Another View [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Japanese limited edition reissue of 1986 compilation, packaged in a miniature LP sleeve.

Tracks:

We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together
I'm Gonna Move Right In
Hey Mr. Rain (Version I)
Ride Into The Sun
Coney Island Steeplechase
Guess I'm Falling In Love (Instrumental Version)
Hey Mr. Rain (Version II)
Ferryboat Bill
Rock And Roll

Customer Reviews:

Another View (that is, mine.).......2006-01-02

This was actually my second Velvet Album (I stood repeated listenings of the 'banana' album, and the stooges first, MC 5's Kick Out the Jams...) But, anyway. With limited exposure to this band I thoroughly ejoyed Another View! At the time, I just assumed Ride Into the Sun was meant to be that wistful instrumental! Ferryboat Bill is, in the context of the Velvets, a much weirder tune than The Gift. Rock and Roll does seem a much crisper version than on Loaded (which was frequently on the radio.) Maybe I have a preference for some of these simply through bias toward the way I discovered them. I would like to believe, because I play music, that there is true merit to these versions. And I actualy prefer version one of Mr Rain think of it as one of those murderous mid-Atlantic states Augusts. This is how you'd feel.)
I think if I were more commercially minded I'd dismiss this album.

yeah.......2005-11-08

I posted a review of this a few months after i first got it, with a more negative tone, after many many listens i have a new review.

although i still believe that this is the least essential of all of the studio stuff released by the VU i have come to really enjoy this album.

I am still not a fan of the version of were gonna have a real good time together (i like the lou reed street hassle version please)
but...

im gonna move right in, coney island, and hey mr rain are so fantastic...

ride into the sun may be the most beautiful set of chords i have ever heard....

lastly, i think that the instrumental version of guess im falling in love is so incredible. the lead guitar is maybe my favorite ever... i really wish they recorded a studio version of the song with vocals...

anyway, i would give this 3.5 stars. because it is not increadible as a whole, but the high points on this collection are among some of my favorites... the velvet underground remains my favorite band, so this was definately a worthy purchase, but you should exhaust the 4 studio albums and VU VU before this, in my opinion
love Jordan

Essential listening - from a fan's perspective at least.......2004-04-22

As a fan, I rate this higher than your average listener probably would. For me it's essential although VU, their other compilation of non-album tracks, is much more so. I can understand why someone might accuse the Velvet's instrumentation of being rudimentary or why they might dislike Lou Reed's occasionally (and gleefully) overextended voice. But the Velvet Underground is loved for being raw, unflinchingly real, positively fearless and sometimes even darkly humorous. Lou Reed wrote about whatever he wanted including the drug life and other subjects that guaranteed alienation from the mainstream of the 60s. Today, the world has finally caught up with them and they've even been inducted into the Rock n Roll hall of fame.

"We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together" - a perfect opener, this one is very upbeat and straight to the point. Spirited strumming, hand claps and "Na, na, nas" all add to the fun. *****

"I'm Gonna Move Right In" - a laid-back and groovy shuffle, this instrumental track showcases Sterling Morrison's ample improvisational skills. Someone pointed out to my initial surprise that VU were occasionally similar to their perceived musical opposites The Grateful Dead. I dare say it's true, the main justification for that comparison being Mr. Morrison's playing. *****

"Hey Mr. Rain (version 1)" - If New York City art-punks were prone to rain dancing during times of draught, this is what they might play: a strange loping tune with trippy viola from original Velvet John Cale. ***1/2

"Ride Into The Sun" - This track is simplicity itself and exquisitely pretty. Quite different from the song it would later become with vocals by Doug Yule who became Cale's replacement. The version with the Yule vocal appears on the PEEL SLOWLY AND SEE box set and is very good as well. At this stage, "Ride" is an instrumental sounding a bit like a variation of the classic "Sweet Jane" which shares some of the same chords. ****1/2

"Coney Island Steeple Chase" - a decent rocker, but far from their best. I have a strange suspicion that majorly altered states of some kind were involved in this recording due to the general lazy feeling about it. But for all I know "altered states" were an integral part of all their records . . . ***

"Guess I'm Falling In Love" - one of their hardest rockers. Too bad they never laid down the original vocals with this recording, but it's still great. ****1/2

