The Velvet Forum

I had the mining of gold in my house and I did not.

I think the reporter has his/her stories mixed up. DAT copies of the "End Cole Avenue" tapes were sold to an Italian collector (Guido Piccinnetti) by the original sound engineer (Jeff LeGood) back in 1990 or 1991. They were subsequently bootlegged by Aulica. I gave Guido the tape copy of the "honeymoon acetate" songs which appeared on "The First Night".

Briski wrote:The 'dangerousminds' link above says that the original tapes had been sold to an Italian collector by the sound engineer - this is the first I'd heard of this - is it true? Pretty curious to know.

lurid wrote:I think the reporter has his/her stories mixed up. DAT copies of the "End Cole Avenue" tapes were sold to an Italian collector (Guido Picinnetti) by the original sound engineer (Jeff LeGood) back in 1990 or 1991. They were subsequently bootlegged by Aulica. I gave Guido the tape copy of the "honeymoon acetate" songs which appeared on "The First Night".

Briski wrote:The 'dangerousminds' link above says that the original tapes had been sold to an Italian collector by the sound engineer - this is the first I'd heard of this - is it true? Pretty curious to know.

There seems to be a lot of bad reporting on this set. So far, the only things that seem credible are the Amazon entry and the Musictap track listing (if only because it's so specific, and it's hard to imagine the circumstances where they'd get scammed into posting it-- but that's not impossible, either). Everything else seems to be recycling these points, or drawing on (sometimes misunderstood) previously documented information.

Here's a real UK link to the boxset. ?29.99 . (yes, that url looks funny but it works)

http://www.spincds.com/nothing-can-hurt ... k-cd-46802

Release date changed yet again. Now Amazon US has Nov. 20 as the release date. I wonder what's going on?

Price has also dropped on Amazon, now $44.

Ordered mine today from Spin Cds, ?29.99. When it arrives I will wrap it up for myself for Christmas. Amazon UK price has now gone up to ?62.99!

Tracklisting from Uncut, with more details than we've seen before:


Track Listing:

SET ONE
1. I?M WAITING FOR THE MAN (Version 1) (14:06) ***
2. WHAT GOES ON (Version 1) (8:58) **
3. SOME KINDA LOVE (Version 1) (4:59) *
4. HEROIN (Version 1) (8:13) ***
5. THE BLACK ANGEL?S DEATH SONG (6:20) ***
6. VENUS IN FURS (Version 1) (4:38) +
7. THERE SHE GOES AGAIN (Version 1) (3:08) +
8. WE?RE GONNA HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME TOGETHER (Version 1) (3:16) **
9. OVER YOU (Version 1) (2:24) **
10. SWEET JANE (Version 1) (5:12) *
11. PALE BLUE EYES (6:08) +
12. AFTER HOURS (Version 1) (2:58) +

SET TWO
1. I?M WAITING FOR THE MAN (Version 2) (6:38) **
2. VENUS IN FURS (Version 2) (5:16) ***
3. I CAN?T STAND IT (Version 1) (7:54) **
4. THERE SHE GOES AGAIN (Version 2) (2:54) *
5. SOME KINDA LOVE (Version 2) (4:12) + / **
6. OVER YOU (Version 2) (3:07) +
7. AFTER HOURS (Version 2) (2:37) *
8. WE?RE GONNA HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME TOGETHER (Version 2) (3:42) *
9. SWEET BONNIE BROWN/TOO MUCH (7:54) **
10. HEROIN (Version 2) (10:08) **
11. WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT (Version 1) (9:30) ***
12. I?M SET FREE (4.48) +

SET THREE
1. WE?RE GONNA HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME TOGETHER (Version 3) (3:18) *
2. SOME KINDA LOVE (Version 3) (4:40) *
3. THERE SHE GOES AGAIN (Version 3) (3:02) *
4. HEROIN (Version 3) (8:34) **
5. OCEAN (11:03) **
6. SISTER RAY (37.08) + / ***

SET FOUR
1. I?M WAITING FOR THE MAN (Version 3) (5:31) +
2. WHAT GOES ON (Version 2) (4:34) +
3. SOME KINDA LOVE (Version 4) (4:46) *
4. WE?RE GONNA HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME TOGETHER (Version 4) (3:26) +
5. BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT (5:42) + / **
6. LISA SAYS (6:05) + / **
7. NEW AGE (6:41) **
8. ROCK AND ROLL (6.58) + / ** / ***
9. I CAN?T STAND IT (Version 2) (6:54) +
10. HEROIN (Version 4) (8:18) +
11. WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT (Version 2) (8:45) + / **
12. SWEET JANE (Version 2) (4:20) + / **

All mixes previously unreleased, except +
+ appears on The Velvet Underground (3rd album) Super Deluxe Edition
* previously unreleased performance
** performance appears on 1969: The Velvet Underground Live
*** performance appears on The Quine Tapes Box Set


Read more at http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/the-velvet- ... Bee4Vq9.99

edinburghman wrote:Ordered mine today from Spin Cds, ?29.99. When it arrives I will wrap it up for myself for Christmas. Amazon UK price has now gone up to ?62.99!

ok, yeah - free postage from Spin too - i'm in.

simonm wrote:ok, yeah - free postage from Spin too - i'm in.

That SpinCD link has gone bad ... what's happening?