The Velvet Forum

Upsetter - I agree with you, and it seems as if MOST of the show is available from various sources. But the whole show doesn't seem to be out there. See below:

December 12-14, 1968 ? The Boston Tea Party, Boston, Massachusetts
With: MC5.

December 12
Tape: aud, 85 mins, B, recorded by "The Professor".
Sources: The Legendaly Guitar Amp Tape 2CD (2, 5), Sweet Sister Ray 2LP & 2CD (10), Afterhours #31 (1, 2, 7), Afterhours #32 (4, 5), Afterhours #33 (10, 11).

1. Heroin
2. Move Right In
3. Waiting For The Man (not avaliable?)
4. I'm Set Free
5. Foggy Notion
6. Beginning To See The Light (not avaliable?)
7. Candy Says
8. White Light/White Heat (not avaliable?)
9. Jesus (not avaliable?)
10. Sister Ray (25'47)
11. Pale Blue Eyes

Legend says that all the Boston Tea Party tapes (with the exception of the 'guitar amp tape') were recorded by a guy known as "The Professor", who smuggled a reel-reel tape deck into the Tea Party underneath his poncho. Some of his reels were transferred to cassette by Phil Milstein, and these are the tapes now in circulation. Apparently, the "Professor" still has other, unreleased, shows from June and August '69 (+ others?), but these are still on reel-reel tapes, and may be lost now.

I do have the complete show

Yeah, the whole thing is circulating among fans, but hasn't been bootlegged in full, for some odd reason.

Would anyone want to be kind and offer it up for distribution?

I second the above

I have the show too - which means it was probably torrented... check eztree...

D.

i've got it too, I think in flac or shn. b/p or trade if you want it, or I can give it to someone to retorrent, whatever it takes to get it out there...

thanks tikky I'll happily torrent it if wanted, or just send b/p? Where are you in the world?

I've also got a copy of the white label dj promo of the third album, which according to Olandem http://members.aol.com/olandem5/odlpus.html has a 'drier' mix variant of Lou's mix which is otherwise unavailable. I personally find it difficult to tell the difference. Now, easytree won't be usable for this but I'll torrent it elsewhere if people are interested?

I have a 4th gen tape of the complete 12/12/68 show, now burned onto 2 CDRs. If some-one else can copy and distribute it Im happy to supply the source material to them....

Forgot to say - I was the source for the "professor" info which Olivier quotes, and for the comment about it being the best SR available. I still think it's the best, even if the sound quality isn't much compared to the Quine material. But you can tell from my cassette copy that the original isn't very good to start with. I know that this show got as far as being mastered for CD as part of the "Bootleg Series" before the Quine material turned up. Also, this show has Lou singing PBE (it's first public performance) - I dont think he sang this himself again until his 1st solo tour.