lurid_uk wrote:no-one mentioned the very impressive "credits" listed "Iggy" is Ignacio Julia
If those guys were involved then the rest of the information on the cover is probably correct....
Gentlemen,
I?ve been gently invited by fellow Spaniard Alfredovu to intrude your forum with some info on the Japanese triple CD bootleg that seems to have stormed the VU fandom for good. Yes, the tracks included on CD 1 come from a rare acetate discovered in Moe?s closet in the late 80s, as were the ?Countess from Hong Kong? tracks and probably the so-called Sterling acetate on CD 2. ?The VU & Nico? stuff is the same music as the Dolph disc, but way more scratchy and noisy. Fine stuff anyway: ?Waiting for the man? is a complete different take with no piano, etc.
Dolph?s version is currently circulating in an edited demo copy with blanks and jumps ?no silly voiceovers, although that would have been fun? to render it unbootlegable (if this is correct English). It sounds perfectly clean in comparison, releasable by Universal as a bonus disc in further editions of the first album.
Having heard both sources, I only regret they were not unearthed earlier, on time for the ?Banana Not So De Luxe Edition?.
As my beloved colleage Mr. Mercuri states, I didn?t have anything to do with the unofficial release from Japan. That my anglo nickname is used in the thank you list makes me proud, not guilty.
Good to see that the best rock band ever is still cooking in the minds of listeners all over the world.
Thank you for your attention and good night,
Ignacio Julia