"Hey Mr. Rain (version 2)" - similar to version one but better due to a quicker pace, more insistent vocals, additional guitar flourishes and a more intense stab at viola from Cale. ****

"Ferryboat Bill" - A thumping little keyboard driven oddity that churns along until it's repeatedly interrupted by a couple bars of doo-wop style "do-n-do-dos." As a curiosity I like it, but can't objectively rate it too high. **1/2

"Rock n Roll" - a worthy alternate version from the one that appeared on LOADED featuring a crystalline guitar despite the rather poor recording quality found on this song as well as most others on ANOTHER VIEW -- but the Velvets were avid experimenters and that often extended to the recording process itself. You gotta accept the occasional shortcomings in their quest for sonic genius which they accomplished more often than not. ****1/2

An aside: as an obsessive Velvethead, I like to mull over the "Great Lost Velvet Album" that might have been. The band has a great wealth of non-album tracks to choose from. I think my version of the ultimate "Lost Album" could have/would have been as good as any official album they released! Just for the fun of it, here it is:

Love's Labour's Lost VU

Side 1

We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together
Guess I'm Falling In Love (instrumental version)
I Can't Stand It (PEEL SLOWLY AND SEE remaster)
Lisa Says (PSAS remaster)
Sad Song
Foggy Notion (PSAS remaster)
Ride Into The Sun (PSAS version)

Side 2

One Of These Days (PSAS remaster)
Hey Mr. Rain (version 2)
Walk It, Talk It
She's My Best Friend
Satellite Of Love (PSAS version)
Stephanie Says (PSAS remaster)
Ocean (PSAS version)
I Love You

Even the leftover cuts (from the material I'm considering) would provide a rewarding and fun collection of B-tracks and alternate takes that would tickle any Velvethead pink:

Rock n Roll -> Ride Into The Sun

Side 1

Rock n Roll (ANOTHER VIEW version)
Hey Mr. Rain (version 1 - PSAS remaster)
I'm Gonna Move Right In
Temptation Inside Your Heart (PSAS remaster)
I'm Sticking With You (PSAS remaster)

Side 2

Ocean (VU version)
Oh Gin
Coney Island Steeple Chase
Ferryboat Bill
Andy's Chest (VU version)
Ride Into The Sun (ANOTHER VIEW version)

Forgettable.......2002-12-30

late era vault tapes from one of rock's most seminal bands. A few early outtakes have some Cale on them, but the songs are so lame, who cares? Annoying version one of "Hey Mr. Rain" ruins the marginally better version two, "Real Good Time Together" isn't any better here than it is on Reed's solo album, and you can do without the original "Rock and Roll" that's here too. "Ferryboat Bill" is of some amusement, but one nugget out of nine? If you have to have unreleased Velvets, "VU" is the album to buy, in fact its a must have. Novices, don't start here-fans, buy something influenced by the Velvets instead.

An underrated set of essential songs for VU fans.......2002-01-11

ANOTHER VIEW is the sequel to VU, the first set of previously unreleased songs by the influential New York group. While not as consistently strong as VU, some of the pieces here, like both versions of the vague, unsettling "Hey Mr. Rain" and the silly "Ferryboat Bill" are undeniably essential to a Velvet Underground fan's collection.

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Two Weeks in Another Town

Manufacturer: Film Score Monthly
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Album Description

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Another's Point of View
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Manufacturer: Amiata Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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I Hope (solo)
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Album Description

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Release Date: 2002-09-02

Tracks:

We're Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together
I'm Gonna Move Right In
Hey Mr. Rain [Version 1]
Ride into the Sun
Coney Island Steeplechase
Guess I'm Falling in Love [Instrumental Version]
Hey Mr. Rain [Version 2]
Ferryboat Bill
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Manufacturer: Joule
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Album Description

Personnel:
Andrew Cheshire - guitar
Rich Perry - tenor saxophone
Kurt Weiss - trumpet
Ron McClure - bass
Jeff Hirshfield - drums
Recorded May 6th, 1997 at Red Rock Studios, Saylorsburg PA
Engineer: George Graham
Cover Art: Andrew Cheshire
p) 1997 by Flibbert J. Goosty and George Graham

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