The Velvet Forum

I'm waiting for precisely one thing, The Joseph Freeman tapes from Max's, a tape that is known to exist. I really can't imagine there's anything else of value at this stage. It would be lovely to hear a John Cale live "What Goes On" or some other lost high quality live performance in 1967-9 but I ...

The first hour isn't on the Velvet Underground at all but really is a mind blowing listen all by itself. My first VU exposure was to the Third album and to VU and I also love the 1969 live recordings, particularly "What Goes On" (not mentioned at all), still my favourite part of their career. This ...

[quote=camforrester post_id=179472 time=1661725116 user_id=44513] Yep. There is detailed information about the audio/film in the video's description. [quote=MarkTWIC post_id=179439 time=1660131685 user_id=44607] Is this live version real? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr3LuS7aleY [/quote] [/quote ...

Is this live version real?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr3LuS7aleY

I was reading about "Strange Fruit" a poem and song written by the Jewish-American writer Abel Meeropol when I came across the factoid that he published under a pseudonym of Lewis Allan. I've never seen this mentioned anywhere, but is there any chance this is where Lou Reed's parents got his name ...