...june 26th 1970'n th'velevts're fadin' away with th'euro/avant wing o'cale'n nico long gone,moe gettin' ready for a baby its just lou'n sterling'n as any true velvet-head knows it takes th'original 5 to really gettin' th'whole shebang firin' on all cylinders...lou's poetic look at 'real'street life,sterlings guitar,cales drone sensibilities,moes otherworldly trance thud'n nico wanderin' round bein some enigmatic ice creature starin' into th'void...replacein' th'irreplaceable with replacements doug'n billy yule,through no fault o' theirs, its just th'way they groove,turn th'underground into a rock band'n cos lous not terribly interested into group situations anymore doesn't bother to ignite'n burn like before...these rehearsals takin' place on this disk were again taped by bridget polk,a long time admirer'n cohort who liked to get th'scene down on tape much like andy did in th'beginnin'...not surprisin'ly th'sound quality is poor though listenable(all velvet heads know th'deal), in a documentary sense,this is not an immediately easy experience,although once through th'initial hearin' it gets less o' a chore to pierce th'murk'n grab an hour o' late velvets gettin' a jam or two in,gettin' ready to play NYC,a place they never fit into cos in reality th'city was'n is a conservative hick town,not open to self examination,definitely not open to th'velvets form o'drug rock,where time is suspended through th'tribal dance within'n without...we get to hear bits'n pieces o' conversation'n bridget seems to move th'recorder a coupla times as th'sound improves with it gettin' slightly clearer...important in velvet timeline as this is a okay 'fly on th'wall' listen to th'combo as they wind slowly down to become a forgotten force only to re-emerge in th'punk years as th'original saviours o'rockroll who amalgamated th'amphetamine glam rush o' elvis with avant theatrics o'old europe to challenge th'NOW generation who were groovin' to ersatz psych'n lounge rock...
Tuesday
earlier gear
- lynyrd skynyrd
- mayhem
- morbid/mayhem
- mayhem
- morbid
- fireball ministry
- status quo
- monkees
- monkees
- monkees
- monkees
- monkees
- monks
- united states of america
- clash
- angels ov light
- charles manson
- black randy
- black flag
- chain gang
- masque benefit
- sonic youth
- mamas and papas
- mayhem
- burzum
- big brother
- bob dylan
- nirvana
- rotary connection
- silver apples
- delaney and bonnie
- delaney and bonnie
- traffic
- beau
- beau
- dream syndicate
- pink floyd
- dream syndicate
- sonic youth
- pink floyd
- poppy family
- klaatu
- serge gainsbourg
- chantal goya
- brigitte bardot
- france gall
- guitars of the golden triangle
- jefferson airplane
- bob dylan
- jeff buckley
- baby grandmothers
- fab4
- sonic youth
- sonic youth/tim barnes
- sonics
- flowerpot men
- harpers bizarre
- t.rex
- millennium
- avengers
- runaways
- association
- hawkwind
- dead boys
- runaways
- jools/brian
- jools/brian
- julie driscoll
- scott walker
- sagitarius
- gene clark
- judee sill
- sonny and cher
- john cale
- nancy sinatra
- television
- sandy bull
- big brother
- big brother
- cher
- grass roots
- mott the hoople
- mothers
- mothers
- zappa
- alan watts
- ill wind
- plastic people
- charles manson
- charles manson
- tearstained
- pop&bowie
- lou reed
- QMS
- gene clark
- testors
- curtis mayfield
- shockabilly
- strike records
- colosseum
- atomic rooster
- hammersmith gorillas
- mulberry bush sdt
- johns children
- sly &the family stone
- youngbloods
- crushed butler
- ciccone youth
- the band
- fred neil
- mazatec indians
- king crimson
- stack waddy
- stack waddy
- liverpool scene
- liverpool scene
- viltones
- shangri-las
- crime
- fever tree
- franciose hardy
- salvation army
- everpresent fullness
- bob dylan
- X
- nirvana
- geoff and maria
- sly and the family stone
- eno
- eno
- sun ra
- sun ra
- harry pussy
- eater
- randy california
- damned
- stray
- les rallizes des nudes
- friar tuck
- appletree theatre
- real kids
- sidewinders
- unfolding
- charlie tweedle
- ildjarn
- madhouse
- walflower complextion
- the stalin
- G.I.S.M
- G.I.S.M
- blue cheer
- jefferson airplane
- great society
- van morrison
- judy henske
- blue cheer
- ron geesin
- pagans
- glitterbest
- 50foot hose
- dangerhouse
- nico
- yardbirds
- zweistein
- simply saucer
- pink fairies
- sunny murray
- jerry hahn
- delaney&bonnie
- delaney&bonnie
- UP!
