The Velvet Forum

well Amazon came good and the book arrived this morning - it's very impressive. Obviously not read it yet - only a brief skim through it. Quite a few pics I've not seen before, and at least one new snippet of info on just about every page. It's a long time since I've been able to say that about a VU...

many thanks for the link - great to see it "complete". It's weird - I recognise many of the segments but I hadn't realised they were from this show. I had them as odd (silent) bits and pieces on various old VHS tapes. And I think you're right - I'm sure there is slightly more of "Heroin" . Just stum...

I saw that as well and wondered what he meant. I think that somewhere else he implied that the "Gymnasium" SR is the only extant recording with JC.... BTW I went into Amazon uk last night and they said the book is in stock - mine should be with me tomorrow or Friday. A lot of very very interesting s...

JOHN CALE 1992-11-16 EDINBURGH audience recording from master cassette The Queen's Hall Edinburgh 16 November 1992 disc 1 D101: Wedding Anniversary 4.21 D102: Lie Still Sleep Becalmed 4.11 D103: Do Not Go Gently 4.05 D104: Carmen Miranda 2.50 D105: Broken Hearts 3.34 D106: Buffalo Ballet 2.47 D107: ...

LOL I still have my (well played) copy of "White Heat" which I bought mail order via a small ad in NME or Sounds back in 1977 or so. It was the first VU bootleg I had ever seen, and it was very well done - a great pic sleeve. (I didn't manage to find a copy of "Evil Mothers" till the 1980s) Thanks G...

the images were better than I had remembered. I cant understand why one is so much poorer than the others. My understanding is that small quantities of acetates like this would often be pressed up (locally, or even actually in the studio) after a day's recording so that the artists could take them h...

here are the 4 acetates I mentioned before - I'm pretty sure I downloaded these from ebay some months ago. I think the seller said that they had belonged to Doug Yule http://www.divshare.com/img/7448750-842.jpg http://www.divshare.com/img/7448751-c3e.jpg" http://www.divshare.com/img/7448752-035.jpg"...

when I get home from work I'll try to post pics of the "other" 4 acetates I mentioned. They are pretty poor quality images - so poor that you cant read the label on one of them.

thanks Bleach! I would guess that those very acetates are the source of the tracks of the same name on the old "22 demos" tape. Sterling reputedly made tapes copies of his acetates for at least 1 friend. Copies of those tapes were supposedly the source of the "22 demos" compilation which circulated ...

4 VU test pressings were offered on Ebay a few months back (as part of a large collection) - I remember because I stored the pics on my HD at home. I cant remember if they were claimed to be Sterling's or not. Yes it was Jeff from Recordmecca who offered me Sterlings test pressings, I think from mem...