The Velvet Underground - 1969-10-18 - Dallas, TX (AUD/FLAC) "The First Night" + "End Of Cole Ave"

(Audience FLAC)

Liberated from "The First Night" (Aulica A.2151) and "End Of Cole Ave" (Aulica 111.12*NE/3)

End Of Cole Avenue

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Lou Reed: vocals, guitar
Sterling Morrison: guitar
Doug Yule: bass, organ, vocals
Moe Tucker: drums, vocals

01: It's Just Too Much 3.02
02: Waiting For The Man 5.15
03: I Can't Stand It 7.18
04: I'm Set Free 4.53
05: Beginning To See The Light 5.40
06: Ocean 6.09
07: Venus In Furs 5.02
08: What Goes On 5.39
09: Heroin 7.42
10: I'll Be Your Mirror 2.39
11: Femme Fatale 2.58 Disc 2
01: Pale Blue Eyes 6.11
02: Candy Says 5.29
03: Jesus 3.32
04: Story Of My Life 2.02
05: I Found A Reason 2.42
06: Sunday Morning 2.52
07: Afterhours 2.34
08: Sister Ray 17.47

(track 08 from "At End Cole Ave" Aulica 111.12*NE/3)

In October 1969, the Velvet Underground played a short residency at "The End Of Cole Avenue", a small club in Dallas reputedly owned by a rich Texan who could afford to invite bands he liked to come and play. The story of how local sound engineer Jeff Legood recorded 2 of those nights is probably well known by now. Suffice to say, some of his recordings from the show on 19th October were eventually used on the official release "Live 1969". His recording of the show on the 18th isn't as good quality as that of the 19th, but is still very listenable.

In the late 1980s, a fanatical Italian fan set out to locate Mr Legood and try to obtain the remainder of the recordings he had made. He succeeded, and DAT copies of the original tapes were duly made and passed on to Aulica records in Italy - these eventually resulted in 2 x 2CD sets which were initially issued in nice velvet bags, and subsequently reissued on vinyl.

This is the recording from the 18th October, which starts out very muffled but gets progressively better (after the band noticed Mr Legood at the back of the hall and invited him to move his equipment closer to the stage). I'm not 100% convinced that this is the correct song running order, but this is how it was presented on the 2CD set.

BTW a really excellent version of "Sister Ray" - starting out slow and dreamy but getting fast and furious before the end.

There appear to be a few digital mastering flaws on C but they are short-lived and not too intrusive.