Stating she was under the impression they were recording a proper fourth album (although she confusingly claims that The Record Plant recordings were not Time Together” was meant to be the lead single, a tongue-in-cheek ode to mindless In interviews and personal correspondence,īandleader Lou Reed expressed that the 1969 Record Plant recordings were meantįor their fourth album-specifically noting that “We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Noted that the actual band members seem to have differing opinions on what the intent Were filed away in a vault, forgotten and never to be heard again in that Had dropped The Velvet Underground from their roster of artists and the mastertapes Had become a live-performing machine throughout 1969. Time Together” was recorded three days later and finally the somber “Lisa Says”įourteen new songs were recorded between May and October-most of which wereĮxcellent, studio captures of this incarnation of The Velvet Underground who
Live staple “We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Instrumental jam “I’m Gonna Move Right In” was tracked on September 27th. The band returned to the studio on SeptemberĢ3rd to cut the bar-room rollick “One of These Days” and the aimless Seems to have been lost, and unfortunately only exists as an acetate. Instrumental version exists, the multitracks containing the vocal overdubs Tracked, a song too later rerecorded but scrapped for Loaded and finally appearing Returned to The Record Plant on September 5th for more work on the project. The album in the can, The Velvets took the summer off to continue touring and “Andy’s Chest”, “Ocean”, “Rock and Roll” and “She’s My Best Friend”. Of seven of the nine songs tracked thus far and compiled an acetate thatĬontained, in order: “I’m Sticking With You”, “Foggy Notion”, “Ferryboat Bill”,
At this two-day session they also made mixes “Rock and Roll”, a song later re-recorded as the centerpiece for Loaded. The Velvets returned to the studio on June 19th & 20th to track anĪdditional three songs: the bizarre “Ferryboat Bill” another road-tested epic “Ocean”Īgain later rerecorded for both Loaded and Lou Reed and a rough performance of “She’s My Best Friend” was recorded, a song Reed would himself rerecord for hisĢ0th the band recorded another live staple that would be revisited for Lou Reed’sġ972 solo album Lou Reed, “I Can’t Stand It”. With You” which would be tried again but ultimately scrapped for the Loaded
Transformer album “Andy’s Chest”, as well as the charming Mo Tucker-sung “I’m Sticking The band returned to the studio on May 13thĪnd tracked a song Lou Reed himself would re-record for his seminal 1972 Most-well known originals of this batch, “Foggy Notion”. With The Velvet Underground tracking the jaunty “Coney Island Steeplechase”, as wellĪs a rocker heavily featured on their current tour and effectively becoming the Artists Rights Concert, Wiltern Theatre, L.A.Recording sessions, based at the Record Plant in New York, began on May 6th Petra Haden Benefit Concert, Knitting Factory LA (please note: this show was recorded on November 3rd, 2000 - not in March) San Diego CA (Opening for Neil Young) r/ Santa Barbara (Opening for Neil Young) r/ Artist Direct Studios