A Walk With The Velvet Underground

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Release Date: 1997

Label: Midnight Beat

1-1, 1-2: The Jades - 1957 / 1-3: The All Night Workers - 1964 / 1-4, 1-11: The Primitives - 1965 / 1-5, 1-6: The Beachnuts - 1964 / 1-7: The Roughnecks - 1964 / 1-8 to 1-10: demo versions / 1-12: acetate / 1-13 to 1-16: acetates, 1970 / 1-17: The Falling Spikes - Screentest - 1965 / 1-18, 1-20: recorded in an unheated studio on Broom St. in NYC, winter of 1966 / 1-19: recorded in a studio that MGM had set up as an office on 57th Street in NYC, early 1970 / 1-21: recorded in the RCA studio in NYC, winter of 1968

2-1, 2-2 : recorded in an unheated studio on Broom St. in NYC, winter of 1966 / 2-3 to 2-5: demo version / 2-6: first appeared on flexi-disc in Aspen Magazine in the issue dated december 1966, probably the only VU release Lou don't have a hand in writing / 2-7: finally the sound has been captured of the film that Andy Warhol did on the VU, 1966 / 2-8: The Falling Spikes - Screentest 1965, also incl. Hedy / 2-9: unreleased / 2-10, 2-12: rehearsal, various attempts - 1970 / 2-11: rehearsal / 2-13: Psychedelic Convention - Mini Movie - 1966.

3-1, 3-2: Family Dog - Oct -1969 / 3-3: previously unreleased version - 1969 / 3-4, 3-5: previously unreleased version of a press promotion gig - 1970 / 3-6, 3-7: soundtrack to an Andy Warhol Movie / 3-8 : K.V.A.N. radio, Portland, Oregon - 1969.

4-1 to 4-3, 4-5: mono mixes / 4-6 to 4-9: alt. mixes / 4-12: Nico sing for english TV program, Chelsea Hotel, NYC / 4-13: outtake with David Bowie - 1972 / 4-14 to 4-16: electric rehearsal - 1971 / 4-17, 4-18: acoustic rehearsal - 1971 / 4-19, 4-20: guitar amp tape, Boston Tea Party, march 15th 1969.

5-1 to 5-8: Lou Reed, John Cale & Nico Recorded live at The Bataclan Club, Paris, France, January 29th 1972 / 5-9: Lou Reed & John Cale Rehearsal, Paris, January 25th 1972 / 5-10 to 5-24: Lou Reed & John Cale Soundcheck, Jouy-en-Josas, Fondation Cartier, Paris, June 15th 1990 / 5-25: Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison & Maureen Tucker Recorded at Jouy-en-Josas, Fondation Cartier, Paris, June 15th 1990.

Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies. 20-page booklet with photographs and liner notes.

℗1997 Midnight Beat, Luxembourg.

1-8 to 1-10, 1-12, 1-19, 1-21: rough mix demos, 1968-69.
1-12 to 1-16: acetate demos, late 1969.
1-17: actually contains MGM Music Factory 1968 interview, Oh Sweet Nuthin' live from Philadelphia 1970, some great energetic live soundcheck instrumental, snippets from Warhol movies.
1-18, 1-20, 2-1, 2-2: Ludlow Street demos, early 1967.
2-3 to 2-5: rough mix demos, 1969.
2-8: includes Hedy film soundtrack and interview from Music Factory.
2-9 to 2-12: Max's Kansas City rehearsal, summer 1970.
2-13: actually the sounds like a piece of Melody Laughter, The Dom, March 1966.
3-1, 3-2: actually from official 1969 Live set (Pale Blue Eyes from End Of Cole Ave, 19/10/69; I Can't Stand It from San Francisco, November, 1969).
3-3: actually End Of Cole Ave 2nd Night version, 19/10/69.
3-4, 3-5: actually Max's Kansas City, 26/7/70.
3-6, 3-7: actually from the East Village Other Electric Newspaper with very little VU content in part 1 and no VU content in part 2.
4-4, 4-10: excerpts of interview with Moe Tucker by Phil Milstein, MC Kostek, and Kate Messer.
4-11: radio ad for "The Velvet Underground" LP
4-13: actually from june 7, 1983, Italian TV program from Verona with regular 'live in italy band', though for this track it's only Lou and Fernando Saunders singing live over studio track.
4-14 to 4-16: Robinson's apartment session, electric rehearsal, 1971.
4-17, 4-18: Robinson's apartment session, acoustic rehearsal, 1971.
5-5: Tired And Hungry is actually Ghost Story

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