The Velvet Forum

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They've used similar artwork as this 1996 CD version (with John spelt correctly)
https://www.discogs.com/Lou-Reed-John-C ... se/3439796

The misspelling of 'John' doesn't inspire much confidence! :shock: I've got the picture disc double vinyl set which came out on the Get Back label in 2005. I'll dig it out and give it a listen. I have a varispeed deck so that might improve things. I can't remember if it was pressed correctly or not,...

https://newsthump.com/2021/08/26/banana ... bum-cover/

"Lawyers for The Velvet Underground said the band planned to a-peel"

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There you go

I seem to recall Moe, many years ago, referring to the "Gift" backing as "Booker T," but I might be misremembering that. When I interviewed Moe n Sterling in 1992 I showed them this bootleg single: https://www.discogs.com/The-Velvet-Underground-Booker-T/release/5058620 Moe turned to Sterl and said ...

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Ugly Things #56 has yet more VU. Jonathan Richman on guitar and gear secrets

Something and nothing really .....
An album of vocoder and one-finger synth renditions of 'classic' rock (the version of Rock n Roll is LZ, not VU sadly)

Today's Observer newspaper
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/ ... r-lou-reed

Not a photo .... but something I found just now. Stuff by Mark.



Merry Christmas

For UK types ... issue 55 will be in stock at Rough Trade 22/1/21. You can pre-order it here:
https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/ugly-things/issue-55

It's a bit pricey ... but if you know UT you know it's thick and juicy.