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by simonm
26 Mar 2024 12:16
Forum: The Velvet Underground
Topic: Sound excerpts from interview with John Cale, 1966 September
Replies: 21
Views: 2909

Re: Sound excerpts from interview with John Cale, 1966 September

i can hear some of the Symphony of Sound soundtrack here and there, but don't recognise all the projected film sounds,
by simonm
03 Feb 2024 00:53
Forum: The Velvet Underground
Topic: 2023 Bataclan Remaster by Easy Action
Replies: 9
Views: 1685

Re: 2023 Bataclan Remaster by Easy Action

Can't make a direct comparison but the 2018 Spyglass version is definitely speed-corrected, and sounds very good on vinyl. Can't imagine the EA version is conspicuously better. The track times on the Spyglass CD are the same as on the Easy Action CD - could be from the same master...
by simonm
29 Jan 2024 08:00
Forum: The Velvet Underground
Topic: VU Photo Thread
Replies: 838
Views: 664409

Re: VU Photo Thread

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BTP entrance c1969
by simonm
19 Jan 2024 22:13
Forum: The Velvet Underground
Topic: BTP posters
Replies: 0
Views: 1534

BTP posters

oh - someone is selling original VU BTP posters on uk eBay - I was going to bid on this one - I've always loved it and it ends on my birthday, but with nearly 2 days to go, it's close to my max £ bid already :( maybe someone else here will get it? nice clear image anyway https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1...
by simonm
14 Jan 2024 13:22
Forum: The Velvet Underground
Topic: Little Sister live
Replies: 66
Views: 18215

Re: Little Sister live

I was just thinking about the given title Youngman 11-66 - youngman is the term for a hustler in John Rechy's queer classic City Of Night published by Grove Press in '63. I'm sure Lou would have had it on his bookshelf next to Hubert Selby's Last Exit To Brooklyn - could that have been a reference f...
by simonm
14 Jan 2024 13:10
Forum: The Velvet Underground
Topic: Little Sister live
Replies: 66
Views: 18215

Re: Little Sister live

Wow - yeah! I really like this version - it's like a different song from the Gymnasium version, rooted in the Booker T /Move Right sound, as Mark suggests. Great to hear - I'm really into the slower more stretched-out arrangement. Little Sister was a bit more of an oddity, and I haven't listened to ...
by simonm
10 Dec 2023 16:41
Forum: The Velvet Underground
Topic: VU Photo Thread
Replies: 838
Views: 664409

Re: VU Photo Thread

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another Adam Ritchie pic from Cafe Bizarre...

orig huge version here https://media.pitchfork.com/photos/5f90 ... ground.jpg
by simonm
29 Nov 2023 22:43
Forum: The Velvet Underground
Topic: Max's Kansas City Tapes :: Conrad?
Replies: 8
Views: 4269

Re: Max's Kansas City Tapes :: Conrad?

I think I remember reading that UMG didn't want to pay his price? Somebody could have just made up that part...
by simonm
29 Nov 2023 22:40
Forum: The Velvet Underground
Topic: Mod Wedding
Replies: 8
Views: 4163

Re: Mod Wedding

great photos - thanks Phil!