In some ways Disc Four is the kicker disc, the decider on whether or not you’ll shell out. But you shouldn’t need this box for that reason if you already have the "Matrix Tapes". Me, I rather enjoy the different tracking (to the "Matrix Tapes") which the Deluxe Box provides here, so I’ll be returning to these discs myself.
I mean, there’s nothing wrong with these last two discs in themselves, or the order in which the songs appear here these discs present the band doing two very different gigs they’re at their most ferocious and their gentlest. Most of these recordings were unreleased in 2014, but today, in the light of the "Matrix Tapes", surely they’re surplus to requirements. In 2014, Discs Five and Six here were revelatory, ensuring purchase (one of the reasons I forked out). Curiously, the mono mix reduces the length of several songs, but adds a few bare seconds here and there. The Val Valentin mix is the one I grew up with, as did several generations of later fans and musicians so both mixes are obviously essential in the same box set, as is the rarely-heard promotional mono mix - it was several years became stereo became the norm, rather than mono. His image of the almost-empty recording studio appeared on the back cover of the album.So on to "The Velvet Underground" (aka The Third LP). As Velvets fans know, this is the first LP with Doug Yule replacing John Cale.ĭisc One is the more usually recognised Val Valentin mix (the mix used for the 1980s reissue onwards) Disc Two is Reed’s slightly later ‘closet’ mix (the mix used for the original 1960s LP), or or Peel Slowly) and, for the first time in any broader sense, the Promotional Mono Mix (with the two shorter songs from the single). As the Lost Loaded Shots notes: "In 1970 Dutch photographer Henri ter Hall, then living in New York City, shot The Velvet Underground during the recording sessions for Loaded. The photograph used for the back cover was taken by Henri Ter Hall. It shows the studio setup for the band, but perhaps tellingly only features Doug Yule (John Cale's replacement after White Light/Whiter Heat), who had taken a more prominent role.Īccording to the Wikipedia entry: "Reed also felt snubbed by being listed third in the credits on the album and by the large photo of Yule playing piano and by all the songwriting credits improperly going to the band, rather than Reed himself." The back cover provides a peak into the recording process, or at least the recording studio.
It is the last albu m to feature Lou Reed, who quit shortly after it had been recorded. And ideally, with this mood reflected on the back cover.Ĭhoosing Loaded belies that fact that it was recorded amid growing tension within the band. Limited overdubs and no metronome in sight. Loose sounding records that really sound like a band in a room playing together.
#The velvet underground rar series#
As such it is the first to feature in what I hope to be a series of 'feel' albums. The Rolling Stone review of the time noted that "the Velvet Underground on Loaded are more loose and straightforward than we've yet seen them".
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