Velvet Underground – Live At The Gymnasium
8 April 2008
By on 19:44

Vu_lp_bootleg_live_at_the_gymnasi_2LP Velvet Records This is A Fantastic Bootleg! It comes from a tapesource that really should have been released officially years ago. The sound (compared to most of the other live recordings by the Velvets) is actually quite good. Only one of the songs (Guess I’m Falling In Love) was released on the Peel Slowly Box, which also included Booker T. from this show, which isn’t included here. I’m Not A Young Man Anymore is a very enjoyable pretty jamlike song with only a few lines of repeated lyrics. I’m Waiting For My Man is different from any other version you might have heard before. Run, Run, Run is way longer (some extra verses) and noisier and even though mr Reed’s singing gets rather sloppy here, it’s a brilliant version. The B side is dedicated entirely to an early version of Sister Ray, it doesn’t get as f***ing loud as the album version, it’s still a landmark in noise history. I’m really happy with this record and if they ever continue the official, so called Bootleg Series, this definitely should be part II for crying out loud! And why not include all the songs this time!?

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