VU studio sessions post-Lou

[lurid]

I am sure that I read somewhere before (here?) that the post-Lou VU went into the Atlantic studios in early 1971 and recorded some new material. Can anyone remind me what that "new" material was?

The reason I'm asking is that I have a recording of the Yule-led "Velveteens" in London, late 1972. On it, Doug introduces "Dopey Joe" as a song which "....was recorded over a year ago, but someone lost the record....". Was this one of the songs they recorded for Atlantic in early 1971? Or is Doug talking about a different session?

[Mark]

He's talking about Squeeze, which was recorded in London in Nov/Dec 1971 but not released till much later, for obscure reasons.

They also recorded versions of Friends and She'll Make You Cry at Atlantic in late 1970 - shame these have never surfaced as they feature the full Doug/Walter/Sterling/Mo line-up, so would be pretty interesting to hear.

[lurid]

thanks Mark - I should have done more research. For some reason I had it in my head that the Squeeze sessions were after the 1972 UK tour rather than after the 1971 tour.....on the tape Doug clearly says that "....somebody lost the record....if you can believe that...but they say that they've found it again...so it may come out yet....".

I wonder what was going on there?

He's talking about Squeeze, which was recorded in London in Nov/Dec 1971 but not released till much later, for obscure reasons.

They also recorded versions of Friends and She'll Make You Cry at Atlantic in late 1970 - shame these have never surfaced as they feature the full Doug/Walter/Sterling/Mo line-up, so would be pretty interesting to hear.

[Mark]

Hard to say but I wonder if it was a bit of a cover story. I don't think they actually had a deal at the time Squeeze was recorded (I guess Sesnick arranged for it to be recorded independently?), so maybe in the intervening year he was mainly just shopping it around before Polydor picked it up.