The Velvet Underground

1993 bootleg video tapes

The Forum, London, England, June 5, 1993

Good audience shot, 121 minutes.

Source: Live In London 1993 DVD uploaded on DAD.

Tracklist: 1. We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together / 2. Venus In Furs / 3. Guess I'm Falling In Love / 4. After Hours / 5. All Tomorrow's Parties / 6. Some Kinda Love / 7. I'll Be Your Mirror / 8. Beginning To See The Light / 9. The Gift / 10. I Heard Her Call My Name / 11. Femme Fatale / 12. Hey Mr. Rain / 13. Velvet Nursery Rhyme / 14. Sweet Jane / 15. White Light/White Heat / 16. I'm Sticking With You / 17. The Black Angel's Death Song / 18. Rock And Roll / 19. I Can't Stand It / 20. I'm Waiting For The Man / 21. Heroin / 22. Coyote [cut].

Wembley Arena, London, England, June 6, 1993

Audience shot, approx. 90 minutes. Best picture quality. Unfortunately, this tape is very frustrating to watch because of the many security 'ducks' or black outs. It also ends rather abruptly after about 80% of the show. Either the camcorder battery was running low or the taper got tired of hiding.

Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, June 11, 1993

Very good audience shot, complete, 133 minutes.

Source: Hamburg 1993 DVD uploaded by Roofvogel on Velvet Underground Torrents. Artwork by G. The Cock.

Tracklist: 1. We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together / 2. Venus In Furs / 3. Guess I'm Falling In Love / 4. After Hours / 5. All Tomorrow's Parties / 6. Some Kinda Love / 7. I'll Be Your Mirror / 8. Beginning To See The Light / 9. The Gift / 10. I Heard Her Call My Name / 11. Femme Fatale / 12. Hey Mr. Rain / 13. Sweet Jane / 14. Velvet Nursery Rhyme / 15. White Light/White Heat / 16. I'm Sticking With You / 17. The Black Angel's Death Song / 18. Rock And Roll / 19. I Can't Stand It / 20. I'm Waiting For The Man / 21. Heroin / 22. Pale Blue Eyes / 23. Coyote.

Prague, June 13, 1993
120 min

Notes: essential document of perhaps the best show. Good angle, steady panning and complete.

L'Olympia, Paris, France, June 15, 1993
135 min

Notes: shaky audience shot, 1/3 on ?, 2/3 on the band.

L'Olympia, Paris, France, June 16, 1993
136 min

Notes: 23 tracks.

Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg, France, June 15, 1993
55 min

Notes: supporting U2. Stadium show, shot from tier.

Glastonbury Festival, June 25, 1993
75 min

Udine, July 4, 1993
100 min

Notes: decent quality, somewhat static (straight on front shot 15 feet back, 90% on band with close ups). Highly desirable though, because it contains one of the few documented runs of What Goes On.

Bologna, July 5, 1993
87 min

Notes: similar in quality to the Udine video (shoot far away but zoomed in for indistinct but steady handheld). Perhaps shot by the same person.

Some of the comments come from The Velvet Underground fanzine volume 3, courtesy of Sal Mercuri.

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By Olivier Landemaine
Last update: October 23, 2008