The = Velvet Underground

News Archives - = July-December=20 2001

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December 16, = 2001
Bill=20 Ricchini

Bill Ricchini is an american songwriter = who just=20 released his first record "Ordinary Time" in the States on = Red=20 Square Records and its been compared very favorably to Belle = &=20 Sebastian, The Velvet Underground, Nick Drake and Pet Sounds = Beach=20 Boys.

More infos and download album track "Like = Falling=20 Asleep" at http://www.trackstarrecords.com/v5/frame.php?php=3D/v5/philly= /ricchini.html

December 15,=20 2001
Strange Days

Japanese magazine Strange Days no.29, = Jan. 2002=20 issue has a Velvet Underground special feature with story, = original=20 & solo albums catalogue, and interview with John Cale = and Doug=20 Yule. Plus a banana sticker is specially attached as an=20 appendix.

[Source: Shiroh Kouchi - Lou = Reed Guitar=20 Archive]

December 14, = 2001
Cale=20 news

Cale has recorded studio demos of "Sold = motel",=20 "Things to do in Denver" and "Over her head". In December he = is=20 recording two additional tracks (played during soundchecks = thru=20 Europe recently.)

The play "What's Welsh For Zen" (featuring = Cale!)=20 now due to be premiered in Berlin August 2002. Plans to = bring it to=20 London underway (likely venue Lyric Theatre Hammersmith)

Two new film scores are being recorded by = Cale in=20 2002. "PARIS" an electronic score. Film directed by Ramin. = Also "THE=20 OTHERWORLD-MABINOGI" a full-length animation directed by = Derek Hayes=20 featuring the National Orchestra of Wales.

[Source: Gary]

December 7,=20 2001
Q

The latest isue of Q Magazine (December) = lists the=20 top 100 women in rock, voted by readers Mo Tucker is at 88 = and Nico=20 39.

[Source: Kevin]

December 7, = 2001
Warhol=20 Modern Tate

The Tate=20 Modern gallery in London is holding a Warhol exhibition = next=20 year.

See http://www.= tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/warhol.htm=20 for details.

[Source: Andrew = Cromar]

November 20,=20 2001
Record Collectors' Magazine

Japanese Record Collectors'=20 Magazine (December 2001 Vol.20, No.12 issue) has 4 = pages=20 review of The Velvet Underground Bootleg Series = Volume 1:=20 The Quine Tapes.

[Source: Shiroh Kouchi - Lou = Reed Guitar=20 Archive]

November 10, = 2001 Jool=20 Holland New Years Eve
John Cale is to appear on the "Jools = Holland New=20 Years Eve" show of Later with=20 Jool Hollands on BBC 2. It will be his third appearence = since=20 the show started in 1992.

November 5, = 2001
John=20 Cale German/Austrian tour dates

23.11.2001 Dresden, Lukaskirche=20
24.11.2001 Frankfurt, K=FCnstlerhaus = Mousonturm=20
25.11.2001 Bremen, Schlachthof=20
30.11.2001 Zug, Casino/Theater, = Switzerland=20
04.12.2001 Berlin, BKA-Zelt=20
07.12.2001 Schorndorf, Manufaktur=20
08.12.2001 Linz, Posthof, Austria=20
09.12.2001 Heidelberg, = Karlstorbahnhof

More details: http://huizen.d= ds.nl/~johanm/cale/tourdates.html

October 25, = 2001
The=20 Velvet Evolution

Fourth issue of Mojo Collections = magazine=20 (Autumn 2001) features a 2-page article about Lou Reed = pre-Velvet=20 Underground story.

"Even the coolest stars had to learn their = craft at=20 some point and Lou Reed was no exception. Kieron Tyler picks = the=20 dark one's early best."

October 19,=20 2001
Recommand=E9

Nick Kent reviews The Velvet = Underground=20 Bootleg Series Vol. 1: The Quine Tapes in today's = issue of=20 French daily newspaper Lib=E9ration = (num=E9ro 6354, p.=20 T25).

"Recommand=E9"

October 16, = 2001
The=20 Velvet Underground And Nico

A double CD reissue of The Velvet=20 Underground And Nico is planned for February 2002 = with both=20 mono and stereo mixes of the album plus single versions, and = tracks=20 recorded for Nico's Chelsea Girl album.

[Source: Pierr= e=20 Bouvier - Le Monde Interactif]

October 8, = 2001
VU=20 Original Jacket Collection

The Japanese "VU ORIGINAL JACKET=20 COLLECTION" series will be reissued on October 31 = (except=20 Another View which is scheduled for = November 7).=20 1969 Live will be added to the series. Each = CD=20 comes in paper sleeve replica of the original US cover.

