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(2014/Keyhole) 11 tracks 1968 was a tumultuous year for the Velvet Underground, with the... more

The Velvet Underground: Live At The Boston Tea Party 1968 (2-CD)

(2014/Keyhole) 11 tracks

1968 was a tumultuous year for the Velvet Underground, with the departure of John Cale, the addition of Doug Yule, a gruelling touring schedule and considerable musical transition. Supported by the MC5, the quartet played their final shows of the year at the Boston Tea Party, which Lou Reed once described as his favorite place to play. This legendary live recording finds them playing reworked versions of early classics as well as several songs that would appear on their forthcoming third album, and two tracks that went unreleased in their lifetime. It's presented here together with background notes and photographs.

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  • Interpret: The Velvet Underground

  • Album titlle: Live At The Boston Tea Party 1968 (2-CD)

  • Genre Rock'n'Roll

  • Label KEYHOLE

  • Artikelart CD

  • EAN: 5291012901323

  • weight in Kg 0.11
Velvet Underground - Live At The Boston Tea Party 1968 (2-CD) CD 1
01 Heroin The Velvet Underground
02 I'm Gonna Move Right In The Velvet Underground
03 I'm Waiting For The Man The Velvet Underground
04 I'm Set Free The Velvet Underground
05 Foggy Notion The Velvet Underground
06 Beginning To See The Light The Velvet Underground
07 Candy Says The Velvet Underground
Velvet Underground - Live At The Boston Tea Party 1968 (2-CD) CD 2
01 White Light - White Heat The Velvet Underground
02 Jesus The Velvet Underground
03 Sister Ray The Velvet Underground
04 Pale Blue Eyes The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground were arguably more popular in Boston than... more
"The Velvet Underground"

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground were arguably more popular in Boston than anywhere else, and their home from home in the city was the famed Boston Tea Party, located at 53 Berkeley Street. "My personal favorite was The Velvet Underground," commented the club's manager Steve Nelson in 2011. "The Tea Party was essentially their home club from '67 to '70, a period when they did not play in New York. People came up from the City to see the Velvets, and onstage at the Tea Party Lou Reed called it their favorite place to play." Having played a well-received three-night stand there on Thursday 12th, Friday 13th and Saturday 14th December 1968 (their final shows of the year), it seemed obvious that they should return in the New Year. As such, they performed at the club on January 9th-11th, and again on January 22nd. Coinciding with their third visit of the year, between March 13th and 15th, came the release of their self-titled third album. With Cale having departed the preceding September, the band had gelled impressively with his replacement, Doug Yule, and entered a more contemplative phase, incorporating ballads heard on this CD such as Candy Says, I'm Set Free and Jesus.

Nonetheless, as Jonathan Richman has written of their act at this time: 'Doug had only been in the band a few months. You can hear the difference in the way he plays bass and organ compared to the style of John Cale. But Doug hadn't put his stamp on the band yet, so with Sterling and Lou playing guitars together with their own brand of double-rhythm and those tones they got, this band still sounds sorta like the one that recorded the album White Light/White Heat." Opening for the Velvets was Long Island hard rock trio Wilkinson Tri-Cycle (misnamed on the handbill as 'Wilkinson's Tricycle'). The VU's performance on the first night was taped by an audience member, and demonstrates their ever-evolving approach to their setlist.

They play what might have been the premiere of the oddball Ferryboat Bill (which is introduced as a new composition), and then follow it with a furious rendition of their staple I'm Waiting For The Man. Thereafter there's an intense White Light / White Heat and a fine Sister Ray, prefaced by some comments from Reed as to what the song is about (Richman: "I had no idea what the hell they were singing about most of the time, so any light shed on the subject was always a big help"). Reed proceeds to incorporate some of the lyrics to The Murder Mystery into this epic 22-minute rendition.

All in all, it's a superb document, and certainly preferable to the fascinating but frustrating recording of the March 15th show (which predominantly captured only Reed's guitar). As Steve Nelson later put it: "To me, if you try to figure out when they were really at their height, I think it's really '68, '69, after John had left... I don't think they really found themselves as a band, where they were really on top of what they were doing and really had that confidence in what they were doing. That really happened while Doug was with them."

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Tracklist
Velvet Underground - Live At The Boston Tea Party 1968 (2-CD) CD 1
01 Heroin
02 I'm Gonna Move Right In
03 I'm Waiting For The Man
04 I'm Set Free
05 Foggy Notion
06 Beginning To See The Light
07 Candy Says
Velvet Underground - Live At The Boston Tea Party 1968 (2-CD) CD 2
01 White Light - White Heat
02 Jesus
03 Sister Ray
04 Pale Blue Eyes