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Re: Top Pop October 1971 - tape found! (Sort of)
Posted: 12 Mar 2024 07:52
by mangue
Mark wrote: ↑11 Mar 2024 20:39
Well, here it is!
The Velvet Underground - Cool It Down live on TopPop (AVRO, Netherlands), October 12th 1971:
LINK
Recorded by Ron de Bruijn on a Grundig TK141 reel-to-reel, via a direct line feed from the TV.
Ron also had tickets to see the VU play at the Turfschip in Breda on Oct 27th, only to find that the gig was cancelled - one of several Dutch tour dates that fell through that month. He was there at the venue with his tape recorder, and taped the announcement saying the gig wasn't going ahead.
Anyway, enjoy, and thank you Ron!
Thank You! Mark and Ron!
Can Ron tell what he remembered from that Top Pop show?
Did they only play/broadcast Cool It Down [so contrary to other stories/rumours no Rock and Roll at all]?
Anyway I'm very interested in any further details Ron might remember!
Re: Top Pop October 1971 - tape found! (Sort of)
Posted: 12 Mar 2024 15:03
by Mark
Ron says:
The broadcast was only one song: Cool It Down, I'm very sure, R&R I have never seen in TopPop, and also not in compilation episodes later on.
Re: Top Pop October 1971 - tape found! (Sort of)
Posted: 13 Mar 2024 11:26
by Robotron
Thanks for this, amazing this kind of thing is still turning up. I can hear hints/ roots of Lou's "Men Of Good Fortune" in some of the sections in there, never really connected the two.
Re: Top Pop October 1971 - tape found! (Sort of)
Posted: 13 Mar 2024 13:16
by Mark
That's an interesting point - "If you're moving too fast, don't you want it to last" / "Rich son waits for his father to die etc", and "You know it makes no difference to me" / "Me, I just don't care at all". Completely different vibe, but very similar structure.
Re: Top Pop October 1971 - tape found! (Sort of)
Posted: 14 Mar 2024 18:43
by Mark
Just listening to this again. I don't think I've ever heard Moe play so many fills. And suspect Lou would never have let her get away with hitting the cymbals that much...
Re: Top Pop October 1971 - tape found! (Sort of)
Posted: 18 Mar 2024 15:43
by fletchercjohnson
Thanks Mark! This is great!
Re: Top Pop October 1971 - tape found! (Sort of)
Posted: 21 Mar 2024 15:59
by bobbydriver
Thanks all - have trimmed the noise at the start, boosted the volume and EQ'ed it to be less boomy and uploaded to Youtube here so it's more easily listenable
https://youtu.be/nXBtdRXxfeU
Re: Top Pop October 1971 - tape found! (Sort of)
Posted: 21 Mar 2024 17:20
by Mark
Thanks!
Re: Top Pop October 1971 - tape found! (Sort of)
Posted: 22 Mar 2024 14:26
by bobbydriver
bobbydriver wrote: ↑21 Mar 2024 15:59
Thanks all - have trimmed the noise at the start, boosted the volume and EQ'ed it to be less boomy and uploaded to Youtube here so it's more easily listenable
https://youtu.be/nXBtdRXxfeU
Weirdly it has a very similar sound to the Amsterdam FM version of Cool It Down on the Final VU boxset - so similar that I had to check they aren't the same!
They are definitely different performances, and if the dates are correct - a week or so apart, but unusual for 2 such old recordings done in different venues on different days to have such a similar sound. I guess they must have used the exact same gear/settings and been very well rehearsed