Jonathan Richman & Moe Tucker - I'm sticking with you

recorded Feb.24, 1974 at Music Designers, Boston
Maureen Tucker - Vocals
Jonathan Richman - Vocals
Willie Alexander - Keyboards, Cameo Vocal, Backing Vocal
George Nardo - Guitar
Walter Powers - Bass
Jim Wilkins - Drums
Copryght (C)1980, 1985, 2011 Varulven Records, All rights reserved. Used by Permission from http://www.varulven.com
http://imstickingwithyou.blogspot.com/
HISTORICAL NOTES (re-typed 4-24-11, Happy Easter!, as Patti Smith would say!!)
On February 23, 1973 there was a "Winter Ball" at the Cyclorama building in Boston, a room above a recording studio where Var Records and producer Jimmy Miller would record some music, including Nils Lofgren's work on the Buddy Guy sessions on February 19, 1987

The Modern Lovers with Jonathan Richman performed on a bill with George Thorogood and the Deleware Destroyers. Maureen Tucker was advertised as a guest star but never played. As Maureen told me years later she was in the back of the room...and this writer was also there - perched with a tape recorder in hand...we figure we must've been sitting next to each other or in close proximity to each other. We "met" officially on the telephone in 1980 to talk about the release of the "I'm Sticking With You" 45 RPM and met in person, May 11, 1985 at the very recording studio which used to be under the Cyclorama building.

On Februyary 24, 1973 - the day after the Modern Lovers/George Thorogood gig, Maureen Tucker, Jonathan Richman, Walter Powers, Willie "Loco" Alexander, George Nardo and an ex-Sidewinders - Jim Wilkins - went into Music Designers, a studio in Boston, and recorded this wonderful piece of music written by Lou Reed which would show up...eventually...on the V.U. album in 1985. I immediately put the 1980 45 release on a 12" with a rare version of Will You Love Me Tomorrow that Moe had originally given me for the initial 45 (she withdrew it and put a version on her debut 45 on her own label...with the tambourine)...so I issued the "Sticking With You" / "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (sans tambourine version! A different mix) on a 12" with three mixes of my version of "Foggy Notion" from my 1978 album...re-mixed especially for this release! I utilized the double-entendre "Another View" (or another V.U.) and released the disc in 1985.*

But back to our story and the original liner notes:

Bruce "Bad" Froemke, a bass guitarist who issued a 45 RPM on my label - "Long Hot Shot" b/w "Jealous"...Bruce was also in the Count band when we performed at The Paradise Theater on June 29, 1978 and December 2, 1978...the Boston Rock Revue. Bruce informed me of the existence of this tune! Our mutual friend, Willie Alexander had a copy at his mom's house on Cape Cod. Permission was granted by Willie, Jonathan Richman and Maureen Tucker, so my coin collection was sold to finance the first edition, scheduled to be "I'm Sticking With You" / "Will You Love Me Tomorrow."

As we were about to go to press Maureen phoned and asked me if was ok for her to release "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?" on her own label, Trash Records, backed by her rendition of "Around & Around". What could I say? The version Maureen released was a new mix with a tambourine overdub...different from the Varulven Records version.

We thought of releasing "Foggy Notion" from The Paradise Theater videotaping (third version on the Another View 12") but opted instead for Lady Carolyn's "Of Yesterday". It was my gift to Carolyn for her faithfulness to many of my bands.

Imagine if Walter Powers, Willie Alexander, Moe Tucker and Doug Yule all appeared on the Velvet's SQUEEZE lp. on U.K. Polydor. You don't have to imagine now. When Willie and Walter returned from the Velvet Underground tour of Europe, they went into the Orson Welles studio (under the Orson Welles theater between Harvard Square and Central Square in Cambridge) and they recorded "'cause I'm Taking You To Bed" and "Modern Lovers", two Willie "Loco" Alexander songs that I released on my label. As I'm working on a Rock & Roll Animal Documentary DVD this information will be filtered in there as well as in the forthcoming book.

End of Part 1.

Part II of the liner notes on the back of Another View, written by Joe Viglione, concern the song
FOGGY NOTION.

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Revised Liners (C)2011 Joe Viglione}

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This material will be included in the book

ROCK & ROLL ANIMAL:
LOU REED'S Magical 1973 Tour
by Joe Viglione
As stated under Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment,news, reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research

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[COGENTCOG]

Soon to be available as part of a retrospective record on Varulven records, thanks to Joe Viglione.

[embryos]

I never knew this exsisted, this is great. Has it ever been released?

[COGENTCOG]

this is from a single released on Varulven rec.(Boston) in early eighties

[NoamChomskyMvp]

thanks for posting this gold nugget!~

[ianscraig]

Knew it existed. Never heard it. Thanks for posting this piece of the jigsaw.

[DJkevvykev]

@CHYNAisthebest

umm... the "other people" are the Velvet Undergound with Moe Tucker singing & drumming

[sekhmetraptah]

love lou's neo dada ditty sung by mo & jonathon

[ViglioneJoe]

@ianscraig Yes, it is on my record label. I didn't know someone put this on the web without permission. Joe Viglione, Varulven Records

[cubbies4e]

holy shit this is amazing. Had no idea this existed. Love Jonathan Richman and Moe Tucker.

[megafaded69]

@rhinobucketkixass Haha, technically, it's Moe adding to Lou's song. Lou wrote this and after hours actually. This is a cool version, but Lou is pretty much the one who gave Moe the push.

[kztxrcvbnm]

it`s great but the vu version is so, eh, lame in its own way i must prefer it after all : ))

[PliSsK]

Great version :-D

[johnnylongback]

@NoamChomskyMvp a gem i DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS EXISTED, WHAT OTHER TREASURES WILL I FIND

[rhinobucketkixass]

Richman adds to it. better than Lou