Pre-Velvet Underground

1,Pre-VU Preview (Purple Chick) 2CD-R 864円
引き続いてもPurple Chick制作盤、ルー・リード、ジョン・ケイル、ニコ等VUメンバーの若かりしき頃の音源を集め捲った一枚。
かつてそのシングルを取り上げたこともある1958年のThe Jadesによる夢見るTeenage Doo-Wopの2曲から、60年代に入ってからのガレージバンド、廉価レーベルPickwick～Designでスタジオミュージシャンとして参加した架空バンドでのドッラグストア販売用の廉価盤アルバム録音等のルー・リード参加作から、ニコのデモとジミー・ペイジがプロデュースしたシングル曲等々、アナログ時代から今も様々なレーベルから非公式ながら繰り返し復刻されている音源の集大成ですね。
ディスク２にはジョン・ケイルのVU参加直前と67年のトニー・コンラッド、スターリング・モリソン等との実験的ミニマル音楽を。

Disc-1
Single, Time 1002, USA, 1958:
01: Leave Her For Me (Lewis Reed) - The Jades
02: So Blue (Phil Harris / Lewis Reed) - The Jades

Unissued sides, 1962:
03: Your Love (Lewis Reed) - Lewis Reed
04: Merry Go Round (Lewis Reed) - Lewis Reed

Single, Pickwick City PC9001, December 1964:
05: The Ostrich (Reed / Sims / Vance / Phillips) - The Primitives
06: Sneaky Pete (Reed / Sims / Vance / Phillips) - The Primitives

Single, Round Sound RS-1, 1965:
07: Why Don't You Smile (Philips / Vance / Reed / Cale) - The All Night Workers

Single, Epic 5-9743, 1965:
08: I've Got A Tiger In My Tank (Motta / Philips / Sims / Vance / Reed) - The Intimates

LP: The Four Seasons / Johnny Rivers / Neil Sedaka - The J Brothers - Design SDLP 185, 1964:
09: Ya Running, But I'll Getcha (Phillips / Reed / Sims / Vance / Phillips) - The J Brothers

LP: Swingin' Teen Sounds Of Ronnie Dove & Terry Phillips - Design SDLP 186, 1965:
10: The Rose (Phillips / Reed / Sims / Vance) - Terry Phillips
11: Flowers For The Lady (Irby, Jr. / Phillips / Reed / Sims / Vance) - Terry Phillips
12: Wild One (Phillips / Reed / Sims / Vance) - Terry Phillips

LP: Soundsville - LP, Design SDLP 187, early 1965:
13: Don't Turn My World Upside Down (Reed / Phillips / Vance / Sims) - The J Brothers
14: Soul City (Reed / Phillips / Vance / Sims) - The Hi Lifes
15: Teardrop In The Sand (Reed / Phillips / Vance / Sims) - The Hollywoods
16: Wonderful World Of Love (Reed / Phillips / Vance / Sims) - The Liberty Men
17: You're Driving Me Insane (Reed / Phillips / Vance / Sims) - The Roughnecks
18: First Impression (Reed / Phillips / Vance / Sims) -The Hi Lifes
19: I'm Gonna Fight (Reed / Phillips / Vance / Sims) - The Hi Lifes
20: I've Got A Tiger In My Tank (Motta / Philips / Sims / Vance / Reed) - The Beachnuts
21: Cycle Annie (Reed / Phillips / Vance / Sims) - The Beachnuts
22: Johnny Won't Surf No More (Reed / Phillips / Vance / Sims) - Jeannie Larimore
23: It's Hard For A Girl In A World Full Of Men (Reed / Phillips / Vance / Sims) - Connie Carson

Single, Uptown 707, early 1965
24: Tell Mama Not To Cry (Vance / Sims / Reed / Phillips) - Robertha Williams
25: Maybe Tomorrow (Vance / Sims / Reed / Phillips) - Robertha Williams

LP: Irma Thomas / Maxine Brown / Ronnie Dickerson - Grand Prix KS-426, 1965
25: Maybe Tomorrow (Philip / Vance / Sims / Reed) - Ronnie Dickerson
26: Merry Go Round (Phillips / Vance / Sims / Reed) - Ronnie Dickerson

unissued demo, December 1962
27: Strip-Tease (Gainsbourg / Goraguer) - Nico

Single (UK), Immediate IM-003, 20 August 1965
28: I'm Not Sayin' (Lightfoot) - Nico
29: The Last Mile (Oldham / Page) - Nico

bonus track:
30: Why Don't You Smile (Phillips / Vance / Reed / Cale) - The All Night Workers
Sped up one tone. See if you prefer it.


Disc-2
1: Hot Scoria - John Cale (guitar) and Angus MacLise (cimbalom) - 2 March 1964 or 1965
2: Day Of Niagara - John Cale, Tony Conrad, Angus Maclise, La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela - 25 April 1965
3: Stainless Steel Gamelan - John Cale and Sterling Morrison (cembalet/fretless guitar) - Mid 1960s
4: At About This Time Mozart Was Dead And Joseph Conrad Was Sailing the Seven Seas Learning English - John Cale (wollensak), John Cale and Sterling Morrison (viola, guitar) - May 1967










The Jades - So Blue / Leave Her For Me



The Primitives -The ostrich (1964)



THE ALL NIGHT WORKERS why don't you smile 1965



Nico - The Last Mile



John Cale - Hot Scoria



John Cale - At About This Time Mozart Was Dead...