VU [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]

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A fantastic out takes collection.
The Fifth Essential Velvet Underground Album
(3.5 stars) The first six songs would've been welcome on any VU album
The best band of the '60s have an '80s production on this album.
This album has the two best Velvet Underground Songs on it

VU
The Velvet Underground
Manufacturer: Polydor / Umgd
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ASIN: B000008LZA
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

I Can't Stand It
Stephanie Says
She's My Best Friend
Lisa Says
Ocean
Foggy Notion
Temptation Inside Your Heart
One Of These Days
Andy's Chest
I'm Sticking With You

Customer Reviews:

A fantastic out takes collection........2007-05-23

In 1969, the Velvet Underground parted ways with Verve Records (which, along with its parent ocmpany MGM, had released their first three albums) and signed with Atlantic, recording and releasing 1970's Loaded. Before switcihng labels, however, the group had recorded several songs for what was to be their fourth Verve album. None of those songs followed the group to Atlantic, and for years they languished in MGM's vaults. Then, in the 80s, as the Velvets' posthumous legend grew and the group's albums began to be re-released on vinyl and CD, the folks over at MGM released 10 of those "lost tracks" as VU (others surfaced on Another View). The songs, recorded between 1968 and 1969, are in a similar vein to the band's gentle, melodic third album. With the exception of "Stephanie Says" and "Temptation Inside Your Heart" (which feature our old friend John Cale), these songs were recorded with multi-instrumentalist Doug Yule, as well as de-facto leader Lou Reed, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Maureen Tucker.

But enough about that. You're probably here because you wanna know if it's a good album. It is- as a matter of fact, it's fantastic, easily as good as any of their "official" releases. For one thing, the disc shows Reed's growth as a lyricist: "Lisa Says" is one of his most heartrendingly beautiful compositions (and he's written a lot of beautiful songs), full of quiet yearning and subdued passion. "Stephanie Says" and "She's My Best Friend" are similar, although slightly more dreamy and surreal. All three songs are also musically superb, full of lilting melodies and twisting guitar lines. The jolting "I Can't Stand It" is one of the group's finest rockers, and "Ocean" is one of their dreamiest, most ethereal explorations. "Andy's Chest" and "I'm Sticking With You" are lightweight (almost childish) but undeniably fun, with gently playful melodies and lyrics. "Temptation Inside Your Heart" is a bouncy rocker with some great vocal asides from Reed, and "One of these Days" is a pleasently weird electric-country vamp. Best of all is "Foggy Notion," which is simply one of the greatest rock and roll songs of all time: It's a rollicking, raving fist-pumper with some wonderfully weightless guitars, a storming pulse of rhythm, and some of the greatest sleazily exuberant sing-along lyrics ever. Dancde to it or die.

If you've never listened to the Velvets before, you may want to start elsewhere, but if you're a fan of the group, this is an invaluable aritfact of the later period Velvet Underground that is worth every penny. Happy listening!

The Fifth Essential Velvet Underground Album.......2007-02-07

This collection captures the Velvet Underground halfway between their amazing third album (self-titled) and their more commercial-sounding final album (Loaded). Actually, there are two songs here--"Stephanie Says" and "Temptation Inside Your Heart"--that were recorded in February 1968, when John Cale was still in the band, though the others all date from May through October 1969. It is freely admitted in the liner notes that this is not the "Great Lost Velvet Underground Album." However, the songs do flow together nicely, and most of them are very good.

At least three tracks are instant classics: "I Can't Stand It," "Foggy Notion," and "Stephanie Says." A couple others--"Lisa Says" and "Ocean"--are almost as good. Only one song here, "One of These Days," sounds like it would've been a good fit for "Loaded," as it has that country-blues feel that the band was getting into at the time. There are two songs in this collection that were not included in the "Peel Slowly and See" box set, and I have to admit that they picked the best two to omit: "Andy's Chest" works much better on Reed's campy "Transformer" album, and "She's My Best Friend" is sort of a throwaway.

Still, this is a fairly solid release. At one time I owned the second album of Velvet Underground outtakes, "Another View," and I was so unimpressed that I sold it back. But this one definitely belongs in your collection if you already own the four official studio albums that were released during the band's lifetime.

