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I won Bill's cassettes at the most recent Omega auction of his collection - here's a link to the results, filtered for VU material. https://bid.omegaauctions.co.uk/auction/search/?sd=2&st=velvet+Underground&sto=0&au=213&sf=%5B%5D&w=False&pn=1&fbclid=IwY2xjawNa ...

It's introduced as "Sweet Caroline" but it's not the Neil Diamond song. I don't know if it is "Caroline" from Squeeze because I've never listened to that LP.

Sheila Klein wrote: ↑13 Oct 2025 05:02

09: Sweet Caroline 3.05

The Neil Diamond song?

yes - probably here as well as one of the VU Facebook groups. I'm still going through the rest of Bill Allerton's cassettes and digitising/transferring them. His copies of the Lou Reed 1972 concert recordings seem to be much closer to the masters than the copies in general circulation (in some cases ...

it will be shortly - I only told him about it last week. It's a recording from the Mile End Sundown in London, 30th November. It's pretty good quality - I initially thought it was a soundboard tape but on second thoughts it's just a really good audience tape. The VU were supporting ELO..... Velvet ...

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 ...

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 ...

thank you for clearing that mystery up Phil! If we're still talking about the "country and western-style" version of "I Heard Her Call My Name," it is the result of a song-poem recording I had made back in late '90s or so. Instead of submitting my own lyric, I submitted Lou's – the company then set a ...

I dug out the original cassette I got and see that it actually seems to credit "Bill Randall". There is a Canadian musician by that name but I don't know if it's the same guy. me too! I've been trying for years to find out who it is. IIRC I got it a long time ago on a cassette along with one of Lou ...

no - not that one. I'll put a link below to my Dropbox account where you can find the one I mean. It dates back to the 1990s anyway. Just 1 guy with an acoustic guitar. Once you're heard it you won't forget it! https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/kikdyi7zg9vuucy6k52da/AEitXDeOte9enYgEFlFwNmM?rlkey ...

no - not that one. I'll put a link below to my Dropbox account where you can find the one I mean. It dates back to the 1990s anyway. Just 1 guy with an acoustic guitar. Once you're heard it you won't forget it! https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/kikdyi7zg9vuucy6k52da/AEitXDeOte9enYgEFlFwNmM?rlkey ...