- charles manson
- dylan
- laura nyro
- mamas&papas
- elvis
- factory
- barefoot jerry
- pink floyd
- sonic youth
- sonic youth
- sonic youth
- sonic youth
- graham parker
- turtles
- samson
- babs gonzales
- clear light
- pointer sisters
- josefus
- blue cheer
- ten years after
- great society
- sons of champlin
- savage resurrection
- germs
- pink floyd
- darkthrone
- fever tree
- faust
- mayhem
- fever tree
- plastic people
- father yod
- father yod
- ya ho wa
- vultures eye
- tornados
- pan pipes of joujouka
- mayhem
- sly and the family stone
- doors
- doors
- mothers
- jerry fielding
- freak scene
- erica pomerance
- lee fields
- nico
- sergio mendes
- gillian hills
- kirby stone 4
- scott walker
- rare earth
- laura nyro
- youngbloods
- linda ronstadt
- laura nyro
- zappa
- buffy sainte-marie
- silver apples
- tim buckley
- 15.60.75
- rotary connection
- smoke
- byrds
- beauregarde
- gone
- privates
- byrds
- high tide
- linda jones
- byrds
- love
- corporation
- monkees
- gandalf the grey
- gurus
- ry cooder
- paul kantner
- seeds
- tyrannosaurus rex
- soft machine
- stan kenton
- great society
- phil ranelin
- eagle
- charles mingus
- valaida snow
- george lewis
- motor city blues
- crimson shadows
- henry flynt
- viddekazz
- byrds
- jesus and mary chain
- ramsted
- chrome
- tomorrow
- bob
- t-model ford
- slaughter & the dogs
- willie & mighty magnificents
- heartbreakers
- outlaws
- metallica
- venom
- the fall
- grateful dead
- seeds
- grateful dead
- les rallizes denudes
- ufo
- traffic
- josefus
- thelonious monk
- tammy wynette
- shelly manne
- venom
- cromagnon
- great speckled bird
- edwin starr
- super snazz
- ruby jones
- t-bone walker
- blind willie mctell
- sex pistols
- hank thompson
- public enemy
- milford graves
- byrds
- dave mason
- jr. wells
- sonny phillips
- t-love
- sweet
- lost generation
- sonny phillips
- david bowie
- bakerloo
- motorhead
- gwen mccrae
- 999
- secret affair
- miles
- traffic
- traffic
- brinsley schwarz
- sharon tandy
- traffic
- spencer davis group
- miles
- miles
- spencer davis group
- arcadium
- may blitz
- van halen
- shoes
- cheap trick
- motley crue
- blue cheer
- crabby appleton
- shorty rogers
- magic sam
- allman brothers band
- meters
- thelonious monk
- cate brothers
- janis joplin
- mad river
- electric flag
- iron butterfly
- free
- electric flag
- purple image
- janis joplin
- mike nesmith
- aerosmith
- rufus
- baby huey
- big brother
- delaney and bonnie
- bar kays
- ramones
- u roy
- nilsson
- sam the sham
- lebron brothers
- public enemy
- dillinger
- mike nesmith
- rimshots
- scotsville squirrel barkers
- johnny guitar watson
- ocho
- velvet turner group
- bacon fat
- willie hutch
- treacherous 3
- james brown
- don ellis
- mickey hart
- crash crew
- duke ellington
- sound of new york
- blonde on blonde
- 8th day
- mcchurch soundroom
- 8th day
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2 Comments:
end of the line for a great band still sounds great. len
even when lous bored outta his mind he's always givin' that little something special with th'velvets (maybe not his solo stuff, thats a different matter)...
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