here is the info file from Dime
Another point of VU Vol. 6 – VU covers- Various Artists
First great thanks to all the guys who helped me sending tracks, making artworks etc…
I already can tell a vol. 7 will be available soon with some gems!
Lou reed, John Cale or Nico are not included for the moment… (I think i’m gonna make a special one with only covers AFTER the VU, in their solo careers.. .) You can also find on this site a show with VU covers by a group called Foggy Notion.
Well, I’ve done nothing to the tracks except some little things with Cool Edit ( removing gaps here and there, fading out…).
I’ve tried to do the best I could. I’ve included the origin of each track and the sound quality when I knew it. No artwork available of course! All tracks have been found, uploaded and allowed on Dime or archive.org Some bands or artists are not very well known (even by me!) but I think they deserve to be heard and their covers smell like VU spirit! I have for the next volumes psychedelic long time covers of Rock’n roll and Who loves the sun (more than 15 minutes). I don’t dare to include it …but who knows? “Sunday morning” by the Weeping Willows included here again ’cause I like it! “WLWH” by Bowie is a Studio cover. Note to the fans: I consider “Satellite of love” as a VU song because it features on the PSAS box set as a demo.
01.Pale Blue Eyes – Waylandsphere / Live at The Pour House on 2003-07-25( sbd)
02.Candy says – Robyn Hitchcock with Jon Brion Tuesday /November 25, 2003 Largo West Hollywood, California (VG aud.?)
03.All Tomorrow’s parties – Iron and Wine/Calexico //October 22, 2005 Triple Door Seattle, WA
04.Sunday Morning – Weeping Willows/ Cirkus, Stockholm, Sweden 2004-04-05 (FM)
05.Satellite of love – U2/ 1992-06-15 Rotterdam – The Real Thing – Live Fom The Mixing Desk
06.Femme Fatale- Blondie/CBGB New York City, NY August 15, 1975
07.White Light White Heat – David Bowie/Bob Harris Sounds Of The Seventies Session, Maida Vale Studio 5 (23 May 1972). Broadcast at 19-06-72.
08.What Goes On – Mr Morning/ Studio Recordings October, 2004 Genevad, Sweden
09.Rock’n roll – The Jewish Mother/ 8 Track Virginia Beach, VA 2007-03-02 (sbd)
10.Foggy Notion – Speakeasy/04-30-2004 The Jazzhaus Lawrence, KS (Good Aud.)
11.Sweet Jane – Periwinkle and the Vivid Tangerines/May 17, 2003 Topeka, KS
12.Heroin – Yo La Tengo / at Maxwell’s 29 December 2005 (Hanukah, night 5)
13.Waiting for the man- Cheap Trick / The Mountain Winery, Saratoga, CA 06/30/00 (not really sure …i’ve lost the complete info)
14.Sister Ray – The Wash/ 1-14-2002 The Chaser Lancaster, OH
15.Oh Sweet Nothin’ – The Wash/ 2-10-2002 The Barn Bremen, Ohio
Notes to the mods:
– “White light white heat” by Davis Bowie is NOT the version commercially available on “At the Beeb”recorded in May the 16th 1972!!!
Send me other covers if you know some gems NOT commercially available!
I know there are some covers by Beck, Belle and Sebastian, etc..available somewhere…