Compil. JP 1998 on Scorpio label
Rock (Psychedelic Rock, Garage Rock)
CD1 1-8: Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus, Ohio, November 4, 1966 9: Poor Richard's Club, Chicago, Illinois, June 23, 1966 [This track is actually Heroin and Venus In Furs from Ronald Nameth's Andy Warhol's EPI film and ends with 1'17 of an unidentified Sister Ray] CD2 1: Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus, Ohio, November 4, 1966 [Begins with the radio ad for the EPI at The Trip] 2 : New York City, December 1965 [actually USA Artists, WNET TV, NYC, February 7, 1966] 3: Delmonico's Hotel, New York City, January 8, 1966 [actually The Dom, NYC, April 1966. Instrumental used as film soundtrack in Jonas Mekas' Walden] 4: Second Fret, Philadelphia, May, 1970 [Ends with an unlisted 2:20 Instrumental - same source as the hidden track on Ostrich/Hilltop CD but Longer - probably excerpt from Sister Ray live at The Gymnasium in April 1967]. CD3 1,4: La Cave, Cleveland, Ohio, April 28, 1968 2: The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts, March 15, 1969 3. Wembley Arena, London, June 6, 1993. CD4 1: Listed as Searchin', actually Sister Ray, "Swan" mix", Mayfair Studio, New York City, September 1967 2: mono mix, Mayfair Studio, New York City, September 1967 3: recorded live at Wembley Arena, London, June 6, 1993 4: Hilltop Rock Festival, Ringe, New Hampshire, August 2, 1969 5: 1968 live [this is really the same version as 1969 Live album] 6: recorded live - Gymnasium, NYC, April 1967 (early set) [The track ends with a 1:00 excerpt from Sister Ray also live at The Gymnasium April 1967] 7: New York City 1965 [actually a part of Columbus '66 Melody Laughter recorded backwards...] 8, 9: Le Bataclan, Paris, January 29, 1972 10: this is collage including the VU Rock & Roll Hall of fame introduction by Patti Smith, the band accepting the award, the band playing Last Night I Said Goodbye To A Friend, then Ghost Story from the Bataclan show, then 53 seconds of I'm Waiting For The Man from Max's Kansas City '70. The package is a CD size cardboard one, with 4 individual CD sleeves inside, each made to look like a 45 RPM singles picture sleeve. There is a photo of the Trip Club poster, Poor Richard's poster, Balloon Farm poster, and a few photos of the band and a photo of Andy Warhol peeling a large banana on the back cover. The 64-page booklet includes a Sterling Morrison interview with Greg Barrios originally printed in Fusion, March 6, 1970, a review of VU & Nico album by Timothy Jacobs from Vibrations No. 2, July, 1967, Chicago Happenings by Larry McCombes from Zig Zag, Vol. 5, No. 1, April/May, 1974, New York Art And The Velvet Underground by Jonathan Richman from Vibrations, September 1967, A Quiet Night at the Balloon Farm by Richard Goldstein, Problems in Urban Living by Robert Somma, and another interview with Sterling, Reflections In A Lone Star Beer by Nick Modern, et al. This set is supposedly a limited edition of 500 copies. Tracks duration from pc.
The Velvet Underground , *1964 US album by | |
Doug Yule b, *1947 US bass | |
John Cale eb, vl, *1942 GB bass, organ, viola, vocals, other, mephistophelean aura | |
Nico voc, har, 1938-1988 DE chanter, chanteuse | |
Sterling Morrison g, eb, 1942-1995 US other, ironic raconteur, guitar, lynchpin | |
Lou Reed voc, g, 1942-2013 US vocals, guitar, k-9, guitar, ostriche | |
Andy Warhol , 1928-1987 US other, factotum | |
Edie Sedgwick , 1943-1971 other, muse | |
Gerard Malanga voc, *1943 US other, snap, crackle, pop | |
Mary Woronow , *1943 US other, snap, crackle, pop | |
Angus MaClise percussion, other, dream theorist | |
Moe Tucker perc, *1944 US percussion, other, olatunjian diddleyisms |
Jonathan Richman liner notes |
Larry McCombes liner notes |
Nick Modern liner notes |
Richard Goldstein liner notes |
Robert Somma liner notes |
Timothy Jacobs liner notes |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Exploding Plastic Inevitable (b/w Poor Richard's) | The Velvet Underground | ||
2 | Melody Laughter | The Velvet Underground | 30:02 | |
3 | Femme Fatale | The Velvet Underground | 2:48 | |
4 | Venus In Furs | The Velvet Underground | 4:58 | |
5 | Black Angels Death Song | The Velvet Underground | 4:12 | |
6 | All Tomorrow's Parties | The Velvet Underground | 5:59 | |
7 | Waiting For The Man | The Velvet Underground | 4:29 | |
8 | Heroin | The Velvet Underground | 6:47 | |
9 | Run Run Run | The Velvet Underground | 8:46 | |
10 | Poor Richard's | The Velvet Underground | 9:56 | |
11 | Heroin | The Velvet Underground | 5:16 | |
12 | Venus In Furs | The Velvet Underground | 3:24 | |
13 | Sister Ray | The Velvet Underground | 1:16 | |
14 | The Chic Mystique Of Nothing Songs | The Velvet Underground | ||
15 | Nothing Song | The Velvet Underground | 28:43 | |
16 | Radio Ad For The EPI At The Trip | The Velvet Underground | 0:14 | |
17 | Nothing Song | The Velvet Underground | 28:29 | |
18 | Venus/Heroin | The Velvet Underground | 3:43 | |
19 | Chic Mystique | The Velvet Underground | 26:13 | |
20 | Train 'Round The Bend / Oh! Sweet Nuthin' | The Velvet Underground | 19:09 | |
21 | Train 'Round The Bend / Oh! Sweet Nuthin' | The Velvet Underground | 16:40 | |
22 | Sister Ray | The Velvet Underground | 2:28 | |
23 | Sweet Sister Rayn's Heroin | The Velvet Underground | ||
24 | Sweet Sister Ray | The Velvet Underground | 39:33 | |
25 | Sister Ray | The Velvet Underground | 24:31 | |
26 | Hey Mr. Rain | The Velvet Underground | 7:11 | |
27 | Heroin | The Velvet Underground | 6:36 | |
28 | Illuminations Of Atonality | The Velvet Underground | ||
29 | Sister Ray | The Velvet Underground | 17:25 | |
30 | Lady Godiva's Operation | The Velvet Underground | 4:53 | |
31 | The Gift | The Velvet Underground | 12:11 | |
32 | Run Run Run | The Velvet Underground | 8:51 | |
33 | What Goes On | The Velvet Underground | 8:55 | |
34 | Guess I'm Falling In Love | The Velvet Underground | 5:13 | |
35 | A Short Lived Torture Of Cacophony | The Velvet Underground | 2:21 | |
36 | Black Angel's Death Song | The Velvet Underground | 3:39 | |
37 | The Biggest, Loudest, Hairiest Group Of All | The Velvet Underground | 3:31 | |
38 | A Distant Mirror | The Velvet Underground | 10:55 | |
39 | VU Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Introduction By Patti Smith | The Velvet Underground | 4:25 | |
40 | Last Night I Said Goodbye To A Friend | The Velvet Underground | 2:41 | |
41 | Ghost Story | The Velvet Underground | 2:55 | |
42 | I'm Waiting For The Man | The Velvet Underground | 0:54 |