This is maybe the worst recorded of the four records and certainly the noisiest generally, so I was interested in what I might find here. V6-5046 - Verve, Stereo, 1968, blue & silver labels - I was lucky enough to find an original pressing this a couple of days ago, and I was fairly impressed with the sonics. I think it may be the closest to the sound of the master tape. If I just want to listen to these songs and not necessarily the "album as intended," I reach for this. I think the clarity here definitely bests the Sundazed (although the source is noisier) and there are some mix choices I like better. I haven't heard an original mono press of this LP, so it could be possible that the Sundazed mono doesn't wow me simply due to the age of the tape or myriad other reasons, but I am not as keen on this as I was when I first played it.ī0017649-01 - Polydor, 2012 - Scepter Studio Sessions - I realize this is cheating, but I consider this as an alternate version of the first album and pretty great-sounding, actually. As I stated above, I think I prefer the stereo mix, but this is a nice LP that I usually listen to when I reach for the Banana album (my stereo copy is signed and framed, so I don't dig it out often). The Sundazed had a little extra life and maybe a touch more clarity, but basically I was deflated by the comparison. I then compared it to a friend's copy of the mono mix on some budget LP, which came out in the last few years from a dubious source, and they sounded much the same. VU4003 - Sundazed, Mono, 2012- When I first heard this, I swore it was the best I had ever heard the VU&Nico album. I feel the individual instruments get equal space and treatment in the stereo mix, and, although conventional wisdom generally gives the mono mix the nod - this is my go-to version of the Banana album. The sound is warm and a bit cloudy, but the stereo separation is nice and it still has a bite where it needs to. Macfadden Books MB 60–142, USA, 192 pp.V6-5008 - Verve, Stereo, 1967, blue & silver labels - I have had this copy going on 20 years and I still find it to be my favorite version of the album. Morrison has reported the group liked the name, considering it evocative of "underground cinema," and fitting, due to Reed's already having written " Venus in Furs", inspired by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's book of the same name, dealing with sado-masochism. Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison's friend, filmmaker Tony Conrad, found a copy lying in the street. The New York band the Velvet Underground, founded in 1964, was named after the book. Article in this issue about the books and their writers/circumstances Band In 1968, Harry Roskolenko (1907-1980) brought out a sequel, The Velvet Underground Revisited, though it was attributed to Michael Leigh again (the actual Michael Leigh had died in 1965). The Velvet Underground was republished in 1967 in the United Kingdom under the title Bizarre Sex Underground. The book is ambiguous in tone, posing as an objective investigative report on a social phenomenon, while being, at the same time, full of subjective language reflecting the author's seeming moral bias against the practices and attitudes observed. A central passage in the book is a quote/paraphrase from a 1961 article in the French Esprit magazine, which calls this liberal attitude toward sex the sexual revolution, and attributes it to the general availability of contraceptives. The author's general aim is to establish that a shift in attitude toward sexuality is taking place in society that not only allows a large cross-section of the American population to partake in such non-standard sexual practices, but also allows them to believe that what they are doing is perfectly healthy and normal. This is complemented with quotes from various magazines. The book liberally treats us with quotations from this material. The author reports on the various ways in which such practices are solicited (newspaper advertisements, clubs, etcetera), and by following these leads, manages to get into touch with many of its participants, usually through written correspondence. Leigh investigates "aberrant" sexual behavior between consenting adults, that is, everything other than simple intercourse conducted in privacy by a heterosexual couple, e.g., husband and wife swapping, group sex, sex orgy parties, homosexual activities, sado-masochism. The Velvet Underground is a paperback by journalist Michael Leigh, published in September 1963, that reports on paraphilia in the USA.
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