The Velvet Forum

An Illustrated History
of a Walk on the Wild Side
New book by Jim DeRogatis. just arrived from amazon pre-order today. Wow! It is beautiful. It is large like a coffee table book, with a cool 1/3 velvet strip that works like a velvet dust jacket but covers middle 3rd of book. Just did a quick page thru and not too many new photos but most are the best quality I have ever seen. Crisp clear photos that have previously been smaller and nowhere as crisp. There is a nice section on Live performances & rehearsals courtesy of our friend Oliver, a couple posters that I have never seen including a slightly different poster like the VU/Musselwhite poster for a show with the VU/Airplane/Beefheart at the Avalon. Albums, reviews and a few new treasures, to me a very neat copy of Lou's compositional manuscripts for Heroin and Venus. There is even a goofy sketch of the EPI at the Dom credited to Ingrid Superstar. It is a very nice luxurious book with some goodies, but over all another brilliant new tribute to the only band that ever mattered!

I got this book today. And visually this is really great (Hi Lara ). A lot of photos, at least 9 photos from the Cale line-up I´ve never seen before. And on some photos you see more than before. For example there´s a picture that was in a Velvet-Special from les inrckuptibles. There you saw just Sterling. Here you see next to him Lou and John.
But I think no new facts. But after Unterberger´s book that will be a difficult task.
Wow, my first post.

Bye

Wow, such an original title! Not only that, one that had nothing to do with the band!! Oy vey.

MJG196 wrote:Wow, such an original title! Not only that, one that had nothing to do with the band!! Oy vey.

good point, he might as well have called it The Marble Index, or Vintage Violence.

or Playin Possum.

'New York' would have been suitable though..

The Velvet Underground: An Illustrated History of a Walk on the Wild Side
By Jim DeRogatis
9.25 x 10. 875
192 pages, 225 color photos & 81 b/w photos
Pub Date: September 15, 2009


Wow,seems a huge bunch of pictures...225 colour & 81 b/w pics,would be great getting some new ....

I paid for The VU WOTWS book 21.00 plus change. The price included shipping. I received
it today. I went to Borders yesterday to check out their copy. I noticed Border's
price is 30.00. This is in Portland Oregon.

this was a good find at a Borders store on it's way outta the business....