This is not The Velvet Underground & it's not a demo. This is from 1964/65 before The Velvets, when Lou Reed was a staff songwriter at Pickwick Records & several songs written & performed by him (with other musicians, not The Velvets) were released on budget compilations or singles: this, Cycle Annie, Sneaky Pete, I've Got A Tiger In My Tank, The Ostrich, etc.. For The Ostrich Pickwick wanted a real, live band to promote it, which is why & how Lou Reed met John Cale, & the rest is history....
This is NOT The Velvet Underground, it's one of those made up Pickwick session bands doing a Lou Reed song, with Lou on vocals. John Cale got involved for 'The Ostrich', yet another pre-velvets Lou number, and his interest was piqued when he found out that Lou had a guitar with all six strings tuned to 'E', and from there they began working together.
Where's does it come from? V.U? I don't think so. Lou Reed, yeah, but I'd say it's something out of a Pickwick records back when he was chain-writting for them.
Never it's a recording than can be attributted to the V.U.
The Roughnecks were one of several studio-only groups that released tracks to which Lou Reed contributed in the mid-'60s, when he was a staff songwriter and session musician at the budget/exploitation label Pickwick. Of the four Pickwick-era Reed-associated cuts that surfaced on the Velvet Underground rarities bootleg The Velvet Underground Etc., . ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
Here u go. Hardly a velvet tune...I''d say the CD notes are full of it...
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jmmcrock 1 month ago
great work, i mean blend of music and video (one of warhol's factory film footage). realy, realy nice!
dradic14 2 months ago
Velvet Underground or not, Reed's vocals are totally great, and the Roughnecks on this one are fitting in quite perfectly. Love it!
RICSIKE06091976 4 months ago
This is not The Velvet Underground & it's not a demo. This is from 1964/65 before The Velvets, when Lou Reed was a staff songwriter at Pickwick Records & several songs written & performed by him (with other musicians, not The Velvets) were released on budget compilations or singles: this, Cycle Annie, Sneaky Pete, I've Got A Tiger In My Tank, The Ostrich, etc.. For The Ostrich Pickwick wanted a real, live band to promote it, which is why & how Lou Reed met John Cale, & the rest is history....
kidcalabria 5 months ago 3
Does rock and roll get any better?
danielcm81 5 months ago in playlist danielcm81's Favorited Videos
What CD is this demo on and where can I find it? You can't match VU's early stuff.
NintendoSegaSonyGuy 7 months ago
This is NOT The Velvet Underground, it's one of those made up Pickwick session bands doing a Lou Reed song, with Lou on vocals. John Cale got involved for 'The Ostrich', yet another pre-velvets Lou number, and his interest was piqued when he found out that Lou had a guitar with all six strings tuned to 'E', and from there they began working together.
RAYEDEN 11 months ago
It's a light show!
dirtynuke 1 year ago
this couldnt be anymore "up"-fucking banging!
djboony 2 years ago
Where's does it come from? V.U? I don't think so. Lou Reed, yeah, but I'd say it's something out of a Pickwick records back when he was chain-writting for them.
Never it's a recording than can be attributted to the V.U.
nicorigo 2 years ago
@nicorigo - it comes from the VU cd "-etc" According to the liner note they recorded it before they had offically become the VU.
ElvinCole 2 years ago
That's the Roughnecks:
The Roughnecks were one of several studio-only groups that released tracks to which Lou Reed contributed in the mid-'60s, when he was a staff songwriter and session musician at the budget/exploitation label Pickwick. Of the four Pickwick-era Reed-associated cuts that surfaced on the Velvet Underground rarities bootleg The Velvet Underground Etc., . ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
Here u go. Hardly a velvet tune...I''d say the CD notes are full of it...
nicorigo 2 years ago
@nicorigo are there four? what else is there apart from this and the ostrich id love to hear them
"get down on your face!"
djboony 2 years ago