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Track Listings
| 1. Ocean |
| 2. Pale Blue Eyes |
| 3. Heroin |
| 4. Some Kinda Love |
| 5. Over You |
| 6. Sweet Bonnie Brown/It's Just Too Much |
| 7. White Light/White Heat |
| 8. I Can't Stand It |
| 9. I'll Be Your Mirror |
Product Description
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It's the rarest of live albums whose songs add anything to the majesty of the original studio recordings. This one adds immeasurable data to the Velvet's story. Without 1969: Live we might never have known that they were more than just an art outfit, that they could actually rock with fury. Check out Reed's strumming on "What Goes On" if you want to have your mind blown. None of these staples of the V.U. catalogue can be truly known without hearing these fully formed, fleshed-out versions, so for history's sake alone we must treasure this. History's tragedy of course is that we get to hear the excruciatingly light applause--it sounds like there's only 10 people in the room at some points--after each course in ass kicking. They were wrongly under-appreciated in their time, and for this we must all pay forever by playing this record constantly. --Gene Booth
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5.0 out of 5 stars
No collection is complete without it,
By Katie (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: V2 Live W/Lou Reed (Audio CD)
The version of "Ocean" on this album is mind-blowing. You have to buy the CDs just for that. The rest of the Vol. 2 CD is excellent, as is Vol. 1, but that recording of "Ocean"...oh, it's impossible to do any justice to it here.
5.0 out of 5 stars
THE BEST Velvets Album,
By jcsalem (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: V2 Live W/Lou Reed (Audio CD)
This is one of the rare cases when volume 2 is better than the first. Of course, it would be best to buy both but if you have to pick one, pick this volume.This is the album that made me really appreciate the Velvets. I love live music and this album really captures the band as they were meant to be heard -- Jamming, Moody, Rock and Roll. The first 3 songs especially (Ocean, Pale Blue Eyes, and Heroin) have reverberated in my musical memory for a very long time. A GREAT FIRST VU ALBUM! If you know the Velvets or even just think you might like them, you can't go wrong with these live concerts.
4.0 out of 5 stars
If you have the 1st one you must get this...or vice versa,
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This review is from: V2 Live W/Lou Reed (Audio CD)
Volume 2 picks up where the first one leaves off, opening with a ten minute version of OCEAN, complete with Crashing waves of cymbals. This also has rare gems you cant find anywhere else like the short but sweet OVER YOU, and the 50's rockabilly, speed freak sounding combo of SWEET BONNIE BROWN/IT'S JUST TOO MUCH.Then there is the extended noise drone of WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT. Just more evidence that the VU were a real loose dirty rock band who were more at home playing in dive bars than the early Warhol era trendy art crowd.
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