Velvet Underground Trainspotting Question

Hoping the CD gets a repress as well. But the vinyl is already out some places. Fuckin' stupid format for 40+ minute tracks.

Or even 37 minutes.

agree 100%, I hate that

What it lacks in convenience, it makes up for in sweet, sweet analog warmth. It's like if "Sister Ray" was a quilt.

Quilter Ray still shouldn't be broken in two

crazy that the CD box is so expensive! just put that back in print, come on now.

I didn't know it went out of print...prices are fucking nuts.

It should be reissued in tandem with the Miles Davis Plugged Nickel set.

Glad I grabbed that CD box when it came out.

Any chance we'll see the '69 Dallas tapes as a copyright extension this year?

how does this compare to the Quine tapes? - that has foggy notion unless I am missing something and also just sounds generally wilder which means I vote Quine

I'm still kind of shocked when I remember that Lou Reed is dead. :/

(xp) How do the Quine Tapes compare to Live 1969? I don't think there's any comparison, The Quine Tapes are worse sound quality than most bootlegs, these recordings are pristine.

Ugh, I ordered this because I know I’ll kick myself if I don’t... but I don’t really return to the Matrix CDs all that often because how many versions of Heroin and the languid Waiting for the Man do I need to hear in one sitting?

As many as humanly possible?

otm

mmm that makes me remember that the best slow druggy version of that is on the Quine Tapes and is like 11 minutes long

(Waiting For The Man that is)

it's on the matrix tapes too! (same performance)

oh right, jeez this shit is so confusing. there's two Sister Rays on the Quine box that are NOT on the Matrix tapes though, right?

yeah, it is confusing haha. there's the family dog sister ray and the ohio sister ray/foggy notion on the quine tapes that are not on the matrix tapes.

(and tbh the difference in recording quality on that long slow "waiting" is so major that they are almost totally different experiences altogether for me. both are awesome).

whoa -- even more Dallas 1969 footage (this time with sound!). still very brief, but amazing. and a sterling morrison interview!

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/06/28/lost-film-flashes-back-dallas-forgotten-1969-vietnam-war-protest-starring-velvet-underground

!!!!!

that is just so fucking far out

holy moley

So weird to see Moe & Doug on opposing sides of the stage, was that always their set-up in the latter years?

The VU is good, but did The Nazz blow them away that day? Maybe it's my lack of coffee this morning...

Holy hell. Thank you for posting that, tyler!

erik "ez snappin" actually directed me to it ...

I love how people are just milling around, hanging out, chatting, and I'm thinking, "BUT THAT'S THE VELVET UNDERGROUND! RIGHT THERE! YOU SHOULD BE FREAKING THE FUCK OUT!"

"who played at the protest?"

"some band from New York with a weird name, I forget"

"an old lady in a sweatshirt"

lol

"but then later Dr. Heavy And His Blues Vagabonds came on and totally rocked, so it was cool."

that vinyl box is half price on amazon france. or it was earlier today, anyway.

Quilter Ray still shouldn't be broken in two

― EZ Snappin

thanks i needed a new DN

and yeah whoever that generic blues band were kind of blew them off the stage, sorry but they were such sleepy hippies by fall of '69...

sleep hippie vu is still kickass

Too lazy to itemise - anyone know what’s on the vinyl that ain’t on the CDs?

Wait, was the other band The Nazz or not?

Not the Nazz
Just a buzz
Some kinda temporary

Matrix tapes on vinyl has the same tracks as matrix tapes on cd.

yeah but the vinyl has all the CD tracks except they’re on vinyl

The numbering for the tracks is a little different because of Sister Ray being split. There is no exclusive content to the vinyl.

ah THAT'S why there's 43 tracks instead of 42, thanks

Thanks, I had assumed that was the reason. I would have been pretty ticked off after buying the same tracks 4 times on 1969 Live, Quine Tapes, 3rd album 45th anniversary and then the Matrix CDs.

Don't think that was the Nazz, but after Rundgren amscrayed in early '69, the rest of the band did relocate to Dallas, and worked out of there with guitarist Snuffy Walden (later of Free and loads of TV soundtracks) for about six months before throwing in the towel near the end of the year.

Too bad this rally was a little too soon for an appearance by Cast of Thousands featuring Stevie's Tobolosky & Ray Vaughan:

https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1600/1*O9QEcDnKtlRj8Y918w5ciQ.png

https://med✧✧✧.c✧✧✧@da✧✧✧.cla✧✧✧.a✧/stevie-ray-vaughan-cast-of-thousands-e41f140a7dfa

LINK

ffs that Dallas News site is blocked in Europe.