The Velvet Underground Live 1969

What do you do when you have a lo fi recording of a spectacular live performance by one of the most important music groups in American rock history? When you are talking about The Velvet Underground, you pull the masters from the library and give them to Bernie Grundmand and let him work some magic.

In 1969, The Velvet Underground toured the United States and Canada, playing over 70 dates. While many of the shows were recorded in part or whole by their new and growing fan base with the handheld consumer equipment of the day, two of the shows were recorded in decent quality. The first being a live performance, at the End of Cole Ave. Club in Dallas, Texas in October. This show was recorded on tape by a fan who was an engineer and brought his own equipment to the show. The second show to be recorded happened the following month in November, at The Matrix in San Francisco.

The first release of The Velvet Underground Live 1969, came out on Mercury Records in September, 1974. It was packaged as a two record set, art direction illustration and design: Ernst Thormalen. Some editions have the inside picture with Moe and Sterling faces retouched.

Backcover liner notes: A & R Paul Nelson. Inside gatefold liner notes: Elliott Murphy, with the following track listing and band line up:

Sterling Morrison – rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals
Lou Reed – Vocals, rhythm guitar
Maureen Tucker – percussion
Doug Yule – bass guitar, organ, backing vocals, lead vocal on "I'll Be Your Mirror"

All tracks written by Lou Reed

Side one
"I'm Waiting For The Man" – 7:00 End of Cole Ave, Dallas, October 19, 1969
"Lisa Says" – 5:46 The Matrix, San Francisco, November 1969
"What Goes On" – 8:47 The Matrix
"Sweet Jane" – 3:58 The Matrix

Side two
"We're Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together" – 3:12 The Matrix
"Femme Fatale" – 3:01 End of Cole Ave
"New Age" – 6:31 The Matrix
"Rock and Roll" – 6:00 The Matrix
"Beginning to See the Light" – 5:26 The Matrix

Side three
"Ocean" – 10:46 The Matrix
"Pale Blue Eyes" – 5:50 End of Cole Ave
"Heroin" – 9:42 The Matrix

Side four
"Some Kinda Love" – 4:44 End of Cole Ave (intro) The Matrix
"Over You" – 2:15 The Matrix
Medley: "Sweet Bonnie Brown"/"It's Just Too Much" – 7:50
"White Light/White Heat" – 8:32
"I'll Be Your Mirror" – 2:17 End of Cole Ave

Original Recordings Group, is proud to reissue these records as a Vol 1. and Vol. 2 release for National Record Store Day, remastered for the first time, for vinyl in over 20 years by Bernie Grundman.

Bernie Grundman, is one of the most prominent names in Mastering world wide. He has been directly or indirectly, by his studio staff of engineers, behind hundreds of gold and platinum recordings. He has personally mastered some of the industry's landmark recordings, such as: Carol King's "tapestry", Steely Dan's "Aja", Michael Jackson's "Thriller", Prince's "Purple rain", and Dr. Dre's "the Chronic". In addition He has worked on albums by a veritable who's who of the music industry, such as: The Carpenters, Herb Alpert, Sergio Mendes, The Doors, Joe Cocker, Joni Mitchell, Burt Backarach, Jackson Brown, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Supertramp, Procal Harum. Rod Stewart, Fleetwood Mac, Janet Jackson, Quincy Jones, Outkast, Ludicrous, Mos Def, Mary J. Blidge, Lucinda Williams, Jack Johnson & Macy Gray.

He has been recognized for his work with a Grammy and 14 Tec Awards, in 2005 alone Bernie Grundman's studio mastered 37 projects which received Grammy nominations.