The Velvet Forum

There's an interested new program up in the Listening Room at the library: https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/lou-reed The Velvet Underground in Mono Lou Reed Piano Demos Velvet Underground, Steinway Hall, Chicago "Ondine" Demos with Lou Reed, John Cale, and Nico "12-String" Demos "Ocean" Demo...

All 11 demos 1965 May at

https://loureed.bandcamp.com/

imho the best site for distribution of [independent] music

I'd like to know which albums he really had at the front of his collection, rather than the (probably) carefully orchestrated display we see in the photo. Exactly!! And out of curiousity: Did Lou have the Plastic People of the Universe - Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned? [original LP version w...

Brilliant article! After unsuccessful searching for Ugly Things in Amsterdam [even Concerto didn't have it...] and The Hague, today could buy my copy in Utrecht . In the Plato shop , there also were some previous issues, so herewith highly recommend that shop to the Dutch here. PS: have checked thro...

The performance at Delmonico's is even reported in a British newspaper: A Letter from America 1966 January 20, The Daily Telegraph [UK], page 19, by our own correspondents full page: https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/822058642/?terms=Warhol%20Velvet VU snippets [scale 40%]: img.newspapers.com/img/...

About a week before 1966.Jan.13 performance at psychiatry society's annual dinner at Delmonico's Hotel, some fashion designers were invited to visit the Factory. In the published articles I found the Velvet Underground and Warhol's plans for the upcoming performance are mentioned. Pop Artist Warhol ...

addition: 15 October 1979 - Carré, Amsterdam proof: announcements and reviews in various Dutch media [ details see under ] my summary of reviews: concert received positive reviews, much better than in 1978, pleasantly surprised by only few new songs and many from 'Berlin' [ the 1970s classic album],...

https://www.nypl.org/events/exhibitions/lou-reed In 2022, which would have been the year of Lou Reed's 80th birthday, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center will mount Lou Reed: Caught Between the Twisted Stars, the first large-scale exhibition featuring previously un...

Interesting article in today's Guardian about Creem magazine. Some pix of Lester.... plus a nice pic of Lou going goggle-eyed. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/jun/01/creem-gave-you-a-ground-level-excitement-about-music-the-1970s-rock-magazine-makes-a-comeback and, as linked in that very arti...

Just found above article was recently posted on twitter at https://twitter.com/SoundsClips/status/1525755441241890816 for original size of scans: --open images in your brower [e.g. p18: pbs.twimg.com/media/FSySAplXEAArdsN?format=jpg&name=small] --change "name=xxxx" into "name=orig" and save the imag...