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December 16, 2001
Bill
Ricchini

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

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

December 15,
2001
Strange Days

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

[Source: Shiroh Kouchi - Lou Reed Guitar
Archive]

December 14, 2001
Cale
news

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

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

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

[Source: Gary]

December 7,
2001
Q

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

[Source: Kevin]

December 7, 2001
Warhol
Modern Tate

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

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

[Source: Andrew Cromar]

November 20,
2001
Record Collectors' Magazine

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

[Source: Shiroh Kouchi - Lou Reed Guitar
Archive]

November 10, 2001
Jool
Holland New Years Eve

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

November 5, 2001
John
Cale German/Austrian tour dates

23.11.2001 Dresden, Lukaskirche

24.11.2001 Frankfurt, Künstlerhaus Mousonturm

25.11.2001 Bremen, Schlachthof

30.11.2001 Zug, Casino/Theater, Switzerland

04.12.2001 Berlin, BKA-Zelt

07.12.2001 Schorndorf, Manufaktur

08.12.2001 Linz, Posthof, Austria

09.12.2001 Heidelberg, Karlstorbahnhof

More details: http://huizen.dds.nl/~johanm/cale/tourdates.html

October 25, 2001
The
Velvet Evolution

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

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

October 19,
2001
Recommandé

Nick Kent reviews The Velvet Underground
Bootleg Series Vol. 1: The Quine Tapes in today's issue of
French daily newspaper Libération (numéro 6354, p.
T25).

"Recommandé"

October 16, 2001
The
Velvet Underground And Nico

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

[Source: Pierre
Bouvier - Le Monde Interactif]

October 8, 2001
VU
Original Jacket Collection

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

The Velvet Underground And
Nico
UICY--9134 (re-issue)

White Light/White
Heat
UICY-9135 (re-issue)

The Velvet
Underground
UICY-9136 (re-issue)

VU
UICY-9137 (re-issue)

Another View
UICY-9138
(re-issue)

1969 The Velvet Underground
Live
UICY-9139/40 (new! as 2CD "set")

Nico: Chelsea Girl
UICY-9141
(re-issue)

[Source: Shiroh Kouchi - Lou Reed Guitar
Archive]

October 8, 2001
Tribute
to the Love Generation

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

[Source: Shiroh Kouchi - Lou Reed Guitar
Archive]

October 1, 2001
Record
Collector

October 2001 issue of UK magazine Record Collector has a
½-page review of The Velvet Underground Bootleg Series:
Volume One - The Quine Tapes by Daryl Easlea.

September 15, 2001
Sid
and Nancy

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

[Source: Gary]

September 1,
2001
Bumped to October

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

[Source: Mark Deming]

September 1, 2001
The
Velvet Revolution

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

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

August 31,
2001
Something Different

New Velvet Underground bootleg LP now
circulating:

Something Different
VU
65-67

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

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

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

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

August 30, 2001
Les
Talents du Siècle

New French Velvet Underground compilation CD now
available:

Velvet Underground
Universal 549
318 2

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

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

August 24, 2001
Lou
Reed et le Velvet Underground

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

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

"Bruno Juffin, journaliste aux Inrockuptibles,
retrace la vie de ce monstre sacré et nous livre les clés d'une
discographie, aussi touffue que ténébreuse, et aujourd'hui plus que
jamais essentielle."

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

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

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

See official box
sets page for full tracklist details.

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

August 17, 2001
Max's
back on vinyl

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

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

August 13, 2001
Kill
all hippies

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

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

[Source: Norman Garriock]

August 4, 2001
Going
Velvet Underground

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

July 30, 2001
An
Introduction to...

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

July 27, 2001
Get Back
to American Poet

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

July 26, 2001
MOJO
Collections

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

[Source: Jan R.
Bruun]

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

July 17 Torino

July 18 Cosenza

July 19 Ferrara

July 20 Macerata

July 21 Catania

July 23 Palermo

July 24 "Stimmen" Festival

July 25 Jena

July 26 Kassel

July 27 Karlsruhe

July 29 Hamburg

July 31 Friedrichshafen

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

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

July 2, 2001
Rock &
Roll

New compilation CD today available in UK:

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

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

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

July 2, 2001
Vintage
Violence

Daryl Easlea reviews John Cale's Vintage
Violence album reissue in Record Collector No.
263 (read p. 140).

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