The Velvet Forum

peppergomez wrote: ↑16 Nov 2021 01:41 Anyone know where this comes from?

I did a bit of Googling, and it's a still from a 1958 French film "Ascenseur pour l'échafaud". That's not Lou Reed in the picture!

The film is here https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2am6mf and the still is from about 56:30.

Thanks for clearing that up

found this one online, a better quality version of the Poor Richard's pic from the Chicago Tribune, w/ Moe on bass:

Wow.you made my day man.such cool picture plus Moe·playing bass,thanks.

Ok, it's not a photo, it's the image on the very first page of The Great Psychedelic Discography by Martin C. Strong (Canongate, 1997)

threechordwonder wrote: ↑25 Jan 2022 23:35 Ok, it's not a photo, it's the image on the very first page of The Great Psychedelic Discography by Martin C. Strong (Canongate, 1997)

The VU as Goth cadavers. That's a powerful imagination Martin Strong has.

iaredatsun wrote: ↑26 Jan 2022 00:32

threechordwonder wrote: ↑25 Jan 2022 23:35 Ok, it's not a photo, it's the image on the very first page of The Great Psychedelic Discography by Martin C. Strong (Canongate, 1997)

The VU as Goth cadavers. That's a powerful imagination Martin Strong has.

Drawing by Harry Horse I think.

https://www.harryhorse.co.uk/discography

YvesD wrote: ↑26 Jan 2022 11:45

iaredatsun wrote: ↑26 Jan 2022 00:32

The VU as Goth cadavers. That's a powerful imagination Martin Strong has.

Drawing by Harry Horse I think.

https://www.harryhorse.co.uk/discography

Yes indeed, I should have credited him in the first place.

Unfortunately the potted biographies for Cale, Nico, Reed and the Velvets all contain at least one error (but correct me if I'm wrong).
Cale: "Helen of Troy" featured a version of "Heartbreak Hotel".
Nico: had a daughter by Eric Emerson.
Reed: was born Lewis Firbank
Velvets: Moe spelt as "Mo", Sterling died of lymponia.

I can't scan the entries without breaking the spine of the book which I'm not willing to do.

iaredatsun wrote: ↑26 Jan 2022 00:32The VU as Goth cadavers. That's a powerful imagination Martin Strong has.

Nico looks more like Joni Mitchell.

1956?