THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
THE PSYCHOPATH’S ROLLING STONES
Zero says:
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 19704 : Valleydale Ballroom, November 4,19665 : Hilltop Festival, August 2, 19696 : Gymnasium, April 19677 : End Of Cole Ave, October 18, 19698, 15 : Bataclan, January 29, 19729 : The Matrix, late November - early December 1969 (pirated from official 1969 Live)10 : Ludlow street loft demo, early 196711 : radio ad for third LP12 : demo, late 196913. Nico & Joe Bidewell, BBC TV program on Chelsea Hotel, 198114. End Of Cole Ave, October 19, 196916 : Nico, live17 : not a VU-related track.
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