Dienstag, 21. März 2023

Velvet Underground - The Psychopath´s Rolling Stones

A lot of the Velvet Underground fans are saying this is the one VU bootleg to get if I had to get just one.
"The Psychopath's Rolling Stones" is just as odds-n-ends as those excellent "Ultra Rare Trax" CDs and even as random as the official "Peel Slowly and See" box set itself, but it has got some incredible numbers & versions I've never heard elsewhere.
Let's start with the definitive live version of "Run Run Run" -- for me, the most underrated Velvets song of all time and one that's easily in my Top 5 along with the other ones we all love. This one's a long version from February 8th, 1969 in New Hampshire, and as the back cover says, "features some remarkable guitar work.
The solos (Reed's?) are just blistering -- the song is transformed into the latter 2/3rds of "European Son" while still maintaining its bounce and chugga-chugga drive.
Also revelatory is the demo version of "Chelsea Girl" recorded in those famous hotel sessions, just Lou and Nico and a beat-up old tape deck. That's my favorite song on her first record, and this version's better.
Other hotties of note are a fire-breathing Cleveland 1967 "Guess I'm Falling In Love" (with vocals and another killer solo) and the 1966 tin pan alley studio outtake "Sheltered Life".
And what 70s-era bootleg wouldn't be complete without a hidden track not by the featured artist? This one's got one and a half: a warbling, half-insane live version of Nico doing "The End", and a choogling 1920s-era jump blues called "Bootleggin' Blues" from someone certainly not from the lower east side.
This collection is heavy on the first two VU records, so if the rough, sodom-and-gomorrah Velvets are your thing and you're pretty sure Yule's a fool, this digital platter of scorching obscurities is your ticket to hog heaven.
Tracks:
1. Star Spangled Banner (2:06)
2. White Light/White Heat (4:33)
3. I'm Waiting For My Man (4:07)
4. All Tomorrow's Parties (5:14)
5. Run Run Run (8:48)
6. Guess I'm Falling In Love (4:11)
7. Venus In Furs (5:02)
8. Black Angel's Death Song (2:53)
9. I Can't Stand It (8:01)
10. Sheltered Life (2:51)
11. Vernissage (0:58)
12. Real Good Time Together (2:34)
13. Chelsea Girl (3:12)
14. Pale Blue Eyes (5:59)
15. I'll Be Your Mirror (2:37)
16. The End (8:06)
17. "Bootlegging The Bootleggers"

Sources:
1 : listed as "unreleased track, shortlisted as the intro to the 1993 concerts but later rejected" / 2, 3 : Max's Kansas City, Summer 1970 / 4 : Valleydale Ballroom, November 4,1966 / 5 : Hilltop Festival, August 2, 1969 / 6 : Gymnasium, April 1967 / 7 : End Of Cole Ave, October 18, 1969 / 8, 15 : Bataclan, January 29, 1972 / 9 : The Matrix, late November - early December 1969 (pirated from official 1969 Live) / 10 : Ludlow street loft demo, early 1967 / 11 : radio ad for third LP / 12 : demo, late 1969 / 13. Nico & Joe Bidewell, BBC TV program on Chelsea Hotel, 1981 / 14. End Of Cole Ave, October 19, 1969 / 16 : Nico, live / 17 : not a VU-related track.


(192 kbps, cover included)


10 Kommentare:

Supersonic75 hat gesagt…

Nice. Thanks!

Anonym hat gesagt…

Danke! Great collection of rare VU tracks. I was in a band in the '80s that used to cover "I Can't Stand It", & it was always fun to play! Very interesting blog!

zero hat gesagt…

Thanks a lot for your feedback. Best wishes!

Anonym hat gesagt…

Haha! I thought THE ROLLING STONES were the psychopath's Rolling Stones! Thanks! - Stinky

Ansina hat gesagt…

Thanks! The last track is Bootleggin' Ain't Good No More, by Blind Teddy Darby.

Anonym hat gesagt…

Dear Sir... a restore of VU beginnings? Bless...

zero hat gesagt…

Here it is...

swappers hat gesagt…

Great Fun Zero! Will post links across as per. Just needed some noise this morning! Thank yooooo!

zero hat gesagt…

Always welcome!

Anonym hat gesagt…

Too bad such a low bitrate...

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