now if i won so :(
i gave it my all, shamelessly that's all a person can do
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Friday, 3 October 2014 13:56 (nine years ago) link
Lechera Says....
― Mark G, Friday, 3 October 2014 14:03 (nine years ago) link
great news! i haven't lost yet! the drawing continues into next week. i think they're trying to sell more tickets and then maybe they will fill seats with winners like me and my date.
― cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Saturday, 4 October 2014 13:45 (nine years ago) link
Did you vu trainspotters see this yet?http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/229143/mystery-package-lou-reed-mailed-to-himself-in-1965-could-contain-the-velvet-undergrounds-first-recording/
― Brio2, Friday, 10 October 2014 13:07 (nine years ago) link
dude in the comments on that article seems to know what's up:
This is probably what it is:May 11, 1965Pickwick Studios, near Long Island City, New York8-16 43rd Ave, Queens, NY 11101Google Maps May 11, 1965 tapeJohn Cale - Lou Reed - Jerry Vance or Jimmie SimsBuzz Buzz Buzz (one complete take + a couple of attempts breaking down)Why Don't You Smile NowHeroin (take 1)Heroin (take 2)Untitled Piano Piece 1Untitled Piano Piece 1A full review of this demo tape is available in White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground Day by Day by Richie Unterberger. Buzz Buzz Buzz is a Lou Reed original, not a cover of the 1957 hit by The Hollywood Flames. Untitled Piano Pieces are by John Cale alone.Source: The Velvet Underground Web Page: http://olivier.landemaine.free.fr/vu/andsoon/studio/studio.htmlIf it is this, the second take of Heroin surfaced when Hal Wilner played it at a tribute event to Lou:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oha1LyQDCs (skip to 13:48 to hear the recording). So at least part of it is in the hands of a select few. We need to hear this.
May 11, 1965Pickwick Studios, near Long Island City, New York
8-16 43rd Ave, Queens, NY 11101Google Maps May 11, 1965 tape
John Cale - Lou Reed - Jerry Vance or Jimmie Sims
Buzz Buzz Buzz (one complete take + a couple of attempts breaking down)Why Don't You Smile NowHeroin (take 1)Heroin (take 2)Untitled Piano Piece 1Untitled Piano Piece 1A full review of this demo tape is available in White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground Day by Day by Richie Unterberger. Buzz Buzz Buzz is a Lou Reed original, not a cover of the 1957 hit by The Hollywood Flames. Untitled Piano Pieces are by John Cale alone.
Source: The Velvet Underground Web Page: http://olivier.landemaine.free.fr/vu/andsoon/studio/studio.html
If it is this, the second take of Heroin surfaced when Hal Wilner played it at a tribute event to Lou:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oha1LyQDCs (skip to 13:48 to hear the recording). So at least part of it is in the hands of a select few. We need to hear this.
― Brio2, Friday, 10 October 2014 13:11 (nine years ago) link
Buzz Buzz Buzz is a Lou Reed original, not a cover of the 1957 hit by The Hollywood Flames. Was wondering about this, since Jonathan Richman did in fact cover the Hollywood Flames tunes.
― Bobby Ono Bland (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 October 2014 13:14 (nine years ago) link
wrote a little about it here over the summer: http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/92161978367/lewis-reed-copyright-demo-may-1965-something
― tylerw, Friday, 10 October 2014 14:08 (nine years ago) link
would be awesome if they opened it and it was actually a bag of 50-year-old heroin.
― tylerw, Friday, 10 October 2014 14:13 (nine years ago) link
Boping it's actually a cover of Buzz Buzz A Diddle It by Freddie Cannon.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3EALU7eUcw
― Brio2, Friday, 10 October 2014 14:43 (nine years ago) link
It's the remains of Waldo Jeffers.
― dlp9001, Friday, 10 October 2014 18:21 (nine years ago) link
Amazon.es (Spain) has the 3rd album box for around $55 shipped (US Amazon is charging $100):http://www.amazon.es/dp/B00O1GGAZI/ref=pe_386191_41384461_TE_item
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 23 October 2014 19:57 (nine years ago) link
i can't remember which parts of the matrix tapes have been excerpted & what's new but i'm listening to waiting for the man on npr & it isn't a zillion times different from the tumbly live 69 cut but still: it's so much fun
― schlump, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 20:43 (nine years ago) link
nb like twelve minutes through http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/10/28/359407473/new-mix-the-velvet-underground-belle-sebastian-grouper-more
The Matrix Tapes on this are O_O
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 20:46 (nine years ago) link
Just was listening to that NPR broadcast and of course they repeat the canard about how unknown the VU were: "only 72 of us" were fans they claim here. Has anyone ever addressed whether this kind of thing has any basis in fact? Or is it all just relative - ie they were obscure compared to the Byrds but bigger than the 13th Floor Elevators but since no-one knows anything about the 13th Floor Elevators we'll just pretend that the VU were the epitome of obscurity?
eg. in late 1968 they played two four-night residencies in my city in a venue that still exists, so I know it's quite a big venue that can hold almost 1,000. Other acts that played at the same time were Muddy Waters & Bo Diddley. Why is this supposed obscurity always so heavily stressed with the VU?
― everything, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
Elevators had a local radio hit
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 21:11 (nine years ago) link
charted on Billboard and everything
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 October 2014 21:12 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wouIoj2p3hY
― Thackeray Zax (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 28 October 2014 21:12 (nine years ago) link
― EZ Snappin, Tuesday, October 28, 2014 5:46 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― schlump, Thursday, 30 October 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
squeeeeeeeeeee!
― tylerw, Thursday, 30 October 2014 21:05 (nine years ago) link
13th Floor Elevators only got to play live in Texas and (for a brief period) the San Francisco area.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 30 October 2014 21:25 (nine years ago) link
i think the velvets were pretty well-known but i imagine their rep was bigger than their sales
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 31 October 2014 04:38 (nine years ago) link
I finally took the plunge and bought a copy of Sweet Sister Ray for about £90 recently and it turns out it's worth every penny. Can't stop playing it.
Are there any other 'must have' VU bootlegs of this intensity or quality? Any advice gratefully received.
― Doran, Friday, 31 October 2014 09:42 (nine years ago) link