Artist: The Velvet Underground
Title: Live at Max's Kansas City
Year Of Release: 1970/1998
Label: Atlantic Records
Genre: Psychedelic Rock, Proto-Punk, Alternative
Audio codec: WAV | lossless
Tracklist:
1. I'm Waiting For The Man 4:33
2. Sweet Jane 5:32
3. Lonesome Cowboy Bill 4:25
4. Beginning To See The Light 5:32
5. I'll Be Your Mirror 2:06
6. Pale Blue Eyes 5:52
7. Sunday Morning 3:33
8. New Age 6:31
9. Femme Fatale 3:18
10.After Hours 2:55
Personnel:
Bass, Vocals – Doug Yule
Drums – Bill Yule
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Sterling Morrison
Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals – Lou Reed
In the summer of 1970, the Velvet Underground played an extended engagement at the renowned New York restaurant-club-focal point, Max's Kansas City. One night during that summer, Brigid Polk, a long-time friend and fan of the Velvets, brought a cassette recorder to Max's to preserve a typical performance for herself. This record is a distillation of the cassette Brigid made that night. (In some ways, this record may be looked at as the first legitimate bootleg album.) The sound of the record is surprisingly good, and, of course, is mono. The low price of this album reflects the low recording costs, and is not a reflection on the Velvet Underground's performance--far from it. Given the fact that the Velvets have gone through personnel changes in the last couple of years, this album stands as the exciting and valuable record of a special group at a special moment in time and space.