RARE (Velvet Underground) LOU REED JOHN CALE & NICO 1972 PARIS = 1st PRINTING

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       SCARCE COLLECTIBLE FROM MANY MOONS AGO

               Bizarre Vinyl Textured Cover

          Lou Reed * John Cale * NICO

             Paris 29.1.72                 

                              ITALY - Private press  

VERY RARE (very...) extremely limited FIRST PRINTING with strange vinyl textured cover in aqua blue ... finds the first reformation of the main original members from the 1967 VELVET UNDERGROUND, appearing together...this is a historic documentation and serves as a rare collectible from many years ago to fans of the band...the sound quality is notorious, but still enjoyable given the nature of the genre...

Intended for die-hard Velvets freaks...the overall (unique) performance is very tastey. This version of "Black Angel's" is spooky and dark, but not blood curdling as it is on the Banana album. It conjurs visions of Gypsies dancing around a trash can fire in some littered Lower East Side back alley under a crimson moon (or at least an orange sky). Likewise, Cale's "Ghost Story" and all of Nico's material are at once creepy and pretty. They represent a certain bittersweet maturity that prevails throughout this set much like the dry wisdom and blushing warmth one might detect in a well-aged cabernet. "I'm Waiting for the Man" is perfectly introduced by Lou ("Hello. Took us a while to get here. This is a song about copping drugs in New York"). The song is given sublime treatment until Lou fucks up the lyrics by substituting the "brownstone" segment with a repeat of the "here he comes" verse -- this flub turns what would have been a stellar version into a decent version that gets monotonous toward the end. Oh well...

The highlight is Heroin. With this version, we are treated to one of Lou's best vocal performances of all time. The simple but poignant accompaniment of Lou's acoustic and Cale's droning viola to be much more compelling than the Banana arrangement (and certainly light years better than those wretched Peel Slowly and See demo versions).

What we get in performance, however, we lose in quality. Now granted, this should be no surprise considering the low-fi nature of most other officially released live VU material... This set is worth getting for VU fans, and probably not for audiophile or casual fans. Nice that it exists at all...

CONDITION: The cover: The fragile European production and strange vinyl textured pale blue cover is "EX" (excellent) ... no split seams, no writing and in very collectible shape...many years old from the early 70's this pressing.... 

The vinyl: all glossy clean and clear M- looks smooth and shiny over both sides... 

keeper!

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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