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Which bootlegs are the best?

Posted: 21 Jun 2006 20:37
by dannypal
Hi, im new to velvet undergound trading (but i have been involoved in trading of other bands for ages) and i only have the 4 disk ulta rare trax bootleg. I was just wondering what the best bootlegs were and where is the best place to trade them.

Posted: 22 Jun 2006 10:16
by simonm
hi - there's a trading group on yahoo specifically for VU stuff http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jimjims - it's around 500 people IIRC, join there and see if anyone wants what you've got.
Got to say they're not a very dynamic bunch, though - the group is v quiet at the moment. They've all got everything I guess.

But - best boots?

Generally I'd plump for

Caught Between The Twisted Stars - another 4 disc set that covers a lot of ground.
All Tomorrow's Parties Warhol Museum CD AKA the Warhol Tapes 9ee below!)
Sweet Sister Ray - April 68 (but not a full show)
1969 Boston Tea Party shows are all good I think
La Cave Oct 68 (AKA Problems In Urban Living) is also great - Doug's first gig. This is the source for the live What Goes On on the Peel Slowly box set, but the quality is not as good.

Sadly not much more from '68 and no full 1967 shows.
EPI era = one recording, released as Move Back - currntly being torrented at Dimeadozen - see 'Nothing Songs' thread



ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES - REMEMBERING THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
The Andy Warhol Museum, USA, 1996. Engineered by Big Science.
1. Walk Alone (3:28) (Lou Reed?) / 2. Venus in Furs/Crackin' Up (3:50) (Lou Reed / Ellis McDaniel) Reed teaches Nico the lyrics to Venus while the band plays Crackin' Up / 3. Rhythm & blues instrumental (2:22) / 4. Run Run Run intro to Miss Joanie Lee (11:48) (Lou Reed?) / 5. Day Tripper intro to Boom Boom Boom Boom instrumental (6:18) (Lennon/McCartney / John Lee Hooker) / 6. Rockabilly instrumental (1:15) / 7. Blues instrumental (5:18) / 8. Heroin (6:10) (Lou Reed) / 9. There She Goes Again (3:29) (Lou Reed) Lou Reed on vocals / 10. Green Onion (5:57) (Booker and the MGs) / 11. There She Goes Again (4:18) (Lou Reed) / 12. Heroin (4:12) (Lou Reed) / 13. I'll Keep It With Mine (3:33) (Bob Dylan) / 14. European Son / Suzie Q (Lou Reed / John Cale / Sterling Morrison / Maureen Tucker) / 15. Get It On Time (2:18) (Lou Reed) / 16. I'll Be Your Mirror (3:20) (Lou Reed)

1-11: Rehearsal in Warhol's Factory, January 3, 1966 / 12-14: Up tight performance at Cinematheque, N.Y.C., February 6, 1966 / 15, 16: Rehearsal in the Factory before The Exploding Plastic Inevitable tour, March 7, 1966. Original recordings from the collection of The Andy Warhol Foundation for The Visual Arts, Inc. Digitally remastered by Big Science Recording, July 1996. Recorded on a reel to reel tape recorder, possibly by Andy Warhol.

Login to Brigidpolktapedtheworld@yahoo.com (passwd maxskansascity) and you can get this and some other stuff - tracks attached to emails sent to this account, some by me.