The Velvet Forum

“Why Don't You Smile: Lou Reed At Pickwick Records 1964-1965” is the reissue of the month in the latest issue of MOJO magazine (372, November 2024) and gets a full-page review by David Fricke. https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/new-music/lou-reed-at-pickwick-records-review/ The album, due for rel ...

What's the source of this thing about the studio version having a vocal that's lost due to tape damage? How do we know it wasn't just left as a backing track? Sterling Morrison by Thomas Anderson in Creem, November 1987 issue (page 42) (...) Likewise, the Velvet Underground were wary of any ...

I just edited my audio capture (BBC4 player>Audacity) and I'm Waiting For The Man 1965 demo (FLAC/m4a/mp3 versions) is available here for 7 days: https://we.tl/t-F59XIfAJst

This Moe Tucker photo was shot by Doug Yule in 1969, and originally published in 1996 in "'69 on the Road" book. I think it also appears in the recent deluxe edition of the third album.

There is an uncirculated Velvet Underground tape (Scotch MAGNETIC TAPE 290 5 INCH REEL TRIPLE LENGTH), which has clearly handwritten on the box: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND at the Matrix San Francisco December 3, 1969 Tracklisting is written on the back, and the second set ends with "Sister Ray". Now ...

1969 seems to be the right year. Anyway just between the Hilltop Pop Festival and a show at the Boston Tea Party, the Velvets would have been in the area. Plus I found someone remembering the James Taylor show mentioned on the poster as "summer 1969" -- see the comments at https://www.facebook.com ...

A few details about the 1985 releases from Feb. 9, 1985 issue of Billboard.

Here's another one from November issue of MOJO Magazine (#228).

Although this photo has been credited for years as "Gerard Malanga Archives", I think actual credit should go to Steve Schapiro.