(3.5 stars) The first six songs would've been welcome on any VU album.......2006-12-18

The last four, not so much. It's too bad that the Velvets were dropped from their label while working on their aborted fourth album, since half of this (which collects that material) and half of Loaded could've easily been VU's best effort. Take rockers I Can't Stand It and Foggy Notion (with great guitar from Sterling Morrison, an underrated guitarist), add a couple of lovely ballads (Lisa Says; She's My Best Friend; Stephanie Says; the Ocean), and you've got pure gold, right? Side two isn't as good: Andy's Chest is goofy, but better heard on Lou Reed's Transformer album; I'm Sticking with You is a half-serious sendup that veers dangerously close to self-parody; Temptation Inside Your Heart is weak; One of These Days is too. But the best songs on this disc make it a near must-have.

The best band of the '60s have an '80s production on this album........2006-08-15

I bought this album on cassette a week or so ago. This is what I think about it right now (opinions subject to change, of course):

1. I Can't Stand It: Over-rated song.
2. Stephanie Says: All right, but not fantastic.
3. She's My Best Friend: Not interesting.
4. Lisa Says: There's a better version of this song (same music but with totally different verses of lyrics, and an excellent 'song-within-a-song' that sounds musically based upon "That's The Story Of My Life" from the band's awesome self-titled third album) on the first volume of the band's two-volume "1969 Live". This version is quite poor to my ears.

[By the way, why does Lou Reed make so many songs about girls? Especially on this album, the first four tracks are like girls-only. Rather alienating, I gotta say, as a male fan of the band who listens to them partly for their abilities to salve certain sores caused by WOMEN.]

5. Ocean: This is pretty good, but I recall hearing a much better version somewhere else. On the second, rarities disc of the 2-CD"ReLOADED", I think.

And that concludes Side A on my cassette tape.

Side B, on the other hand, has ALL GOOD SONGS: "Foggy Notion", "Temptation Inside Your Heart", "One of These Days", "Andy's Chest" and "I'm Sticking With You". I like/love 'em all.

There's a bit of silliness here and there, especially on the absurdist "Andy's Chest" track which doesn't seem to mention anything about Andy Warhol in its lyrics.

So that's it. Except two more unrelated things:

(1) I'm a Velvet Underground fan. I love their second and third albums, and find spots of greatness on both their first album (w/ Nico) and their fourth & last album "Loaded". I also bought the first volume of "1969 Live" recently and it has some GREAT stuff on that one.

(2)(a) A big problem I have with this "VU" album/compilation is its production. I am not familiar with Bill Levenson's production work (he's the guy who took the original masters from '68 and '69 and oversaw new production/mixing of them in 1984) but I DO know that his engineer/mixer Michael Barbiero has an AWFUL '80s-cock-rock-like sound that he puts onto things. (Think "Higher Ground" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which he may have engineered for all I know; I know he has worked with that band in the past.)

(2)(b) Even Michael Barbiero can't ruin the appeal of these songs, of course, (and it's more of a problem, I think, on the first 4 songs than on the rest of the album) but I just wanna warn fans who are, as I am, fans of the band's rawer, more modest and honest self-productions that this album is DIFFERENT from albums like "White Light/White Light" and "The Velvet Underground" in terms of sound/production.

This album has the two best Velvet Underground Songs on it.......2006-07-29

"A Foggy Notion" and "I Can't Stand It" are two of the best Velvet Underground songs ever. These songs are nothing less than savage. I have blown car speakers playing these songs over and over. "I Can't Stand It" always reminds me of what an airplane crash might sound like, and if you are a Velvet Underground fan you should hear these songs. They are also on the "Gold" collection and on the box set. The rest of the album is okay but not essential if you are not familiar with the rest of the VU previous albums. It is criminal that these songs were not released when they were recorded. Great great stuff.

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Fogerty
Zanz Still Can't Dance
Where is that John Fogerty Sound?
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Deja Vu All Over Again
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Radar
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Nobody's Here Anymore
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Wicked Old Witch
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Customer Reviews:

Fogerty.......2007-06-10

Great value. If you are into the 60s' and 70s' you will love this one.

Zanz Still Can't Dance.......2006-11-25

Everyone's missed the point: John is mining the various genres of songcraft. Deja Vu is exactly what it is intended to be: It's yet another song about another war...ho hum. There's always another war. The bass lines are too close to Who Will Stop the Rain for pure happenstance. Fogerty knows what he is creating. Check the cover photo. Now...Sugar Sugar, the number two song, just happens to be the title of the song that kept his greatest song, Green River, from the number one spot. That's why it is number two on this album. John never forgets! And Zantz still can't dance! There is a punk rock song, She's Got Baggage. This isn't by chance. John's too smart for that. Listen to the disco strings of Radar. Nobody's Here Anymore is Dire Staits because it's supposed to be Dire Straits. It's all part of the concept, just like Down on the Corner was part of Willy and the Poorboys concept. Rhubarb Pie is as pessimistic as anything John has ever written. Wicked Old Witch is Creedence for those who need more of that stuff. In the Garden is Jimi! It's also a commentary on all that 60's euphoria. In the garden, indeed! Fogerty has given us a concept album that summarizes the last 30 years. Take it or leave it. He has been doing this all along. God bless him.

