The Velvet Forum

Two great photos by Paul Morrissey.



At the Dom 66

Thanks Jamie for the great La Cave recordings.

Absolutely MJG, done.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/o ... -pneumonia

I am the table! wrote: ↑12 Oct 2024 18:51 He's probably pulling that face because Patti Smith has commandeered the piano!

"f*** Radio Ethiopia! I’m Radio Brooklyn!"

There's 2 tracks from the Gymnasium on Peel Slowly and See and that led me to believe UMG have had the whole gig at least since then. But Cale could of course have hidden the rest of the tracks under his bed until years later. There's a rumour that he provided the bootleggers with the recording ...

Second Fret, Philadelphia - Dec 31st 1969.

There were only 100 copies produced - they are trying to get a 2nd pressing..

The compilation collects pop songs written by Reed during his mid-60s stint as a staff songwriter for the record label:

https://thequietus.com/news/light-in-th ... k-records/

Great photo of the Pickwick staff:

‘The drugs were so new, they weren’t illegal yet’: the debauched rise of New York’s wildest bar. It was a seedy hotbed of sex, drugs, edgy music and A-list celebrities where Lou Reed and Andy Warhol partied alongside Blondie and Bowie. How did Max’s Kansas City fall apart? Down at Max’s by Peter Crow ...