UK 60´s VELVET UNDERGROUND!!

[alfredovu]

I KNEW THE AUSTRALIAN VELVETS, BUT NEVER HEARD ABOUT A BRITISH VU.

CHECK THIS LINK AND NOTICE THAT THAT ABOVE THE PIC THEY SAY "BEFORE LOU REED"!

THE LINKS ON THE LEFT WILL GIVE MORE PICS.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/%7Econan ... UIndex.htm

[Homme Fatale]

I KNEW THE AUSTRALIAN VELVETS, BUT NEVER HEARD ABOUT A BRITISH VU.

This is the Australian "Velvet Underground". They were from Newcastle, Australia. See those clippings: "Newcastle's answer to Sydney's wild groups" etc.

[lostblues]

And it featured a future AC/DC member: Malcolm Young.
Funny, isn't it?!

[alfredovu]

Newcastle, Australia:

THAT´S WHAT HAPPEN WHEN DO YOU NOT READ
E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!
THANKS HOMME FOR THE CORRECTION

[Homme Fatale]

Newcastle, Australia:

THAT´S WHAT HAPPEN WHEN DO YOU NOT READ
E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G!
THANKS HOMME FOR THE CORRECTION

I'm a big fan of the mid-to-late '60s UK scene so for a minute there you got me thinking you've made a spectacular find!