Where is that John Fogerty Sound?.......2006-09-30

John Fogerty trys to sound like everybody else on this album with mixed results. Only when he falls back upon the sound we love for then does he shine.

Here is a breakdown of my thoughts on the songs:

1) Deja Vu - a courageous & brilliant song about the war in Iraq. he took a lot of flack for writing this, but when John speaks out that is when he shines. I love this song.

2) Sugar Sugar - this is a wonderful, catchy tune and much better than Joy of My Life.

3) She's Got Baggage - never liked this song. It is not John. He is trying to sound like the Ramones and the result is one the worst songs he has done.

4) Radar - this is a better song. I give though only 7/10. A decent rocker, but he can do much better.

5) Honey Do - an offbeat song about marriage. It again copies another style. This time Carl Perkins. It is ok, but not great either.

6) Nobody's Here Anymore - Fogerty trys to do Dire Straits here. It is a pretty good song, but the lyrics are weak. Since when is talking on a cell phone or listening to headphones going to another dimension. Fogerty is reaching here to make a social commentary song, but just comes off sounding old.

7) I Will Walk With You - a nice song for his daughter, but too country for me.

8) Rhubard Pie - this bluesy song grows on you. I like it.

9) Wicked Old Witch - this is like an old CCR tune. One of the best songs on the cd, but too short, less than 3 minutes.

10) In the Garden - Don't like this. It sounds so dated. Fogerty is doing a cross between Cream & Hendrix. Also the drumming is way too loud.

John Fogerty took 2 and half years to write this and to me it seems like a concept album where he is going back and doing some CCR, but mostly other artists sound. I never play this album anymore. I listened to it many times, hoping it would grow on me, but it didn't.

It has its moments, but it not a good album. I also got the bootleg of Hoodoo at the same time and found that album, despite its poor sound, a much better album and that was scraped.

John needs to do what he does best - swamp rock. I hope next time he does that again.

Other stuff to check out.......2006-06-21

I am a huge fan of John Fogerty's solo music and his music with CCR. If you enjoy his roots-rock style then I strongly recommend that you check out the following:
1) 24 Hours A Day by The Bottle Rockets
2) Chooglin': A Tribute To The Songs Of John Fogerty
3) Banjos and Sunshine by Sixty Acres
4) Trace by Son Volt

Should be 6 stars..........2006-05-13

This is a great album from beginning to end. I love all kinds of music, from Hard Death Metal to Classical. This album is just happy, you cant help but sing along and smile! Songs like Sugar Sugar and Rhubarb Pie inject themselves into your soul with delight! He even rocks out with She Got Baggage, what a catchy, modern tune! Buy this CD, and let your lips rise in a juicy smile.

P.S. His previous album, Blue Moon Swamp might even be better!

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A Grand Lady, A Grand Collection

Legend: Régine Crespin [CD & DVD]

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Customer Reviews:

A Grand Lady, A Grand Collection.......2005-09-28

Few who have had the privilege of seeing and hearing Régine Crespin in person will be able to pass this fine album by. A beautiful voice, a beautiful presence, an intelligent and sensitive mind all informed her singing whether on the grand stages of opera or in recitals. Who could ever forget her inimitable Berlioz' 'Les Nuits d'été or Ravel's 'Shéhérazade'? Indeed, Crespin is a legend.

In this very fine album we hear a stunning 'Wesendonck Lieder' of Wagner with Georges Prêtre conducting the Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française. While some singers find these songs matronly Crespin infuses the poems with frail and tender love. Staying with Wagner (she was after all a reigning Sieglinde in her day) she offers arias from 'Lohengrin', 'Die Walküre', 'Parsifal', and 'Tannhäuser' (with Otto Ackermann
conducting the Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris)
demonstrating that this very French singer could produce a huge sound that easily sails over Wagner's orchestration. Finally she is heard in Berlioz' 'Les Troyens' and 'La Damnation de Faust' (again with Otto Ackermann). There is not a weak moment in these selections.

