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Anyone know anything about this Sweet Sister Ray 2 LP re-issue? Edition of 300, one color disc, one black. Handmade covers. This is the ebay description:

" VELVET UNDERGROUND "SWEET SISTER RAY",2LP second edition of 300, no label. One lp color wax, other black. Remastered sound from org cd release. Handmade cover.
VU at their most mindblowing radical best! A must! New unplayed stock copies. "

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Velvet-undergro ... 1036972904

The thing that worries me is "Remastered sound from org cd release". Vinyl rip onto cd, then turned back into vinyl? Anyone heard this?

Yes, that is pretty bizarre that it claims to be remastered from the CD, when the CD version was a vinyl rip with an extra version of "Sister Ray" added.

I have the original Sweet Sister Ray 2xLP, but I'm up for spending the $28.53 (with shipping) for this just to see what it sounds like.

If it sounds decent enough, I'll use it for my listening copy, as I'd like to keep my original in the near-mint shape its currently in. If it's a disappointment sound-wise, I'll try and sell it and recoup my money. I'll report back when I get it.

Yeah, I figured it was cheap enough to take a chance too.

I looked at the sellers feedback and he's sold a bunch of these with good feedback from buyers. Its listed on discogs and also on Olivier's site.

Thanks for the heads-up. I just ordered one. I await with interest.
I remember seeing an original in HMV many years ago. Didn't buy one... always kicked myself

http://www.discogs.com/Velvet-Undergrou ... se/4088702

"Comes in a blank, white sleeve with sticker, every copy has a handmade spray-painted finish in black color."

Wow...hand-made spray-painted covers!! lol

they are all gone now.

That's too bad. When I ordered it said he had 10 available. You might try emailing the seller..

The email address of the recipient on Paypal led me to this: http://americantapes.us/

Don't know whether he's behind it or not, but he looks pretty nuts. Mostly cassette tapes, but some cd's and vinyl. I'm tempted by a couple of
one sided lp's he put out.

Looks like the same guy has more for sale:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 1038999715

American Tapes? They used to put out the Wolf Eyes lathe cuts. It's one of the band members

This record was listed in the "People who viewed this item also viewed..." section:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VERY-RARE-NICO- ... 8999715%26

Is this really our Nico? In this picture she looks so...I don't know, what's the right word...American?

Which I guess shouldn't surprise me too much, as she did fit into the "housewife" role pretty well in some of the American magazine ads she was doing at the same time. (Sorry, I couldn't find an example with a quick Google Image search.)