Erstellt am 06.02.2009 - 08:45

The Velvet Underground
Das sind, besser gesagt das waren
Gitarre, Gesang Lou Reed
Bass, Viola, Keyboard, Gesang John Cale
Gitarre, Gesang, Bass Sterling Morrison
Schlagzeug, Gesang Maureen „Moe” Tucker

The Velvet Underground and Nico (März 1967)
auch bekannt als Bananen-Album, das wohl wichtigste Album der Geschichte und mein Lieblingsalbum nach so langer Zeit.



Side one

1. Sunday Morning (Reed, Cale) (2:56)
2. I'm Waiting for the Man (4:39)
3. Femme Fatale (2:38)
4. Venus in Furs (5:12)
5. Run Run Run (4:22)
6. All Tomorrow's Parties (6:00)

Side two

1. Heroin (7:12)
2. There She Goes Again (2:41)
3. I'll Be Your Mirror (2:14)
4. The Black Angel's Death Song (Reed, Cale) (3:11)
5. European Son (Reed, Cale, Morrison, Tucker) (7:46)




White Light/White Heat (30. Januar 1968)



Side one

1. "White Light/White Heat" (Reed) – 2:47
2. "The Gift" (Reed, Morrison, Cale, Tucker) – 8:18
3. "Lady Godiva's Operation" (Reed) – 4:56
4. "Here She Comes Now" (Reed, Morrison, Cale) – 2:04

Side two

1. "I Heard Her Call My Name" (Reed) – 4:38
2. "Sister Ray" (Reed, Morrison, Cale, Tucker) – 17:27




The Velvet Underground (März 1969)



Side one

1. Candy Says – 4:04
2. What Goes On – 4:55
3. Some Kinda Love – 4:03
4. Pale Blue Eyes – 5:41
5. Jesus – 3:24

Side two

1. Beginning to See the Light – 4:41
2. I’m Set Free – 4:08
3. That’s the Story of My Life – 1:59
4. The Murder Mystery – 8:55
5. After Hours – 2:07




Loaded (September 1970)



Side one

1. Who Loves the Sun – 2:50
2. Sweet Jane – 3:55 (3:15)
3. Rock & Roll – 4:47
4. Cool It Down – 3:05
5. New Age – 5:20 (4:49)

Side two

1. Head Held High – 2:52
2. Lonesome Cowboy Bill – 2:48
3. I Found a Reason – 4:15
4. Train Round the Bend – 3:20
5. Oh! Sweet Nuthin' – 7:23


Velvet waren ohne zu übertreiben die wichtigste und einflußreichste Band im Universum. Das erste Album liegt bei allen Umfragen an erster Stelle und das mit Beteiligung von Nico, die bekanntlich ja Deutsche war.
Ich darf zitieren:
Dieses Album schuf ein musikalisches Universum, das Jahre später von Musikjournalisten mit dem Begriff "Independent" zu fassen versucht wurde. Joy Division, The Cure, Nirvana, JJ72 - ohne The Velvet Underground nicht vorstellbar.

Erstellt am 06.02.2009 - 12:36

Ich kenne nur "The Velvet Underground & Nico", das Album sollte aber ein jeder kennen.

Erstellt am 06.02.2009 - 20:27

Pale Blue Eyes

Einer der besten Velvet Songs.

Erstellt am 08.02.2009 - 14:45

Draiman schrieb Velvet waren ohne zu übertreiben die wichtigste und einflußreichste Band im Universum.

Waren sie ohne Zweifel.

