The Velvet Underground - 1969 Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed (2024) [Hi-Res 192 kNz]
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BAND/ARTIST: The Velvet Underground
- Title: 1969 Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed
- Year Of Release: 1974/2024
- Label: Polydor
- Genre: Rock, Garage Rock, Avantgarde
- Quality: 24-192000 FLAC
- Total Time: 01:42:23
- Total Size: 4.08 GB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Review by Mark Deming
Sadly, outside of a handful of audience tapes of extremely variable fidelity, no one thought to make a live recording of the Velvet Underground during their 1967-1968 peak period with John Cale prodding Lou Reed into remarkable flights of noise-rock fancy. However, in 1969, a VU fan who was a recording engineer brought a reel-to-reel tape machine to two shows the band played during an engagement at a club in Dallas called The End of Cole Avenue; a few months later, the band played The Matrix in San Francisco, where a tape machine had been installed into the hall's sound system, and the band was allowed to record their set. Five years later, long after the Velvet Underground had collapsed and Lou Reed's solo career was on the rise, Mercury Records compiled highlights of the Dallas and San Francisco tapes into a two-record set, 1969: Velvet Underground Live, and it is without question the best document of this band's considerable strengths as a live act. While they were a somewhat more sedate band with Doug Yule on bass rather than Cale, they still had plenty of life left in them at this stage of the game; there are few voyages into the sonic unknown here, but Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison had matured into one of rock's most potent guitar combinations, Maureen Tucker was as distinctive a drummer as anyone who picked up a pair of mallets, and with Doug Yule at her side, they comprised a truly superb rhythm section. Sounding tight, confident, and passionate on every cut, this set finds the band visiting highlights from all four of their studio albums, as well as a handful of previously unreleased numbers. 1969: Velvet Underground Live captures the many sides of VU's musical personality with commendable skill, and while it isn't their best album, it's one of the best places for a beginner to explore their body of work.
Tracklist:
1-1. The Velvet Underground - Waiting For My Man (Live At End Of Cole Avenue, Dallas, TX / 1969) (07:01)
1-2. The Velvet Underground - Lisa Says (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (05:51)
1-3. The Velvet Underground - What Goes On (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (08:51)
1-4. The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (03:57)
1-5. The Velvet Underground - We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (03:14)
1-6. The Velvet Underground - Femme Fatale (Live At End Of Cole Avenue, Dallas, TX / 1969) (03:05)
1-7. The Velvet Underground - New Age (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (06:36)
1-8. The Velvet Underground - Rock And Roll (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (06:04)
1-9. The Velvet Underground - Beginning To See The Light (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (05:27)
1-10. The Velvet Underground - Ocean (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (10:51)
1-11. The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes (Live At End Of Cole Avenue, Dallas, TX / 1969) (05:52)
1-12. The Velvet Underground - Heroin (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (09:45)
1-13. The Velvet Underground - Some Kinda Love (Live At End Of Cole Avenue, Dallas, TX / 1969) (04:47)
1-14. The Velvet Underground - Over You (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (02:17)
1-15. The Velvet Underground - Sweet Bonnie Brown / It's Just Too Much (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (07:54)
1-16. The Velvet Underground - White Light White Heat (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (08:32)
1-17. The Velvet Underground - I'll Be Your Mirror (Live At End Of Cole Avenue, Dallas, TX / 1969) (02:19)
Sadly, outside of a handful of audience tapes of extremely variable fidelity, no one thought to make a live recording of the Velvet Underground during their 1967-1968 peak period with John Cale prodding Lou Reed into remarkable flights of noise-rock fancy. However, in 1969, a VU fan who was a recording engineer brought a reel-to-reel tape machine to two shows the band played during an engagement at a club in Dallas called The End of Cole Avenue; a few months later, the band played The Matrix in San Francisco, where a tape machine had been installed into the hall's sound system, and the band was allowed to record their set. Five years later, long after the Velvet Underground had collapsed and Lou Reed's solo career was on the rise, Mercury Records compiled highlights of the Dallas and San Francisco tapes into a two-record set, 1969: Velvet Underground Live, and it is without question the best document of this band's considerable strengths as a live act. While they were a somewhat more sedate band with Doug Yule on bass rather than Cale, they still had plenty of life left in them at this stage of the game; there are few voyages into the sonic unknown here, but Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison had matured into one of rock's most potent guitar combinations, Maureen Tucker was as distinctive a drummer as anyone who picked up a pair of mallets, and with Doug Yule at her side, they comprised a truly superb rhythm section. Sounding tight, confident, and passionate on every cut, this set finds the band visiting highlights from all four of their studio albums, as well as a handful of previously unreleased numbers. 1969: Velvet Underground Live captures the many sides of VU's musical personality with commendable skill, and while it isn't their best album, it's one of the best places for a beginner to explore their body of work.
Tracklist:
1-1. The Velvet Underground - Waiting For My Man (Live At End Of Cole Avenue, Dallas, TX / 1969) (07:01)
1-2. The Velvet Underground - Lisa Says (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (05:51)
1-3. The Velvet Underground - What Goes On (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (08:51)
1-4. The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (03:57)
1-5. The Velvet Underground - We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (03:14)
1-6. The Velvet Underground - Femme Fatale (Live At End Of Cole Avenue, Dallas, TX / 1969) (03:05)
1-7. The Velvet Underground - New Age (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (06:36)
1-8. The Velvet Underground - Rock And Roll (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (06:04)
1-9. The Velvet Underground - Beginning To See The Light (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (05:27)
1-10. The Velvet Underground - Ocean (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (10:51)
1-11. The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes (Live At End Of Cole Avenue, Dallas, TX / 1969) (05:52)
1-12. The Velvet Underground - Heroin (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (09:45)
1-13. The Velvet Underground - Some Kinda Love (Live At End Of Cole Avenue, Dallas, TX / 1969) (04:47)
1-14. The Velvet Underground - Over You (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (02:17)
1-15. The Velvet Underground - Sweet Bonnie Brown / It's Just Too Much (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (07:54)
1-16. The Velvet Underground - White Light White Heat (Live At The Matrix, San Francisco, CA / 1969) (08:32)
1-17. The Velvet Underground - I'll Be Your Mirror (Live At End Of Cole Avenue, Dallas, TX / 1969) (02:19)
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