Fanzines & Private Printings

The Velvet Underground Appreciation Society (V.U.A.S.) sporadically edited and published a fanzine. Usually, several years passed between issues. A nasty joke says that What Goes On is the only magazine that publishes less frequently than Forced Exposure.

From 1979 to 1981, the V.U.A.S. also sent out newsletters — first What Goes On Jr., then Temporary Thing.

Those interested in the VUAS and WGO story should read the Phil Milstein interview published in Dynamite Hemorrhage, ISSUE #3.

What Goes On | Number 1
Mo Tucker Beats Me
8 pages, 1978
28 x 21,6 cm (11 x 8½ inch)

This first volume features articles by Philip Milstein, Joseph Allen Viglione and M.C. Kostek, including Beginning to See the Dark, a review of a 1969 Velvet Underground show at the Woodrose Ballroom. This article was later reprinted in Up-tight | The Velvet Underground Story book by Victor Backris & Gerard Malanga.

What Goes On | Number 2
24 pages, June 1979

This issue focuses on the Velvet Underground's discography, including compilations, bootlegs, and cover versions. It also features rare photos taken by The Modern Printer at a December 1968 show at the Boston Tea Party.

What Goes On | No. 3
52 pages, 1982 (second printing in 1983)

It features numerous articles including Angus MacLise story, interviews with Andy Warhol, Nico, Tony Conrad, and an unreleased review of Nico's Marble Index by Lester Bangs.

What Goes On | The Best Of 1 & 2
56 pages, 1986
28 x 21,7 cm

It features an extensive Velvet Underground discography and filmography, as well as a selection of articles that were previously published in the first two issues of What Goes On.

Feed-Back | The Legend of the Velvet Underground
40 pages, 1987

"The official authorized english translation by Orly Fainstein and Margaret Kopp" of Ignacio Julia's Spanish Feed-Back book. It was published by the V.U.A.S. in cooperation with Ignacio Julia and Ruta 66. However, it's not as well illustrated as the original Spanish edition.

What Goes On | Issue 4
80 pages, Dutch East India Trading, 1990

The Moe Tucker issue features a two-part, extensive interview with Moe. It covers the 1990 Fondation Cartier reunion and includes updates on all VU members. It came with a free flexi Thanks Andy Warhol.

What Goes On | Issue Number 5
September 1996

"The Velvet Underground Live and Wild 1965-1993" features rare photos and firsthand accounts from the '60s, as well as full coverage of the 1993 reunion tour, including show and record reviews..

The Velvet Underground Discography Update
48 pages, 1997

Velvet Underground and solo updates with discography, films, books... etc.

DIFFERENT TIMES
Mike West, United Kingdom

This fanzine was published from 1978 to 1982 and was compiled into Mike West's book The Velvet Underground & Lou Reed. The book was originally a special edition of the fanzine.

The "Velvet Underground Collection, 1964-2015" at Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library lists five issues of the fanzine published between 1978 and 1983 (2, 2.5, 3, 4 and 6)

Five issues were published, the first in September of 1993 and the last in March 1996. Sal Merfcuri edited it and also worked in collaboration with Doug Yule on a volume of never-before-published original photographs, '69 on the Road. All volumes are now out of print.

The Velvet Underground | Volume 1
September 1993

This scrapbook covers the 1993 tour and contains concert tickets, photos, and articles from Q, Rolling Stone, Musician, NME, Vox, and more. There is also a deluxe edition with a color banana cover.

The Velvet Underground | Volume 2
How in the World did They Make That Sound...
Spring 1994

This scrapbook covers the 1993 tour and beyond. It contains many articles, as well as Luna's Dean Wareham tour book, Live MCMXCIII, and bootlegs reviews. This issue has a special photo supplement. There is also a special 'lift slowly and see' acetate banana cover edition.

The Velvet Underground | Volume 3
They Were Wild, Like the USA
Fall/Winter 1994

This compilation includes various Velvet Underground news, magazine articles, concert and record reviews, and never-before-published 1970s Lou Reed photograph by Lau Buur Nielsen. The centerpiece of this issue is an exclusive extensive interview with Doug Yule titled "Head Held High". There is a special printing with an alternate color cover and gold sticker.

