Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2(pesnta.1.3) 9/5/84; site epicen.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!nsc!cadtec!csi!epicen!jbuck From: jbuck@epicen.UUCP (Joe Buck) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: The Velvet Underground and Nico Message-ID: <247@epicen.UUCP> Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 21:11:11 EDT Article-I.D.: epicen.247 Posted: Wed Oct 16 21:11:11 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 04:41:35 EDT References: <10436@ucbvax.ARPA> <11600002@uiucdcsp> <877@udenva.UUCP> Reply-To: jbuck@epicen.UUCP (Joe Buck) Organization: Entropic Processing, Inc., Cupertino, CA Lines: 23 Summary: "Loaded" album unfairly trashed in "VU" liner notes In article <877@udenva.UUCP> showard@udenva.UUCP (showard) writes: >... There are actually more than three VU albums, if you count >live albums and the recently released "VU"--made from discovered tapes for >what the band's fans called "The Great Lost Velvet Underground Album." All >information is from the liner notes on VU--which is an excellent album, by >the way. There are more than three even if you don't count the live albums or VU. Though I think "VU" is terrific, MGM/Verve did a really obnoxious thing in trying to imply that "Loaded" wasn't a significant album (the last VU studio album, it was with Another Record Company). The liner notes say that by the time Loaded was released, Lou Reed had left the band. They don't say that Lou Reed gave the best vocal performance of his career on Loaded, and left the band after recording and mixing was complete. "Loaded" was also the most commercially successful Velvets album (though not wildly successful). Anyone who likes "VU" should run, not walk, and buy "Loaded". It's not up to the company to sell records for others, but to actually deceive people (like they apparently have done to showard@udenva) is immoral. -- Joe Buck | Entropic Processing, Inc. UUCP: {ucbvax,ihnp4}!dual!epicen!jbuck | 10011 N. Foothill Blvd. ARPA: dual!epicen!jbuck@BERKELEY.ARPA | Cupertino, CA 95014