Included with this CD is a well-produced DVD of Crespin singing French art songs, showing the poise and involvement she brought to every performance. This is a treasureable package and certainly commands the respect of the title 'Legend. It is brilliant! Highly recommended. Grady Harp, September 05

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100 Golden Oldies of the 50s, 60s & 70s
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Feel Like Shit Deja Vu Controlled by Hatred

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The Master of No Mercy
Better than HOW WILL I LAUGH...
A good album, but a letdown from How Will I Laugh
Ear to ear grin
It deserves 3.5 stars.

Feel Like Shit Deja Vu Controlled by Hatred
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Customer Reviews:

The Master of No Mercy.......2004-06-12

This, from what I hear, is one of Suicidal's best-selling records, probably as much because of the name as the music. This is the first record with Robert Trujillo on bass, although for whatever reason, he is credited as "Stymee". These days he makes a more than a comfortable living as the latest Cliff Burton stand-in in Metallica. The downside to this album is that the production is kinda flat. The upside is that there are several excellent songs on here. However, its should be noted, and I don't see it in any of the other reviews, that half of this CD is actually cover songs, plus two more are different versions of the same song from Suicidal's previous album.

Somewhat different versions of "Controlled By Hatred", "Master Of No Mercy", "Waking the Dead", and "Choosing My Own Way Of Life" originally appeared "Widespread Bloodshed/Love Runs Red" by the band No Mercy in 1987 (NOT the mid-'90's hip-hop group). No Mercy was Mike Clark's first band, and Mike Muir replaced No Mercy's original singer sometime in the mid-'80's, before the album was recorded. This record is way out of print (a rumored re-issue has yet to appear) and its definitely worth the hunt to pick it up if you are a hardcore Suicidal fan, although it will cost you big bucks. A couple songs intended for a second No Mercy LP ended up on "How Will I Laugh Tomorrow" (including the title track). No Mercy sounds much more like the late '80's/early '90's Suicidal than, say, the band that recorded "Join The Army". I think that "Controlled By Hatred" was one of the best songs that Suicidal ever recorded. "Waking The Dead" is also great. The other 2 songs are good, but don't match the previous two. Anyway, another cover on here is "Its Not Easy", originally recorded by the Mike Muir-side project Los Cycos in 1985 for the "Welcome To Venice" comp., a record than will cost you more that No Mercy's, especially since the master tapes were destroyed in a fire, making a re-release almost impossible. "Its Not Easy" is all right. Its one those "Underneath my crazy exterior, I'm hurting" songs Mike Muir seemed to pull out at least twice per album. Then you've got two versions of "How Can I Laugh Tomorrow..." The first is the video edit. Completely useless, who needs the edited version of a song? The "heavy emotion version" on the other hand, is absolutely fantastic. Then you've got two more songs (original to this disc as far as I know), the excellent "Just Another Love Song" and the not-quite-as-good-but-still-pretty-good "Feel Like S***, Deja-Vu".

A couple of people have made mention of "gangsta" image of this album, but that was something Suicidal had from the beginning, although it was mixed with a skater thing. Anyway, who cares about their image? Its not like they were singing about their ho's and bling-bling. Besides, if you are a Suicidal fan you should already own this, and if you don't like them then I doubt this CD will change your mind.

Better than HOW WILL I LAUGH..........2004-06-01

With this being said I will you a reason for my bias; pure angry thrash[metal]. Well... except for the two alternate versions of "How Will I Laugh..." WAKING THE DEAD is perfect for a slow-mosh, the lyrics for MASTER OF NO MERCY are hilarious and JUST ANOTHER LOVE SONG makes the circle pit explode with drunk idiot punks and locs alike. The energy is much more present here than the previous album discussed above and contains less mindless tracks that plagued that record making it way too hokey. Here, Suicidal are much more primal and evcn more metal than that release. The two HOW WILL I LAUGH reprises are almost worth a rats (...)(check out the 'heavy emotion version,' which is the best of all three!) SUICIDAL 4 LIFE!!!

A good album, but a letdown from How Will I Laugh.......2004-04-07

Considering that of the 9 songs on this album, two are just remixes of the track "How will I Laugh" there really isn't enough new material here. The material that is there is good though, with a thrashy sound, a bit less melodic than How Will I Laugh but nicely mettalic. My theory on this album though is that this is mostly material that didn't make it onto the How Will I Laugh album or wasn't finished so they released it a year later. Not bad, but not so memorable.
Buy it if your a big S.T. fan, if not stick with the previous releases.

Ear to ear grin.......2003-11-15

This album is one of the finest that ST did. I used to listen to this album a lot between the ages of 15 - 17 (probably because it suited the age). A lot of time - years - passed by before I was floored by this group's music. Yes, floored is the word.