The Velvet Underground | Volume 4
Rock-n-Roll, But Not Like The Rest
Summer/Fall 1995

More articles, more reviews. This issue focuses on the Peel Slowly And See box set and includes exclusive, in-depth interview with Lou Reed by Ignacio Julia, some VU news, and articles about Moe Tucker's solo work.

The Velvet Underground | Volume 5
It was Good What We Did Yesterday
Winter/Spring 1996

It compiles Sterling Morrison tributes. It contains Velvet Underground news and reviews, including coverage of the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, Doug Yule's "The Lowdown on Loaded," and never-before-published Velvet Underground photos from 1969..

CLUB VELVET
Lou Velvet Club, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Self-published fanzine by Lou Velvet Club", Clermont-Ferrand.

DÉCEMBRE 1990 - N°4
21 x 14 cm, 36 pages, December 1990

Unpublished poems by Lou Reed, the translation of Waiting for the man, the art of Andy Warhol, chronicles… etc.

Mars 1991 - N° 005
21 x 14 cm, 32 pages, December 1990

1990 Fondation Cartier reunion, the translation of Sweet Jane, 1969 Live, V.U., Lou Reed poems… etc.

IT'S ALL RIGHT THE WAY THAT YOU LIVE
Walk On The Velvet Underground, Czech Republic

Fanzine – all in Czech! – published by a Velvet Underground fan club founded in Prague. The fan club also sold great looking T-shirts and provided an order service for some hard to find items, but it doesn't seem to be active anymore.

Contact: Ondrej Klepsa

Cislo 1
44 pages, 1997

Limited edition of 100 (one half in white and next half in yellow cover). A "Lou Reed 1996" special issue.

Cislo 2
24 pages, May 1999

This second volume is also a limited edition of 100 (half in blue and other half in white cover), including interviews with John Cale, Doug Yule, articles about Loaded and Fully Loaded Edition and some other things.

VELVET UNDERGROUND
42 pages, France, circa 1971
29,8 x 21,3 cm

This is a collection of lyrics that includes all four Velvet Underground studio albums, as well as John Cale's Vintage Violence and Church of Anthrax.

LOU REED | VELVET UNDERGROUND | TEXTES CHOISIS
Les Petits Classiques du Grand Pirate, France, 1975
21 x 11,5 cm

This collection of lyrics was published in 1975 as part of the series “Les Petits Classiques du Grand Pirate.” The publishing house was founded in 1974 in Aubervilliers by independent publisher Jean Marcourel (1949-2006). The books are illustrated and feature handwritten text.

The 8.5 x 4.5 inch booklet is assembled from six A4 sheets folded in three and stapled into a textured laid paper cover. A white label (5.8 x 3.7 inches) with the title of the work surrounded by rococo-style graphics is affixed to the cover. Five copies marked A to E were printed, each including a repoussé metal piece and a silkscreen print, as well as 30 copies numbered from 1 to 30, accompanied by the silkscreen print. The illustrations are credited to Philip.

It includes the original lyrics, with their French translations, of Here She Comes Now, European Son, I'll Be Your Mirror, Who Loves the Sun, Heroin, Sweet Jane, All Tomorrow's Parties, Femme Fatale, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Sunday Morning, Venus in Furs, and Candy Says.

VELVET UNDERGROUND | TRADUCTIONS DE TEXTES
-, France, -

Collection of lyrics in both English and French language.

Audio cassette giveaway including: Side 1: Heroin (8:10) / Move Right In (2:55) / You're Dring Me Insane (2:22) / I'm Free (1:09) / Extract from Falling Spikes (1:09). Side 2: Ride Into The Sun (2:35) / Inside Your Heart (2:20) / Jesus (3:24) / Extract from Loop (6:10) / Extract from Falling Spikes (0:30).

LOU REED & THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
Andrea & Werner Hopf, private edition, Germany, 1985

VELVET UNDERGROUND SCRAPBOOK VOLUME 1
Private printing, 1991

Unofficial collection of VU-related magazine articles, ads and record reviews. It includes the legendary Dead Lie the Velvets Underground by Lester Bangs.

