The Velvets album was but surely the tribute album is much, much later? I’ll have to Google it - tribute albums are tricky things…
Or are you meaning the songs as songs?
A listen to VU&N is mandatory!
Followed in short order by White Light White Heat, Velvet Underground, then Loaded.
That’s great! In my view the best official albums are Unorthodox Behaviour, Moroccan Roll, Livestock and Masques. Also if you can find it Missing Period. Those BBC recordings in a way are the best of Brand X, packed with ideas and no filler! Enjoy
Warren Wolf Reincarnation / 2020 Mack Avenue / US CD / MAC1169
Having played the Christian McBride at the Village Vanguard CD featuring WW recently, I decided to start Saturday with this excellent jazz / soul release by the acclaimed vibraphonist.
David Gilmour - ‘Rattle That Lock’ (2015). A classy album by David Gilmour of Pink Floyd fame. The familiar guitar and voice is excellent in new and varied compositions. In Autumn 2015 I was visiting London for the day for my work and saw that Dave Gilmour was on at the Royal Albert Hall. I thought I may only get this opportunity once so I called in at the Box Office at teatime to ask if there were any tickets for that evening. Well I managed to get one in the choir seats above the back of the stage. Fantastic show, top notch. David and his band played material from the new album and also familiar Floyd songs from the old days from WYWH, DSOTM and other greats. What a night!
Camel - ‘The Snow Goose’ (2013). This is the 2013 reworking and re-recording of the classic 1975 album. Not massive but tasteful changes musically and technically. I managed to get to see Camel in Salisbury in 2013 on their tour for this album. It was a great show from Andrew Latimer, Colin Bass and the band. In the first half they played the ‘Snow Goose’ and in the second half a terrific timeline of seventies favourites such as ‘Echoes’, ‘Unevensong’, ‘Air Born’ and of course ‘Lady Fantasy’ and many more, plus music from their later work such as ‘Dust and Dreams’ and ‘A Nod and a Wink’. There was a feeling of fondness from long-time fans for Andy for his and the bands longevity especially considering the health difficulties he had around that time. Terrific.
Those German versions are just right as far as I’m concerned, they all sound & look superb. It’s a shame all artists work can’t be remastered with such care!
Not heard of this, will track it down, thanks. With names like Jon Hiseman and Rick Wakeman it should be good! Talking about jazz rock, I am guessing you are familiar with Colosseum ll, John Hiseman’s tight instrumental band in the mid to late seventies. Their two albums ‘Electric Savage’ (1977) and ‘Wardance’ (1978) were great. They also did a BBC ‘Sight and Sound’ concert in 1978 for BBC2/Radio 1. This was blistering. I think it can be seen on YouTube.