The Velvet Underground And=20 Nico
UICY--9134 (re-issue)=20
White Light/White=20 Heat
UICY-9135 (re-issue)=20
The Velvet=20 Underground
UICY-9136 (re-issue)=20
VU
UICY-9137 = (re-issue)=20
Another = View
UICY-9138=20 (re-issue)=20
1969 The Velvet Underground=20 Live
UICY-9139/40 (new! as 2CD "set")=20
Nico: Chelsea = Girl
UICY-9141=20 (re-issue)

[Source: Shiroh Kouchi - Lou = Reed Guitar=20 Archive]

October 8, = 2001
Tribute=20 to the Love Generation

John Cale will perform live at the = Tribute=20 to the Love Generation in Tokyo, Japan, on November 4, = 2001.

[Source: Shiroh Kouchi - Lou = Reed Guitar=20 Archive]

October 1, = 2001 Record=20 Collector
October 2001 issue of UK magazine Record = Collector has a=20 =BD-page review of The Velvet Underground Bootleg = Series:=20 Volume One - The Quine Tapes by Daryl = Easlea.

September 15, = 2001
Sid=20 and Nancy

The Sid and Nancy - Love = Kills=20 soundtrack (originally released in 1986) has been remastered = and=20 re-released in the US on MCA to coincide with the DVD = release. The=20 CD contains the otherwise unobtainable John Cale track = She=20 never took no for an answer.

[Source: Gary]

September 1,=20 2001
Bumped to October

According to the new issue of ICE, the release = date for the=20 Velvet Underground Quine Tapes set has been = moved=20 back. They have it listed under their "Bumped To October" = section,=20 though no specific new date is listed.

[Source: Mark = Deming]

September 1, = 2001
The=20 Velvet Revolution

12-page Velvet Underground special feature = in the=20 new September issue (No 265) of Record = Collector=20 magazine - offers a Velvet Underground story by Peter = Dogget, a=20 Velvet chronology, record reviews, interviews with Doug Yule = and Moe=20 Tucker, US & UK priced discographies, top 5 collectables = and=20 bootlegs, plus many pictures and photos.

"The Velvet Underground remain one of the = most=20 influential bands of all time. Peter Doggett unpeels their=20 mystique..."

August 31,=20 2001
Something Different

New Velvet Underground bootleg LP now=20 circulating:

Something Different
VU = 65-67

Side 1: 1. Venus In Furs / 2. Prominent = Men / 3.=20 Heroin / 4. I'm Waiting For My Man / 5. Wrap Your Troubles = In=20 Dreams.

Side 2: 6. All Tomorrow's Parties / 7. = There Is No=20 Reason / 8. Sheltered Life / 9. It's Allright (The Way That = You=20 Live) / 10. I'm Not Too Sorry / 11. Here She Comes Now / 12. = Guess=20 I'm Falling In Love / 13. Booker T.

1-6: recorded 1965 in John Cale's loft in = Ludlow St.=20 lower Manhattan / 7-11: recorded 1967 in John Cale's loft in = Ludlow=20 St. lower Manhattan / 12 & 13: recorded live April 1967 = at the=20 Gymnasium, New York City.=20

All tracks are actually pirated from the = official=20 Peel Slowly And See 5-CD box set - so, for = diehard=20 completists only...

August 30, = 2001
Les=20 Talents du Si=E8cle

New French Velvet Underground compilation = CD now=20 available:

Velvet = Underground
Universal 549=20 318 2

1. I'm Waiting For The Man / 2. Run Run = Run / 3.=20 Heroin / 4. White Light/White Heat / 5. Sister Ray / 6. = Beginning To=20 See The Light / 7. What Goes On / 8. Pale Blue Eyes / 9. I = Can't=20 Stand It / 10. Sweet Jane (live) / 11. Rock And Roll = (live).

Part of "Les Talents du Si=E8cle" series. = Limited=20 edition, Digitally remastered SBM (Super Bit Mapping). = Digipack.=20

August 24, = 2001
Lou=20 Reed et le Velvet Underground

New French Lou Reed/Velvet Underground = biography=20 written by Bruno Juffin - now available in the = Librio=20 musique series:=20

Lou Reed et le Velvet Underground
by = Bruno=20 Juffin
Librio musique, 13 x 20.5 cm paperback, 98 pages, = ISBN=20 2-290-31311

"Bruno Juffin, journaliste aux = Inrockuptibles,=20 retrace la vie de ce monstre sacr=E9 et nous livre les = cl=E9s d'une=20 discographie, aussi touffue que t=E9n=E9breuse, et = aujourd'hui plus que=20 jamais essentielle."

