NICE FIND - Velvet Underground Acetate

[tjluke68]

OK, everyone flock to the swap meets in NYC:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Art...vet+underground

[wolff]

Why doesn't Universal give him real $$ for this?

[7/4]

In the meantime, to whet interest, Hill has made a CD-recordable copy of the acetate, "with my voice spliced in every 50 seconds" to dissuade copying, to send to publications such as Rolling Stone, Mojo and Record Collector.

Seems like a pretty stupid move.

[AllenLowe]

yes, depending on how he did it, it may be very easy to edit out his voice - I would wonder, however, who owns the rights to this as it was an unaccepted demo - may have to be cleared with all VU members who are on it -

[WD45]

yes, depending on how he did it, it may be very easy to edit out his voice - I would wonder, however, who owns the rights to this as it was an unaccepted demo - may have to be cleared with all VU members who are on it -

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I thought of that too. Let us just hope that he had a decent turntable, as to not damage the record.

[ghost of miles]

Gotta sound better than anything Lou's putting out these days. (OK, OK, I haven't heard THE RAVEN--but not sure that I want to.)

Anybody hear that 3-CD set of Velvet bootlegs that Robert Quine put out? I'm just about willing to drop a few bucks on those...

[AllenLowe]

I like the Quine stuff, but if I had a choice I would get the two "live" albums released on Mercury - still mediocre sound, but better sonics than the Quine - I agree about Reed - his early stuff is so important and unique, but his later output is embarrassing -

[Alexander]

This is gonna sound strange, but if I found such a thing, I don't think I'd sell it.

[JohnJ]

I like the Quine stuff, but if I had a choice I would get the two "live" albums released on Mercury - still mediocre sound, but better sonics than the Quine - I agree about Reed - his early stuff is so important and unique, but his later output is embarrassing -

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Agree that 'Live 1969' is great.

Regarding Lou's more recent stuff, I thought that both 'New York' and 'Magic and Loss' marked a return to form and I like 'Ecstacy' quite a bit too. My favourite of his later output though is the tribute to Andy Warhol, with John Cale, 'Songs for Drella'.

[Chalupa]

I love the first volume of the "Live 1969". After the VU & Nico album I think it is probably my favorite. The version of "What Goes On" is incredible. I also like the early versions of "New Age" and "Sweet Jane".

[blake]

This item has (finally?) made its way to Ebay. The current high bid is in the ballpark of $125,000.

VU Acetate on Ebay

Commentary on the auction from Pitchfork here:

Pitchforkmedia

and here:

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[Hot Ptah]

I cannot imagine any rare, unearthed jazz recording which could fetch this type of auction price. What does that say about the state of the world, if anything?

[RDK]

I cannot imagine any rare, unearthed jazz recording which could fetch this type of auction price. What does that say about the state of the world, if anything?

Why does this surprise you? It doesn't say anything more than that rock is more popular than jazz...

I wonder what the Bolden cylinder would go for?