Summit High School Dec 11, 1965

[alfredovu]

This picture was taken Dec 11, 1965 while Myddle Class were on stage...minutes before the Velvet Underground had made their first paid gig...half of these lucky people (policemen included) were there



The stage:

[peppergomez]

Thats great. Something tlls me those teenagers werent rushing the stage during Heroin. BTW somewhere in the e is the future bassist for Mission of Burma.

[Sheila Klein]

Amazing, amazing. Those should probably be joined by the poster for the show:

[mangue]

Hello,

Found Myddle Class Newletter from 1966 January, in which the Myddle Class gig is reviewed (pages 6-11) with a small mention of the Velvets (page 7):
"Scott came onstage again (ed.: after the first group 'The Forty Fingers') and introduced the Velvet Underground, three young men and a girl. Half the audience loved their "different-weird" sound.The other half left the theater."
At the end of the review is mentioned "that someone had stolen one of the Myddle Class taperecorder, valued at $300." (no mentioning of who was suppected for that, later Aronowitz has blamed the Velvets for taking it).
Scans of the whole newsletter (nr.4 1966.Jan) and more info (and pictues) about the Myddle Class are here:
http://www.garagehangover.com/myddle-class-ephemera/
Allas no pics of the Velvets included.

Greetings, Mangue

PS: alfredovu's pictures above seem from the same Newsletter

[sonic124]

That John Cale has sticky fingers...

[peppergomez]

My money is in lou, more of a hustler

[Sheila Klein]

More likely the sticky fingers belonged to the 40 Fingers.

[iaredatsun]

At the end of the review is mentioned "that someone had stolen one of the Myddle Class taperecorder, valued at $300." (no mentioning of who was suppected for that, later Aronowitz has blamed the Velvets for taking it).
Scans of the whole newsletter (nr.4 1966.Jan) and more info (and pictues) about the Myddle Class are here:

That Al Aronowitz likes to blame The Velvet Underground for missing tape recorders. How do we know where he got the Wollensak that he later claims was taken by the band?

Mangue, nice find, btw.

EDIT - I didn't get that this was the same tape recorder story, only now the machine belongs to the Myddle Class, until I read the al Aronowitz article that was just posted...

[walkonvu]

I found following at https://www.facebook.com/barbararubinfilm from 28th January 2023:
Tomorrow night 1/27 @roxycinemanyc It’s a Velvet Underground celebration! Come out and dig Jonas’ Warhol film in 16mm, a music doc featuring @leeranaldo and Pascal Comelade, and a surprise screening of some Barbara footage from the VU’s very first public show on Dec. 11, 1965.
And even a Q & A with @ignaciojuliacampos and @thurstonmoore58

[camforrester]

I have never seen that still of Lou behind the mic before...plus the other images seem to be various shots of The Myddle Class on stage...this is VERY interesting! Here's praying the film has sound!

I found following at https://www.facebook.com/barbararubinfilm from 28th January 2023:
Tomorrow night 1/27 @roxycinemanyc It’s a Velvet Underground celebration! Come out and dig Jonas’ Warhol film in 16mm, a music doc featuring @leeranaldo and Pascal Comelade, and a surprise screening of some Barbara footage from the VU’s very first public show on Dec. 11, 1965.
And even a Q & A with @ignaciojuliacampos and @thurstonmoore58