Velvet Underground - Heroin

Erstellt am 22.11.2009 - 20:10

The Velvet Underground - Singles 1966 -1969



Track Listing

Single One
All Tomorrow's Parties / I'll Be Your Mirror�Verve VK-10427

Single Two
Sunday Morning / Femme Fatale�Verve VK-10466

Single Three
White Light/White Heat / Here She Comes Now�Verve VK-10560

Single Four
White Light/White Heat / I Heard Her Call My Name�Cancelled single

Single Five
Temptation Inside Your Heart / Stephanie Says�Cancelled single

Single Six
What Goes On / Jesus�MGM K-14057

Single Seven
VU Radio Spot / VU Radio Spot�MGM VU-1

schrieb Singles 1966-69 Box set contains seven (7) 45 rpm 7" vinyl singles, with exact repros of rare VU picture sleeves and labels, liner notes, rare photos and more. The Velvet Underground Singles 1966�69, a 7 x 7" single box set honoring the legendary New York combo's 7" vinyl output in their rare mono versions. The set features exact reproductions of Velvet Underground singles, two of them with their original picture sleeves. The singles are packaged in a distinctively designed box, along with rare vintage photos and new liner notes by Rolling Stone's David Fricke (who also penned the acclaimed notes for the historic 1995 Velvets CD box set Peel Slowly and See). The Velvet Underground�whose membership included Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker, Doug Yule and Nico�introduced numerous sonic and thematic innovations that laid much of the groundwork for punk and alternative rock. Although they're now acknowledged as one of the most influential bands in rock history, during their existence the Velvets barely registered on mainstream radar, and were often reviled by mainstream observers as well as hippie-era arbiters of cool. But, as Fricke writes in the new set's liner notes, "Somewhere, in another rock & roll universe, the Velvet Underground are more than a legendary band. They are stars, with hit singles�the original seven-inch masterpieces inside this box." Although they never came close to scoring a hit, the Velvet Underground was ideally suited to the 7" single format. "The Velvet Underground were a great singles band," David Fricke notes, adding that the Velvets "invented modern rock with searing guitar distortion, throbbing improvisation and brutally realistic tales of life on the wild side. But they did it all in these classic pop songs�compact miracles of raw drive, intimate beauty and Top 40 ecstasy, heard again in the original, thrilling mono single mixes." The seven singles included in The Velvet Underground Singles 1966�69 comprise the four Velvets singles originally released in the U.S. on the Verve and MGM labels, plus an additional pair of singles that were prepared for release but never made it to the marketplace and a special radio-only promotional single. The singles feature alternate mono versions that differ in significant ways from the songs' better-known stereo album versions. For instance, the band's 1966 debut single "All Tomorrow's Parties" appears here in a special mono edit that amplifies the song's melodic beauty and sonic tension, and a mono mix of their sophomore single "Sunday Morning" emphasizes the song's haunting quality. Meanwhile, the mono single version of "White Light/White Heat" exemplifies the vintage Velvets' stark, distortion-laden fury, while a mono edit of "What Goes On" accentuates that song's inherent pop jangle. The Velvet Underground Singles 1966�69 also includes two unissued singles, one with a never-released pairing of "White Light/White Heat" backed by "I Heard Her Call My Name," and the other with "Temptation Inside Your Heart" and "Stephanie Says," recorded in the waning days of the band's classic Reed/Cale/Morrison/Tucker lineup and unheard by the public for nearly two decades thereafter. The set's seventh single is a reproduction of a vintage promotional disc, a two-and-a-half minute radio spot promoting the band's eponymous third album and featuring legendary disc jockey Bill "Rosko" Mercer, with excerpts from "I�m Set Free," "What Goes On" and "Beginning to See the Light," as well as a picture sleeve with an un-airbrushed variation on the album's iconic cover art. By presenting the Velvets as a singles band, The Velvet Underground Singles 1966�69 shows, in David Fricke's words, "rock history the way it should have been: the Velvet Underground as the New York Beatles, guaranteed to blow up your radio and your mind."

Quelle:
http://www.cargorecords.co.uk/release/9128

Erstellt am 22.11.2009 - 20:32

The Velvet Underground - Temptation inside your heart
The Velvet Underground - Stephanie Says

Kenne ich nicht mal, die beiden Songs waren für ein neues Album auf MGM/Verve angedacht, das jedoch nie erschien.

[Dieser Beitrag wurde am 22.11.2009 - 20:33 von Draiman aktualisiert]