Apologies if this has already been mentioned.Monstrously good soundboard recording of V U 1967 vintage available online as of friday 22nd of Febuary. It can be found at Dimeadozen and http://www.velvetunderground.be/index.php.
Tracklist;

1 - I'm Not A Young Man Anymore
2 - Guess I'm Falling In Love
3 - I'm Waiting for the Man
4 - Run Run Run
5 - Sister Ray

Difficult to believe that such a pristine recording could be from 1967 and of the Velvet Underground. Apparently "leaked" by John Cale from his private collection, with more to come they say, it contains a never before heard song and the first live outing of Sister Ray. Very tight, very aggresive, a must!

blimey, i can't download from dime but really need a copy of this.

http://www.mediafire.com/?9zcetzynbvo (not my link)
this is all over the, ahem, blogosphere. it is fantastic.

i've just downloaded this. thanks for the link. excellent stuff.
:applaud:

superb

I've downloaded th file and it appears in my files but I can't work out how to play it. Any help much aprreciated.

Wow!

The new song is the first one up on Bradx's radio show. Sounds fab. What a riff!
http://www.totallyradio.com/show_pages/shows.php?show=4

This guy on myspace has put up the new song, and mentions it in a Blog.
Not much said about, but none the less,
Here is a LinK.

Amazing find :o :D

Thanks for the link! Im wondering are there any links for any other VU bootleg sets, ive never heard "sweet sister ray" does that exist?

It's usually available on soulseek. It's just a long winding intro to 'Sister Ray' though, this is the only recording of 'Sister Ray' with John Cale as far as I'm aware, so this is much better!

I've been playing this on and off for the last week, a fantastic find and excellent quality. :beer:

Ahem - John Cale is also present and correct on Sweet Sister Ray!

He left a few months later.

whoops! :ohdear:

'Sister Ray' is better though, Caps! -_-

There is a story that Cale had THE only copy of a Velvets bootleg with Cale on it featuring Sister Ray and he lent it to Lou who when asked to return it claimed to have taped over it accidentally.

Probably from Cale's Welsh For Zen autobiography as he does like to bang on about how good Sister Ray live was.

There was a time when this discovery would have seemed like the biggest moment of my life. A brand new Velvets song, and a cool one at that!!!

I'm Not A Young Man Anymore should be released as a split single with I'm A 50 Year Old Man

I have just listened to 'The Gymnasium' recording and the version of 'Sister ray' was excellent, a fantastic find after all these years. :D

As far as I can make out the lyrics to this & seven odd minute Velvets track are something like:-
Yeh......
I'm not a young man anymore
I've got five nickels in my pocket
though* I'll get me some more


*(It might be something other than though)

lyrical simplicity of the first order! :applaud:

If you listen close enough I think Lou sings "I've got a three foot rock hard-on, but I'm too busy to use it"

No, I don't mean it. But he should have sung that.

Nice one.

Might I also reommend the remastered mono version of their first album (deluxe release) - sounds much better than the remastered stereo mix.