The Velvet Underground - Searching For My Mainline (STU/SHN)

(Studio SHN)

Extracted from original cds with audiograbber, converted to shn files with Shorten

Too Much/Just Right Productions for Diamonds In Your Ear

CD 1:
01. Venus In Furs/Heroin (3'53) - WNET TV, February 1966 * EDITED - Andy says intro from "What Goes On"
02. Loop (excerpt) (1'08) - Aspen flexi-disc, 1966
03. Diaries, Notes & Sketches (3'53) - film soundtrack, 1966
04. A Symphony Of Sound (19'11) - film soundtrack, 1966
05. Heroin (5'16) - Poor Richard's, 6/23/66
06. Venus In Furs (3'27) - Poor Richard's, 6/23/66
07. Waiting For The Man (6'00) - La Cave, 10/2/68
08. White Light/White Heat (4'06) - Second Fret, 1/2/70
09. Foggy Notion (7'14) - Second Fret, 1/2/70
10. Beginning To See The Light (5'28) - Boston Tea Party, January 1969
11. Sister Ray (9'09) - Second Fret, 1/3/70
12. Heroin (6'27) - rehearsal, Paris 1/25/72

CD 2:
01. All Tomorrow's Parties (2'49) - Verve single, mono edit, 1966 * OMITTED - from "Peel Slowly & See" box set
02. Countess From Hong Kong (3'20) - acetate demos, late 1969 * OMITTED - from "Peel Slowly & See" box set
03. Ride Into The Sun (3'45) - acetate demos, late 1969
04. Real Good Time Together (2'35) - acetate demos, late 1969
05. I Found A Reason (3'16) - acetate demos, late 1969 * OMITTED - from "Loaded - Fully Loaded Edition"
06. What Goes On (11'10) - Hilltop Festival, 8/2/69
07. Run Run Run (7'43) - Hilltop Festival, 8/2/69
08. Candy Says (3'57) - Boston Tea Party, 3/13/69
09. Oh Jim (1'16) - Woodrose Ballroom, 4/17/70
10. I Can't Stand It (5'56) - Boston Tea Party, January 1969
11. Sister Ray (20'59) - Boston Tea Party, January 1969
12. Interview (5'47) - Lou Reed, KVAN Portland, Oregon, 1969
13. Waiting For The Man (3'43) - Lou Reed/Patti Smith, 5/4/77

CD 3:
01. Sweet Jane (7'56) - Second Fret, 1/2/70
02. Over You (3'09) - Second Fret, 1/2/70
03. Waiting For The Man (9'30) - Cale/Morrison, Arsenal show, TV3, Barcelona, 1984/86
04. Chelsea Girls (3'12) - Nico, BBC TV program, NYC, 1981
05. Heroin (8'17) - Lou Reed, Plaza Las Arenas, Barcelona, 6/19/80
06. Sister Ray/Leave Me Alone (17'14) - Lou Reed, Plaza Las Arenas, Barcelona, 6/19/80
07. Open House (4'29) - Reed/Cale, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 12/3/89
08. Pale Blue Eyes (4'11) - Tucker/Reed/Cale, Brooklyn Academy of Music, 12/3/89
09. Heroin (10'16) - Fondation Cartier, 6/15/90
10. Interviews (5'36) - Fondation Cartier, 6/15/90
11. Jesus (3'13) - Boston Tea Party, 3/15/69

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Notes:
12x12 inch boxed set, hand-numbered limited edition of 500 copies, 200 more reissued in 1996.
Includes extensive liner notes by Dr. Rawk and Michelle Yow, and a sticker. 16 added tracks compared with LP version, unfortunately the sound is overall inferior compared to the vinyl set.

Fierce Pup VU fanzine says: "The legendary Searchin' for my Mainline was issued in a 3 disc box. The vinyl edition of this set, which features all live tracks from '66 to '86, has long been out of print. It was touted by many as the definitive VU boot. Its re-emergence on CD allows fans the opportunity to own some of the wildest, live VU ever recorded and a few oddities. While digital technology improves on the quality of the original vinyl, we're still dealing with some lo-fi sources here so don't expect miracles. The CDs' extented recording time permits the addition of many tracks not on the vinyl edition, although there is a glaring omission: Moe and Jonathan's I'm Sticking With You."