VELVET UNDERGROUND 1993-06-01 Edinburgh audience recording
Posted: 25 Feb 2011 10:28
VELVET UNDERGROUND 1993-06-01 Edinburgh audience recording from master cassettes RESEED
FEB 2011 RESEED NOTE: these are the same .wav files as I previously transferred/seeded in December 2007 and subsequently archived onto CDr. I've extracted and renamed the files, updated this info file, and included some artwork and a few interesting photos/scans.
Playhouse Theatre
Edinburgh
01 June 1993
D101: We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together 4.10
D102: Venus In Furs 5.51
D103: Guess I'm Falling In Love 4.07
D104: Afterhours 2.57
D105: All Tomorrow's Parties 6.40
D106: Some Kinda Love 5.57
D107: I'll Be Your Mirror 4.10
D108: Beginning To See The Light 5.55
D109: The Gift 10.38
D110: I Heard Her Call My Name 4.17
D201: Femme Fatale 4.35
D202: Hey Mr Rain 6.51
D203: Sweet Jane 5.24
D204: White Light/White Heat 3.32
D205: I'm Sticking With You 3.36
D206: The Black Angel's Death Song 4.57
D207: Rock And Roll 6.59
D208: I Cant Stand It 5.02
D209: I'm Waiting For The Man 5.39
D210: Heroin 9.54
Lou Reed: guitar, vocals
John Cale: viola, keyboards, bass, vocals
Sterling Morrison: guitar, backing vocals
Maureen Tucker: drums, vocals
lineage: master MAXELL XL11 C100 cassette(s) - Pioneer CT-S670D player - wav - CDr - EAC - flac (level 8) - you
Recorded from seat 16 in Row A of the stalls using a Toshiba KT4087 stereo recorder and tieclip mic
original recording by lurid_uk
transfer to wav by lurid_uk
uploaded to dime December 2007 by lurid_uk
reseeded on dime February 2011 by lurid_uk
I knew that there were plans for a "reunion tour" but I never imagined that the opening 2 shows would be right on my doorstep. (I should have realised this was Lou's old trick of playing warm-up shows "in the sticks" so as to give the band a chance to gell before hitting the big cities....) The shows got much positive advance press in the UK. The Playhouse holds about 3000 people, and is a nice place to see bands - I had seen Lou there on his "Magic And Loss" tour.
The atmosphere inside was electric - Row A is the front row and Seat 16 is about 2/3 of the way across, to the right of centre stage. The band wandered onstage (late) to great applause - I still couldn't quite believe it, but there they were, standing right in front of me and about to play. When they did start, the noise was deafening - sometimes it seemed as if the sound was sucking the air right out of my ears.
I'm not going to describe each song - the show itself seemed to be over almost as soon as it had begun. I dont know what sort of set I expected to hear, but it was just one surprise after another. The band were a little ragged on this first night, but nobody in the audience cared. Every song was rapturously received. After the end I wandered out a bit dazed.
The recording didn't turn out as well as others I'd made with the same recorder and mic. It may have been the sheer volume or my position in the front row but it sometimes seems as if the tape itself is saturating. Or possibly the auto gain control couldn't cope. Whatever the cause, it's still a pretty accurate representation of how it sounded to my ears at the time (and very different I think from the "clean" sound of the soundboard recording of the following evening's show). The audience are very apparent between songs, and occasionaly during them. I had to flip the tape over during "I Heard Her Call My Name". Apart from balancing the channels a bit and normalising, I've left it just as it came off the cassettes.
artwork included
share the music!
at DaD
FEB 2011 RESEED NOTE: these are the same .wav files as I previously transferred/seeded in December 2007 and subsequently archived onto CDr. I've extracted and renamed the files, updated this info file, and included some artwork and a few interesting photos/scans.
Playhouse Theatre
Edinburgh
01 June 1993
D101: We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together 4.10
D102: Venus In Furs 5.51
D103: Guess I'm Falling In Love 4.07
D104: Afterhours 2.57
D105: All Tomorrow's Parties 6.40
D106: Some Kinda Love 5.57
D107: I'll Be Your Mirror 4.10
D108: Beginning To See The Light 5.55
D109: The Gift 10.38
D110: I Heard Her Call My Name 4.17
D201: Femme Fatale 4.35
D202: Hey Mr Rain 6.51
D203: Sweet Jane 5.24
D204: White Light/White Heat 3.32
D205: I'm Sticking With You 3.36
D206: The Black Angel's Death Song 4.57
D207: Rock And Roll 6.59
D208: I Cant Stand It 5.02
D209: I'm Waiting For The Man 5.39
D210: Heroin 9.54
Lou Reed: guitar, vocals
John Cale: viola, keyboards, bass, vocals
Sterling Morrison: guitar, backing vocals
Maureen Tucker: drums, vocals
lineage: master MAXELL XL11 C100 cassette(s) - Pioneer CT-S670D player - wav - CDr - EAC - flac (level 8) - you
Recorded from seat 16 in Row A of the stalls using a Toshiba KT4087 stereo recorder and tieclip mic
original recording by lurid_uk
transfer to wav by lurid_uk
uploaded to dime December 2007 by lurid_uk
reseeded on dime February 2011 by lurid_uk
I knew that there were plans for a "reunion tour" but I never imagined that the opening 2 shows would be right on my doorstep. (I should have realised this was Lou's old trick of playing warm-up shows "in the sticks" so as to give the band a chance to gell before hitting the big cities....) The shows got much positive advance press in the UK. The Playhouse holds about 3000 people, and is a nice place to see bands - I had seen Lou there on his "Magic And Loss" tour.
The atmosphere inside was electric - Row A is the front row and Seat 16 is about 2/3 of the way across, to the right of centre stage. The band wandered onstage (late) to great applause - I still couldn't quite believe it, but there they were, standing right in front of me and about to play. When they did start, the noise was deafening - sometimes it seemed as if the sound was sucking the air right out of my ears.
I'm not going to describe each song - the show itself seemed to be over almost as soon as it had begun. I dont know what sort of set I expected to hear, but it was just one surprise after another. The band were a little ragged on this first night, but nobody in the audience cared. Every song was rapturously received. After the end I wandered out a bit dazed.
The recording didn't turn out as well as others I'd made with the same recorder and mic. It may have been the sheer volume or my position in the front row but it sometimes seems as if the tape itself is saturating. Or possibly the auto gain control couldn't cope. Whatever the cause, it's still a pretty accurate representation of how it sounded to my ears at the time (and very different I think from the "clean" sound of the soundboard recording of the following evening's show). The audience are very apparent between songs, and occasionaly during them. I had to flip the tape over during "I Heard Her Call My Name". Apart from balancing the channels a bit and normalising, I've left it just as it came off the cassettes.
artwork included
share the music!
at DaD