The Velvet Underground: Searchin' For My Mainline (Various Sourced 3 CD Box set) FLAC

3-CD box set
Too Much/Just Right Productions for Diamonds In Your Ear
Germany, 1993

CD1:
1. Andy says/Venus In Furs/Heroin (4'46) - WNET TV, February 1966
2. Loop (excerpt) (1'08) - Aspen flexi-disc, 1966
3. Diaries, Notes & Sketches (3'53) - film soundtrack, 1966
4. A Symphony Of Sound (19'11) - film soundtrack, 1966
5. Heroin (5'16) - Poor Richard's, 6/23/66
6. Venus In Furs (3'27) - Poor Richard's, 6/23/66
7. Waiting For The Man (6'00) - La Cave, 10/2/68
8. White Light/White Heat (4'06) - Second Fret, 1/2/70
9. Foggy Notion (7'14) - Second Fret, 1/2/70
10. Beginning To See The Light (5'28) - Boston Tea Party, January 1969
11. Sister Ray (9'09) - Second Fret, 1/3/70
12. Heroin (6'27) - rehearsal, Paris 1/25/72

CD2:
1. All Tomorrow's Parties (2'49) - Verve single, mono edit, 1966
2. Countess From Hong Kong (3'20) - acetate demos, late 1969
3. Ride Into The Sun (3'45) - acetate demos, late 1969
4. Real Good Time Together (2'35) - acetate demos, late 1969
5. I Found A Reason (3'16) - acetate demos, late 1969
6. What Goes On (11'10) - Hilltop Festival, 8/2/69
7. Run Run Run (7'43) - Hilltop Festival, 8/2/69
8. Candy Says (3'57) - Boston Tea Party, 3/13/69
9. Oh Jim (1'16) - Woodrose Ballroom, 4/17/70
10. I Can't Stand It (5'56) - Boston Tea Party, January 1969
11. Sister Ray (20'59) - Boston Tea Party, January 1969
12. Interview (5'47) - Lou Reed, KVAN Portland, Oregon, 1969
13. Waiting For The Man (3'43) - Lou Reed/Patti Smith, 5/4/77

CD3:

1. Sweet Jane (7'56) - Second Fret, 1/2/70
2. Over You (3'09) - Second Fret, 1/2/70
3. Waiting For The Man (9'30) - Cale/Morrison, Arsenal show, TV3, Barcelona, 1984/86
4. Chelsea Girls (3'12) - Nico, BBC TV program, NYC, 1981
5. Heroin (8'17) - Lou Reed, Plaza Las Arenas, Barcelona, 6/19/80
6. Sister Ray/Leave Me Alone (17'14) - Lou Reed, Plaza Las Arenas, Barcelona, 6/19/80
7. Open House (4'29) - Reed/Cale, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 12/3/89
8. Pale Blue Eyes (4'11) - Tucker/Reed/Cale, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 12/3/89
9. Heroin (10'16) - Fondation Cartier, 6/15/90
10. Interviews (5'36) - Fondation Cartier, 6/15/90
11. Jesus (3'13) - Boston Tea Party, 3/15/69

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Extracted from original cds with audiograbber, converted to shn files with Shorten

The Velvet Underground, Vol. 2, © 1994 Fierce Pup Productions, courtesy of Sal Mercuri.

1 : WNET TV, February 1966 / 2 : Aspen flexi-disc, 1966 / 3, 4 : film soundtracks, 1966 / 5, 6 : Poor Richard's, 23/6/66
/ 7 : La Cave, 2/10/68 / 8, 9, 26, 27 : Second Fret, 2/1/70 / 10, 22, 23 : Boston Tea Party, January 1969 /
11 : Second Fret, 3/1/70 / 12 : rehearsal, Paris 25/1/72 / 13 : Verve single, 1966 / 14-17 : acetate demos, late 1969 /
18, 19 : Hilltop Festival, 2/8/69 / 20 : Boston Tea Party, 13/3/69 / 21 : Woodrose Ballroom, 17/4/70 /
24 : Lou Reed, KVAN Portland, Oregon, 1969 / 25 : Lou Reed/Patti Smith, 4/5/77 /
28 : Cale/Morrison, Arsenal show, TV3, Barcelona, 1984/86 / 29 : Nico, BBC TV program, NYC, 1981 /
30, 31 : Lou Reed, Plaza Las Arenas, Barcelona, 19/6/80 / 32 : Reed/Cale, BAM, 3/12/89 /
33 : Tucker/Reed/Cale, BAM, 3/12/89 / 34, 35 : Fondation Cartier, 15/6/90 /
36 : Boston Tea Party, 15/3/69.

12x12 inch boxed set, hand-numbered limited edition of 500 copies, 200 more reissued in 1996. Includes extensive liner notes by Dr. Rawk and Michelle Yow, and a sticker. 16 added tracks compared with LP version, unfortunately the sound is overall inferior compare with the vinyl set.

Fierce Pup VU fanzine says: "The legendary Searchin' for my Mainline was issued in a 3 disc box. The vinyl edition of this set, which features all live tracks from '66 to '86, has long been out of print. It was touted by many as the definitive VU boot. Its re-emergence on CD allows fans the opportunity to own some of the wildest, live VU ever recorded and a few oddities. While digital technology improves on the quality of the original vinyl, we're still dealing with some lo-fi sources here so don't expect miracles. The CDs' extented recording time permits the addition of many tracks not on the vinyl edition, although there is a glaring omission: Moe and Jonathan's I'm Sticking With You."

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