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Underground album,” be it accurate or not. Ignored and the sessions were touted as “the great lost fourth Velvet By this point in time, Sterling and Yule’s view of these recordings were To match the sound of the vintage 1969 mixes. Also included were freshly-made remixes of the remaining seven songs, created Super delux boxset of The Velvet Underground. The anachronistic mixing of the Record Plant sessions, the vintage 1969 mixes wereįinally given an official release in 2014 on the 45 th anniversary In the band, the album was a hit it was probably no coincidence that VUįeatured rather modern mixing techniques (such as gated reverb on the drums) wowingĪudiences that a band from the 60s could have such a modern sound! With the remainder of the tracks released on 1986’sĪnother View, these mixes circulated on compilation albums for nearly Perfectly timed during a revival of interest Multitracks of the 1969 Record Plant sessions (along with a few unreleased JohnĬale-era tracks from 1968) were accidentally found in the vaults in the midġ980s, remixed and released as the compilation album VU in 1985. Who are we to believe, if we believe any of Put-on so that MGM would not suspect the band was shopping for a new contract,Īnd that these recordings were never meant to see the light of day. Were simply professionally-recorded demos for the album that would eventuallyĬompletely different explanation: the recordings were simply “busy work”, a Stating she was under the impression they were recording a proper fourth album (although she confusingly claims that The Record Plant recordings were not Time Together” was meant to be the lead single, a tongue-in-cheek ode to mindless In interviews and personal correspondence,īandleader Lou Reed expressed that the 1969 Record Plant recordings were meantįor their fourth album-specifically noting that “We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Noted that the actual band members seem to have differing opinions on what the intent Were filed away in a vault, forgotten and never to be heard again in that Had dropped The Velvet Underground from their roster of artists and the mastertapes Had become a live-performing machine throughout 1969. Time Together” was recorded three days later and finally the somber “Lisa Says”įourteen new songs were recorded between May and October-most of which wereĮxcellent, studio captures of this incarnation of The Velvet Underground who Live staple “We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Instrumental jam “I’m Gonna Move Right In” was tracked on September 27th. The band returned to the studio on SeptemberĢ3rd to cut the bar-room rollick “One of These Days” and the aimless Seems to have been lost, and unfortunately only exists as an acetate. Instrumental version exists, the multitracks containing the vocal overdubs Tracked, a song too later rerecorded but scrapped for Loaded and finally appearing Returned to The Record Plant on September 5th for more work on the project. The album in the can, The Velvets took the summer off to continue touring and “Andy’s Chest”, “Ocean”, “Rock and Roll” and “She’s My Best Friend”. Of seven of the nine songs tracked thus far and compiled an acetate thatĬontained, in order: “I’m Sticking With You”, “Foggy Notion”, “Ferryboat Bill”, At this two-day session they also made mixes “Rock and Roll”, a song later re-recorded as the centerpiece for Loaded. The Velvets returned to the studio on June 19th & 20th to track anĪdditional three songs: the bizarre “Ferryboat Bill” another road-tested epic “Ocean”Īgain later rerecorded for both Loaded and Lou Reed and a rough performance of “She’s My Best Friend” was recorded, a song Reed would himself rerecord for hisĢ0th the band recorded another live staple that would be revisited for Lou Reed’sġ972 solo album Lou Reed, “I Can’t Stand It”. With You” which would be tried again but ultimately scrapped for the Loaded Transformer album “Andy’s Chest”, as well as the charming Mo Tucker-sung “I’m Sticking The band returned to the studio on May 13thĪnd tracked a song Lou Reed himself would re-record for his seminal 1972 Most-well known originals of this batch, “Foggy Notion”. With The Velvet Underground tracking the jaunty “Coney Island Steeplechase”, as wellĪs a rocker heavily featured on their current tour and effectively becoming the Recording sessions, based at the Record Plant in New York, began on May 6th