Just Like Sister Ray Says...
I've long been a fan and admirer of The Velvet Underground, but it wasn't until I got the Peel Slowly and See box set for Christmas that I jumped over the edge into full-fledged superfandom. I've spent many an hour during the past two months poring over the liner and notes while listening and relistening to all the fabulous material on those five discs. The alternate mixes, the rarities, the live stuff - tons of wonderful material. But, as it turns out, there is always more stuff out there to discover.
See, a couple of weeks ago a couple eBay auctions popped up offering vinyl versions of a rare bootleg featuring a live set that the band performed in 1967 at New York City's Gymnasium. I can hear you thinking, yeah yeah how exciting can another VU bootleg be at this point, but really... this is some pretty fascinating shit. Apparently most of the songs on this bootleg really have been, for the most part, unavailable until literally a few short weeks ago. Yes, even in this day of peer-to-peer file sharing and obsessive collectors scouring the net for every mp3 tagged with Velvet Underground, there was still something new to be heard. It seems that this show was the band's only 1967 gig and a very fiery one at that.
Some highlights:
- the first ever live performance of the legendary "Sister Ray", this one clocking in at just under nineteen minutes
- an absolutely smoking version of "Run Run Run"
- most notably, however, A COMPLETELY NEW AND UNHEARD VELVET UNDERGROUND SONG!! called "I'm Not A Young Man Anymore"
the complete tracklist:
1. "I'm Not A Young Man Anymore"
2. "Guess I'm Falling In Love" (previously issued on the Peel Slowly and See box)
3. "I'm Waiting For the Man"
4. "Run Run Run"
5. "Sister Ray" (first live performance)
download it here
No comments:
Post a Comment