August 21, = 2001
Final=20 V.U. 1971-1973

Final V.U.
Captain = Trip=20 CTCD-350-353

The 4-CD box set compiling 4 live shows = performed by=20 the "post-Lou" VU has just been released by the = Captain=20 Trip Japanese label. The great looking glossy black = box=20 comes with a nicely illustrated booklet with liner notes by = Doug=20 Yule and lyrics with Japanese translation.

See official box=20 sets page for full tracklist details.

http://plaza14.mbn.or.jp/= ~captaintrip/

August 17, = 2001
Max's=20 back on vinyl

A brand new vinyl edition of The Velvet = Underground=20 Live At Max's Kansas City is now available, = manufactured by Rhino Records, produced under license from = Atlantic=20 Recording Corp., and exclusively distributed by Scorpio = Music,=20 Inc.

This edition is a replica of the original = US edition=20 with slight differences however (label color, matrix = numbers). The=20 label says STEREO although it's notorious Brigid Polk's = recording=20 was mono.

August 13, = 2001
Kill=20 all hippies

This month's issue of MOJO features the = new Quine=20 Tapes set as Album of the Month with a long review by David = Fricke -=20 read MOJO #94, p. 90. It is very positive, detailed and = awards the=20 album a rare Mojo gold seal of approval. Along with the = review is a=20 brief interview with Quine himself.

"How four New Yorkers slayed the West = Coast love=20 crowd with amps, attitude and 38 minutes of Sister Ray."

[Source: Norman = Garriock]

August 4, = 2001 Going=20 Velvet Underground
According to ICE Magazine, = The=20 Velvet Underground Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine = Tapes=20 release date is now September 18, 2001.

July 30, = 2001
An=20 Introduction to...

Eddie Roche reviews the recent UK = compilation=20 Rock & Roll - An Introduction to the Velvet=20 Underground in the latest issue of Record = Collector (No=20 264, August '01). Read p. 136.

July 27, = 2001
Get Back=20 to American Poet

Italian Get Back=20 label has just issued on vinyl Lou Reed's American=20 Poet (recently released on CD by NMC Music Ltd. in = the UK.=20 This is a high-quality pressing double record set which = comes in a=20 beutiful gatefold cover illustrated with great pictures by = Mick=20 Rock.

July 26, = 2001
MOJO=20 Collections

In the upcoming issue of MOJO Collections=20 (quarterly), out July 27th in the UK, there's an article on=20 collecting VU bootlegs.

[Source: Jan R.=20 Bruun]

July 15, = 2001
John Cale=20 Italian/German July tour dates

July 17 Torino=20
July 18 Cosenza=20
July 19 Ferrara=20
July 20 Macerata=20
July 21 Catania=20
July 23 Palermo=20
July 24 "Stimmen" Festival=20
July 25 Jena=20
July 26 Kassel=20
July 27 Karlsruhe=20
July 29 Hamburg=20
July 31 Friedrichshafen

Cale duets on one track with Jools Holland = on JH new=20 album due out in Nov on Warners.

The staging of Welsh for = Zen at the=20 Hebbel Theatre in Berlin, Germany is postponed until=20 December.

July 2, = 2001
Rock &=20 Roll

New compilation CD today available in = UK:

Rock & Roll - An Introduction = To The=20 Velvet Underground
Universal Music Group Polydor = 549=20 690-2, UK, July 2, 2001

1. Temptation Inside Your Heart (2:30) / = 2. Rock n'=20 Roll (live) (6:03) / 3. Lady Godiva's Operation (4:54) / 4. = Candy=20 Says (4:03) / 5. I'll Be Your Mirror (2:08) / 6. Foggy = Notion (6:38)=20 / 7. Pale Blue Eyes (5:41) / 8. White Light, White Heat = (2:46) / 9.=20 Sweet Jane (live) (3:57) / 10. Here She Comes Now (2:03) / = 11. Some=20 Kinda Love (3:38) / 12. Stephanie Says (2:48) / 13. There = She Goes=20 Again (2:37) / 14. Run Run Run (4:20) / 15. What Goes On = (4:33) /=20 16. Venus In Furs (5:11).

12-page booklet with 1966 photos by Gerard = Malanga=20 and liner notes by Daryl = Easlea.

July 2, = 2001 Vintage=20 Violence
Daryl Easlea reviews John Cale's = Vintage=20 Violence album reissue in Record = Collector No.=20 263 (read p. 140).

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