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND PRESS FILE
Steve Lane, private printing, UK, April 1991

Limited edition of 100 copies only and something like the VU Scrapbook but with lots of updated articles and photos ending somewhere in 1990.

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND FILE
Aes-Nihil Books, USA, 1995

Scrapbook of interesting VU-related articles and VU/Lou Reed lyrics. Printing quality is however so-so and some of the articles are unreadable...

THE INEVITABLE WORLD OF THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

Alfredo Garcia

504 pages, Spain, 2011
29,9 x 21,4 cm

Limited edition of 500 copies. Also a special run of 30 copies in Roman numerals destinated to people that collaborated in the book.

The most comprehensive collection of Velvet Underground articles & ads ever collected together in one place. A must-have! Each book includes as bonus a CD containing the very few radio cuts dedicated to the band in that early years, plus a reproduction of the actual picture used in the Detroit Free Press November 21, 1966 article titled "A Mod Pair Joined in Holy Matrimony".

Full info & order: https://inevitablevucatalogue.wordpress.com/

A YOUNG PERSON'S GUIDE TO THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

2 A3 sheets folded into quarters, France, May 2016

“Une exposition imaginée par Philippe Dumez. Catalogue mise en page par Jean-Philippe Talaga. Photocopié à 200 exemplaires en mai 2016”

“An exhibition conceived by Philippe Dumez. Catalog layout by Jean-Philippe Talaga. Photocopied in 200 copies in May 2016.”

Philippe Dumez, Tumblr, May 20, 2016: “En rentrant de l’exposition consacrée au Velvet Underground qui se tient à la Philharmonie de Paris jusqu’au 21 août, j’ai eu l’idée d’une autre exposition qui retracerait l’histoire de ma relation passionnelle avec ce groupe. Je l’ai imaginée sous la forme de trente-six tableaux et Jean-Philippe l’a mise en page. C’est A young person’s guide to The Velvet Underground, un fanzine photocopié à 200 exemplaires que je distribuerai ce week-end à l’occasion de deux concerts  : “Exposed : Songs For Unseen Warhol Films” samedi 21 mai à 20h30 et “La Monte Young Tribute Performance” dimanche à 16h30.”

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND IN CHICAGO

Alfredo Garcia | With pictures by Allan Lee Koss

70 pages, Spain, January 2018
29,8 x 21,1 cm

Limited numbered edition of 150 copies. Comes in a clear blue plastic box (30,8 x 23,5 x 2 cm).

"During the period 1966-1970 The Velvet Underground played Chicago 6 times.

"The Velvet Underground in Chicago" tracks each one, from the very early EPI shows at Poor Richard's June 1966 (elevated to mythic status by Ronald Nameth's Anday Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable film) to the exotic Playboy Club.
From the un-veiling of the WHite Light/White Heat Album at the Aardvark Cinematheque on February 1st 1968 to the Kinetic Playground in January and April 1969, with 11 never seen before pictures by Allan Lee Koss reproduced here for the very first time.
A week of residency at the Quiet Knigh in January 19670 marks the Velvets farewell to the City just few months before Lou Reed left the band. These six very different Velvet adventures make this a most interesting part of their live story has not been fully documented until now."

I MET MYSELF IN A DREAM... THAT'S THE STORY OF THE THIRD ALBUM

M.C. Kostek, Alfredo Garcia, Ignacio Julia

The Velvet Underground Appreciation Society, hardcover, 336 p., Spain, October 2019
30,5 x 21,7 cm

Limited Edition of 500. Includes all 184 photos of The Velvet Underground in Los Angeles Fall 1968, complete history of the third album, complete 1968-1969 press coverage... etc.

THE BIG SCRAPBOOK SERIES
Private edition, UK, 1999

4 volumes.

Volume 1

Scrapbook including Lou Reed - Rock 'n' Roll Animal (Babylon Books), and a collection of various VU/Lou Reed articles.

Volume 2

Collection of ads, reviews and articles focused on Lou Reed's Set The Twilight Reeling album.

Volume 3

Compilation of various VU-related articles and Lou Reed stuff from Hooky Wooky tour.

Volume 4

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