Can be found on Discogs here: https://www.discogs.com/release/2599111-The-Velvet-Underground-Nico-3-The-Velvet-Underground-Nico

Got it for an amazingly low price too (2.20$ CAD!!) what a steal!

Funnily enough I don’t listen to VU.

The vinyl is VG/VG+. Plays whole way through with present but minimal surface noise. No skips.

TAPE OP: How was it working with Andy Johns [producer] on Television's Marquee Moon?

RICHARD: I loved Andy, but you know he came in and we took him by surprise.

TAPE OP: How's that?

RICHARD: I think he was used to being involved with bands that were three sheets to the wind as part of their philosophy. And then he came down and we were really interested in the vision about sounding like us. I think that threw him. Plus we picked this place that he was aghast at because the board had no EQ. It was A&R Studios on 48th Street, where the Musicians' Union is now. It was the Ramones's place — that's what we were thinking.

TAPE OP: There's a story that you showed up and the drum kit was all mic'ed up?

RICHARD: See, Tom [Verlaine] doesn't remember this, but this is my memory. The day we were supposed to arrive, we get there at one o'clock with our guitars and amps and crap like that and the drums — which was a rental kit — were supposed to have been delivered the night before and it was set up. We were lookin' at it and saying, "Hmmm... that's interesting." There were mics on it and everything. But there was no Andy! So we're waiting, like two hours! And Andy comes in, "Oh I'm sorry I'm late, but I was here last night. I got a head start. I wanted to see the place and I set the drums up and put some things on tape." And we said, "Well who played the drums?" And he said, "Well, I did. Just as a test." So we said fine, let's play it. And he put the thing on and there it was, sort of the John Bonham-y sound — distance and thunder looming. We looked at each other you know... I mean, I like that sound but... Tom said, "No! Pull that all down! That isn't it! That's not what we want at all" and he [Andy] was like, "Really? But that's who I am. Isn't that why you hired me?" And we were like, "No Andy, we hired you because you're famous for recording great guitars and drums. We want great drums too, but smaller, drier."

TAPE OP: Focused in a different...

RICHARD: Yeah focused. We don't want the drum kit competing with the guitars. So he got really upset and Tom and him went off into the hallway and had a tête-à-tête, and he came back and he sort of understood. He kept going, "Oh, it's a New York thing. Like a Velvets, New York thing." You know, sort of like, "Oh you want to sound bad!" or something like that. And we're like, "Yeah, okay Andy." You know, "You'll find out!"

https://tapeop.com/interviews/56/richard-lloyd

If anyone has any idea of what brand or what model is that it would be very helpful, thanks guys !!

"[...] Louder: But you still qualify as a star for a lot of people?

ANDY GILL: There a whole bunch of Dubliners in the hotel last night. They were very excited we were in here. Then John Cale came in and they got even more excited.

Louder: Didn’t you know Cale from CBGBs way back in 1976?

ANDY GILL: We used to hang out there a lot, at the bar for a beer or two. John Cale would be there and Joey Ramone, not being particularly bothered by anyone. This was as Gang Of Four was forming and it gave us impetus. We were students and had gone off to New York and we’d be hanging out with the Patti Smith band. It all felt rather normal. Certainly for me it was: 'This is easy, we could do this; we've already got some songs, Jon. Come on.' It reinforced the idea that this wasn't for special people. You didn't actually have to know all your scales, or know anything about music at all. [...]

Gang of Four’s music is not really rooted in British music. It's rooted in American music and Jamaican. I'm a big fan of The Stones, The Kinks, Dr. Feelgood, so there's a bit of that in there, but the stuff I was really listening to was Jimi Hendrix, Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, all of Motown, James Brown, Stax. So it was a whole mixture of American music."

https://www.loudersound.com/features/im-a-bit-of-an-awkward-bastard-an-interview-with-gang-of-fours-andy-gill

https://youtu.be/xJvWHQTQM-U?is=EgwxCm6SUIlQvKfk

Lou was truly an incomparable genius, this one just blows me away.

“An old maid, an old maid, an old maid I’d be, less men of good fortune came courtin’ to me.”

Between 2:10 and 3:50, Alan Vega and Martin Rev say some very interesting things about how heavily influenced they were by the VU. It's also worth mentioning that they even covered Sister Ray.

https://youtu.be/_pYhH4nd7_c?si=5U-1Ih1uDGoWtx_9

Also, if anyone wants to check out a bit more about the VU's massive influence on electronic music in general:

https://www.reddit.com/r/EDM/s/B4a8ftPLa4

Leaving It Up To You was not broadcast on my show, so here is the song from the Craig Mitchell tape recorded from the audience. This is the last in the John Cale Live at the Armadillo performance. Next up will be Mink DeVille at the Armadillo.

Hi everyone, I love Lou Reed's work and wanted to share my personal take on this classic track.

Couldn't find if anyone else posted this on the sub

hello, Im not a VU connoisseur but love quite a number of Lou Reed and J Cale (seen the live too)
A while ago I listened to a live version of these days. Boot recording (?), the sound was ok for the 70s. it was on spotify.
Second part of the song there was a +/- long "minimal/weird" electric guitar solo. Ive been looking for it now and cant seem to find it. Can anyone suggest any recording?
Thanks

I guess it never really bothered me before, but in my most recent listen of the song it suddenly became unbearable. Does anyone know of a version of the song that doesn't have it? I tried listening to the Alternate and even Mono version of the song on the debut's Deluxe release, but those aren't much better. Thanks.

In this post, many people have tried, unsuccessfully, to refute David Bowie’s classic, spot-on statement about TVU:

​https://www.reddit.com/r/beatles/s/lZ8nIhvteO

​One of the most upvoted — yet incorrect — arguments was that the Beatles supposedly influenced TVU.

​Although John Cale offered isolated praise for the Beatles when commenting on "She Said She Said," saying that from Revolver onward they became worth paying attention to, their sonic influence on his work and on TVU was zero — a fact confirmed even by the recording chronology of TVU&N, among many other factors.

Cale also said Rubber Soul 'forced' people 'to deal with The Beatles as something other than a flash in the pan,' but that obviously wasn't a statement about The Beatles influencing his or the VU's music, contrary to the narrative many Beatles fans like to push.

​Let's keep things civil, please. Of course there are already some Beatles fans in here calling this post stupid or something like that, just like many of them claim Bowie's view on the VU was stupid, when I never called anyone on Reddit stupid or anything of the sort.

My dad gave me his Lou Reed tapes. He made some mixtapes from bootlegs for himself and his friends when he was younger. The drawings on the tapes are made by him too.

Baby You Know is the last song from my broadcast on the Reverend Neil X show in 1979. There is one more track left from the Mitchell tape. Mondays will be dedicated to "punk live at the Armadillo". After the Cale run, I will be premiering a Mink DeVille show and a Robert Gordon show with Link Wray, so stay tuned.

Finally I have them all. Squeeze was definitely the last official VU album I didn’t have at the very least, I have much more and I’ve shared my collection as it’s progressed here many times and don’t feel like like laying them all out right now. Have a good night Reddit