My love for thrash and speed metal is one that also disappeared for quite some time, and then all of the sudden years later I became to appreciate the genre extremely. Like a woman you haven t seen for some time, and then you re unite after some time. Sounds kind of mushy don't it ? : )

Actually I had the luck of seeing this band live on a tour they did in 1991 w Queensryche (which is also a good band).

Although this band is criticised for living a `thug life', I tend to ignore or not pay attention to that. It really gets in the way of my enjoying or liking their music.

Their music has energy and aggression and that s what I look for when Im listening to it. The guitars sound incredible on here. Rocky George sounds without words, as some of the best guitar solos I ve heard. Probably because there is a edited version of the video to How will i laugh. That song rocks and the solos are super. The other songs too, `Waking the dead', Master of no mercy, and Controlled by hatred. It deserves 5 stars. I dont see why 4.

Peace.

It deserves 3.5 stars........2003-07-16

To be honest I think the music and the lyrics are great. What bothers me is the production. I don't mind if any album is not as polished as "The Black Album", but there is something wrong here. You can hear the instruments perfectly; the drums, guitars, and bass can be heard very clearly. But you can barely hear Mike Muir's voice. All of the instruments are louder than the singing. I'm a big ST/IG fan, and what surprises me the most is that the albums they released before this had better production than this album and they wern't really polished. For examaple, the albums before this had the same production as Megadeth's "So Far, So Good.....So What", which is pretty good.

Now to the music. This album is a good example of ST's Thrash/Speed Metal era. If you like 80s Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, Testament, and COC then you will definatly like this. This is not a harcore punk CD like thier self-titled debut, which was great. They also avoided the Skater Thrash sound that they made on their second album "Join The Army", which was also good. Like I said if you liked the aformentioned bands then you will like this. If you're lookin for Nu Metal junk, then look somewhere else or turn on Mtv.

My advice to you is don't get this album unless if you heard their other albums first. I like this album, but I don't think anyone should get this if its the best ST albums for beginners. I would reccomened getting "Join The Army", "How Will I Laugh Tommorrow", or "lights....Camera..Revolution" first. If you liked then you should deffinetly get this.

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Our House
4 + 20
Country Girl: Whiskey Boot Hill/Down, Down, Down/"Country Girl" (I ...)
Everybody I Love You

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perfecto mundo!.......2005-07-04

Deja vu is the quintessential album of the 1960's counterculture. No less than 7 cuts from the disc, 'Carry On', 'Teach Your Children', 'Almost Cut My Hair', 'Woodstock', 'Our House', 'Deja vu', and 'Everybody I Love You' can be considered poster children for all the New Left stood for and aspired to in the late 1960's and early 1970's. It is a remarkable disc, equaled only by the debut Crosby, Stills and Nash LP in its social relevance, and in pioneering and defining the folk-rock genre.
Each of the four artists in this, the quintessential rock 'supergroup', contributes two of the most essential compositions in their careers. The album was particularly noteworthy for the writings of David Crosby ('Almost Cut My Hair' and 'Deja vu') and Graham Nash ('Teach Your Children' and 'Our House'), and the stunning background vocal contributions they provide on the Stills and Young compositions, excepting the solo acoustic '4 + 20'.

Stills, who played most of the instruments on the debut CSN LP, backs off a bit to leave room for Dallas Taylor on drums and Greg Reeves on bass. Jerry Garcia and John Sebastian are also credited with instrumental contributions. In addition to the stark '4 + 20', Stills reaches back into his past, culling lyrics from his Buffalo Springfield classic, 'Questions', to serve as a coda on the opener, 'Carry On', and springs forward into his future to graft lyrics that would open 'Know You Got To Run' from his second solo LP into 'Everybody I Love You'. Neil is given a rare co-songwriting credit on 'Everybody...' with Stills (can you name another?). In spite of their long association, they weren't exactly Lennon and McCartney!

Despite all the aforementioned blockbuster songs, CS&N were apparently insecure in releasing the disc without adding Y. Neil offers the classic composition 'Helpless' and the underplayed medley 'Country Girl', which stands high among Young's finest works. Top off the collection with the hyper, grinding, high-flying rendition of the Joni Mitchell anthem, 'Woodstock', and you have one of the finest rock albums ever produced.

The album is a near perfect mix in terms of musical styles and subject matter. Though thought of today as somewhat stereotypical in personifying the 'hippie mystique', the album 'Deja vu' is representative of the ideals youth held, or at least liked to think they held, in the midst of the various social revolutions going on around them. It is nothing short of essential to any comprehensive collection of modern rock music, and to an understanding of the era and a generation.