January 25(?), 1972

Bataclan rehearsals

John Cale, Nico, Lou Reed.

Audio: 21 min, B-. Includes also some rehearsal chat.

1. Pale Blue Eyes
2. Candy Says
3. The Black Angel's Death Song
4. Heroin

Sources:

• Paris 29.1.72 CD (1-4, without chat)
• Searchin' For My Mainline 3-CD (4)
• Paris 1972 Premium Edition 2-CD (1-4, with chat)
• Le Bataclan '72 CD (1-2)

January 29, 1972
Le Bataclan, Paris, France

50 Boulevard Voltaire, 75011 Paris, France
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John Cale, Nico, Lou Reed.

Announcement: Velvets Reform in Melody Maker, January 29, 1972 (TV show/concert news). Reproduced in Bataclan '72 CD booklet.

Video: Pop 2 French TV show, broadcasted on June 10, 1972, Antenne 2, B&W, 23 min. Includes: Berlin, I'm Waiting For The Man, Heroin, Ghost Story, Femme Fatale intersected with French journalists discussing the Velvet Underground and the Bataclan show. Unofficial video copies circulate. A 18-minute color copy with only the songs also exist. Excerpts have been used for several VU-related documentaries (Soutbank Show, Nothing Special... etc). The complete film remains unfortunately unavailable.

Audio: audience, 60 min, B- and soundboard, 65 min, A-.

1. I'm Waiting For The Man
2. Berlin
3. The Black Angel's Death Song
4. Wild Child
5. Heroin
6. Ghost Story
7. The Biggest, The Loudest, The Hairiest Group Of All
8. Empty Bottles
9. All Tomorrow's Parties
10. Femme Fatale
11. No One Is There
12. Frozen Warnings
13. Janitor Of Lunacy
14. I'll Be Your Mirror

Sources:

• Paris 29.1.72 LP and CD (aud, 1-10, 13)
• Paris 1972 2-SP (snd, 1, 4, 10, 14)
• And So On LP (aud, 3)
• The Black Side Of The Street LP (aud, 5)
• En Concert A L'Enfer LP (aud, 10-14)
• Psychopath's Rolling Stones CD (aud, 3, 14)
• Bataclan CD (sb, 1-8, 10-14)
• Collections CD (sb, 1, 4, 10, 14)
• Paris 1972 Premium Edition 2-CD (sb, 1-8, 10-14)
• Caught Between The Twisted Stars 4-CD (sb, 3, 6, 7)
• Le Bataclan '72 CD (sb: 1-8, 10-14, aud: 9)

Review: photo and short report in Melody Maker, February 19, 1972: "The concert was attented by about a thousand people, with twice that number locked out and a minor 'speed-freak riot' in the foyer."

Photos:

• Reed/Cale/Nico color photo in Best #104 (p. 57).
• Cale/Nico/Reed color photo by Jean-Yves Legras in Best #176 (p. 68) and Best #252 (p. 41).
• Reed/Cale/Nico black & white photo by Mick Gold in rockin'on Vol.28, August 1999 (p. 184-185).
• Reed/Cale/Nico black & white photo by Mick Gold in MOJO 124, March 2004 (p. 76).
• Black & white photos by Mick Gold in Bataclan '72 CD booklet.

December 3, 1989
Brooklyn Academy Of Music, Brooklyn, New York

Songs For Drella

John Cale, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker.

Audio: audience, B. Source: Searchin' For My Mainline 3CD (1).

1. Pale Blue Eyes (3:35)

Review: Nobody but 'Drella by Tim Mitchell, in What Goes On fanzine, issue 4, 1991.

June 15, 1990
Fondation Cartier, Jouy-En-Josas, France

Andy Warhol System : Pub, Pop, Rock exhibition opening

John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker.

Photos:

• Jutta Brandt: leporello in Pop Goes Art box.
• Renaud Monfourny: in Les Inrockuptibles #24, What Goes On #4.
• Hias Schaschko: in What Goes On #4.

Video: pro shot (two cameras, soundboard sound), 33 min (includes Reed/Cale Songs For Drella), B+. Also audience shot, 10 min (only Heroin), B-.

Tape: 10 min, B+. Sources:

• Heroin 12" EP
• Off The Record LP
• Paris 1990 LP
• A Symphony Of Sound 2-LP
• Collections CD
• Eternal Legacy CD
• 1990 CD
• Searchin' For My Mainline 3-CD
• Lou Reed - The Start 2-CD

1. Heroin

Press articles:

• Velvets Reform for One Song in Paris - More to Come?, in Sounds, June 30, 1990.
• 15.06.90 by Christian Fevret, in Les Inrockuptibles, no. 24, July/August 1990.
• Merci Andy by Bruno Blum, in Best, no. 265, August 1990.
• 1990 Yearbook - June, in Rolling Stone, no. 593/594, December 13-27, 1990 (brief story, color photograph).
• We have a little surprise for you... by M.C. Kostek, Some Sterling Mo(e)ment by Chris Carter & The Velvet Underground Resurrection by Ignacio Julia, in What Goes On fanzine, issue 4, 1991.

February 20, 1992
Casino de Paris, Paris, France

Maureen Tucker, Sterling Morrison, Lou Reed.

Audio: audience recording, 8 min, B-.

1. Bo Diddley

December 5, 1992
New York University, New York City, New York

John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Lou Reed.

Photo: Ebet Roberts - available in Japanese magazine rockin'on, Vol.22, March 1993 (p. 54).

Audio: audience recording, 9 min, B+.

1. Style It Takes
2. Forever Changed

Source: Even More Vengeance CD (1-2).

November 18-19, 1994
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Eat/Kiss

John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker.

Performing music to accompany Andy Warhol's silent films Eat and Kiss.

Audio: audience recording, 80 min, B.

January 17, 1996
The Waldorf Astoria, New York City, New York

The Eleventh Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Dinner

John Cale, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker.

Audio: audience recording, Last Night I Said Goodbye To My Friend in honor of Sterling Morrison.

Source: Caught Between The Twisted Stars 4-CD.

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