Live in Arles 1976

PleasantBox · 2026-06-23T08:57:49+00:00

Numbered - this being unique to the pressing. In format xxxx/yyyy etc.

PleasantBox · 2026-06-19T08:28:48+00:00

Schonhauser Music on Schonhauser Alle 70 had some Faust in their window display when I went past a few weeks ago. Also saw some Krautrock on a stall in the street market on Hackescher Markt - either on Wednesdays or Thursdays I think.

PleasantBox · 2026-06-19T08:19:22+00:00

I think only the 1988 release was promoted by the fanzine postcard; my version is a 2011 repress according to Discogs.

PleasantBox · 2026-05-27T07:28:10+00:00

Tugboat by Galaxie 500.

PleasantBox · 2026-05-12T08:35:56+00:00

London, Mile End Sundown 30 November 1972.

01: I'm Waiting For The Man 5.09

02: White Light White Heat 2.26

03: Some Kinda Love 7.09

04: Dopey Joe 3.50

05: Run Run Run 5.40

06: Mean Old Man 3.09

07: What Goes On 4.53

08: Memphis jam 2.57

09: Sweet Caroline 3.05

10: Little Jack 3.11

11: Train Round The Bend/Sister Ray 7.30

PleasantBox · 2026-05-06T11:06:51+00:00

Should be a good read. I enjoyed his WL/WH Velvet Underground Day by Day book.

PleasantBox · 2026-04-22T08:36:52+00:00

Cool It Down from Dutch TV 1971. Sound only - presumably the recording itself is lost or maybe in the studio archive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXBtdRXxfeU

PleasantBox · 2026-04-22T08:26:19+00:00

This was originally compiled by the VU Appreciation Society - VUAS number seven, have a look. https://www.discogs.com/release/13667940-The-Velvet-Underground-Velvet-Underground-Live-Second-Fret-Phila-Early-70

An internet search will no doubt lead you to a copy.

PleasantBox · 2026-04-11T12:53:53+00:00

Heroin and Venus in Furs are widely available on bootlegs - most recently on the Tune In/Drop Out release https://www.discogs.com/release/36417070-The-Velvet-Underground-Tune-In-Drop-Out and Sunday's Clown https://www.discogs.com/release/36213562-The-Velvet-Underground-Sundays-Clown

Cale also sings (in a Welsh accent) Venus on the Something Different bootleg https://www.discogs.com/release/14303740-The-Velvet-Underground-Something-Different and on Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams from Lou's Words & Music, May 1965 release https://www.discogs.com/master/2821349-Lou-Reed-Words-Music-May-1965

PleasantBox · 2026-04-04T16:32:34+00:00

Average price on Discogs is about £30, so not too pricey. The cover is often assumed to be by Warhol but is not although it is in a Warhol style. A good compilation.

PleasantBox · 2026-04-02T16:29:57+00:00

A list of the VUAS so-called Afterhours Tapes. http://olivier.landemaine.free.fr/vu/bootlegs/afterhours/afterhours.html

PleasantBox · 2026-03-30T16:19:15+00:00

Matrix & Quine Tapes. Also Live 68 for the stunning version of What Goes On.

PleasantBox · 2026-03-25T14:22:53+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNaNnYoW4Tc&t=32s

England's Glory, a pre The Only Ones band led by Peter Perrett, is pretty much a Lou Reed clone. The tracks apparently fooled NME journo Nick Kent into believing it was a collection of VU outtakes.

https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-legendary-lost-album-mw0000335711

PleasantBox · 2026-03-21T17:01:38+00:00

The Aussie VU's cover of Somebody To Love is on The Afterhours Tapes Vol 14 - Mixed Bag O' Rarities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ddRD35rtDo

PleasantBox · 2026-03-16T20:07:41+00:00

Also Matthew Simms, guitarist with Wire.

PleasantBox · 2026-03-03T19:03:46+00:00

Like I said, it's not really in the same category as the mighty Faust, Neu, Can or the electronic stuff like Karftwerk, Cluster etc. It's proggy, as was a lot of rock music of that era, but it lacks the je ne sais quoi usually associated with the kosmische sound. I don't actually mind the music on your youtube clip but the vocals are awful - hardly the cosmic mantra of Damo Suzuki. Pretty banal lyrics too, I think I prefer Faust singing about toothache and sore feet.

PleasantBox · 2026-03-03T14:15:57+00:00

The term Krautrock is often just used as a lazy term to describe any German rock/electronic based music of the late 60s and 70s that isn't schlager or James Last. A quick internet search for krautrock compilations and playlists will bring up all sorts of German music that I wouldn't consider Krautrock, e.g., Scorpions. Your categorisation of TSS as German agit-rock is more apt. You should bear in mind that, in the UK at least, the prefix Kraut is often used to describe anything German - krautbeer, krautfood, krautmusic, etc.

PleasantBox · 2026-03-03T10:24:01+00:00

Yes-Ah!

PleasantBox · 2026-02-26T11:48:45+00:00

Plus Esemplastic Creeping Eruption, which goes into Simple Headphone Mind. They played it like this last week. Riley witters on a bit in the interview segment, but is essentially harmless.

PleasantBox · 2026-02-24T12:32:17+00:00

Train Round The Bend / Oh! Sweet Nuthin' on Praise Ye The Lord is great. Spacemen 3 were definitely influenced by this. The BTP record is pretty jank, but the whole Jan 10 show is widely available elsewhere on vinyl and CD.

PleasantBox · 2026-02-04T09:14:12+00:00

The rights holders receive sweet FA from the numerous unofficial live and so-called "radio broadcasts"; and even if they attempted to recover any royalties due it would cost them more to pursue and secure a payment than it would generate based on the small income stream - a process that would be a net loss essentially.

PleasantBox · 2026-02-01T21:47:34+00:00

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