From Brooklyn Vegan:
Not a lot of live footage exists of The Velvet Underground and definitely not much in color. But, as Dangerous Minds points out, film of them playing Dallas Peace Day, a Vietnam War protest that happened on October 15, 1969, has been unearthed. The footage is part of a collection of hundreds of reels of film, most of them unmarked and unidentified, in the holdings of the G. William Jones Film & Video Collection at the SMU Library archives.
The band were in Dallas for a week of shows and were one of a handful of artists, including Lou Rawls, to play the Peace Day protest. G. William Jones Film & Video Collection uploaded a few lengthy clips from the protest, which includes the band performing “I’m Waiting for the Man,” “Beginning to See the Light,” and “I’m Set Free,” and there’s an interview with Sterling Morrison as well. Sound is on the muffled side but it is fascinating nonetheless. They also uploaded silent b-roll footage which has more of VU. Watch those, with the points The Velvet Underground appear cued up, below.
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- Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane - RSD12 - UK - 7" vinyl - £35.00, $48.65, €40.95 (New Item) (arrived 10-Jun-2021 15:06)
VELVET UNDERGROUND with LOU REED Sweet Jane (2012 UK limited edition wide centred issue of their 1974 7" vinyl single re-released exclusively for Record Store Day, also including Rock & Roll. The vinyl has only minor signs of play and comes issued in the hype-stickered card picture sleeve)
- Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground - Japanese - vinyl LP - £55.00, $76.45, €64.35 (New Item) (arrived 31-May-2021 11:52)
VELVET UNDERGROUND The Velvet Underground (1987 Japanese issue of the 1969 10-track stereo LP, The Velvets' quietly sinister & brilliant third album, including a number of Reed's best songs; Candy Says, What Goes On, Pale Blue Eyes & BeginningTo See The Light. Comes complete with the Japanese/ lyric insert, picture sleeve & obi-strip. The packaging shows minimal age wear & the vinyl is Excellent to Near Mint with few signs of play 18MM0610)
- Velvet Underground - Scepter Studios Sessions - RSD13 - Numbered - UK - vinyl LP - £30.00, $41.70, €35.10 (New Item) (arrived 18-May-2021 09:05)
VELVET UNDERGROUND Scepter Studios Sessions (2013 UK limited edition 9-track vinyl LP released exclusively for Record Store Day, comprising a collection of rare April 1966 Scepter Studios recordings captured on acetate, including early& alternate versions of songs which were later issued on their legendary debut album 'The Velvet Underground & Nico'. The picture sleeve is individually numbered on the back and still in its opened shrinkwrap, whilst the vinyl looks barely played)
- Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - UK - vinyl LP - £50.00, $69.50, €58.50 (New Item) (arrived 17-May-2021 16:34)
VELVET UNDERGROUND The Velvet Underground & Nico (1971 UK issue of the classic 1967 11-track LP on the blue & gold 'yin-yang' MGM label, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve is Excellent with just minor age wear & the vinyl is clean & in Excellent condition with minimal signs of play)
- Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat - UK - vinyl LP - £20.00, $27.80, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 28-Apr-2021 08:11)
VELVET UNDERGROUND White Light/ White Heat (1988 UK issue of the classic 1967 6-track LP, including the seventeen minute version of Sister Ray, picture sleeve. The sleeve is Excellent with some discolouring around the edges & the vinyl appearsNear Mint SPELP73)
- Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground & Nico - 180gm - 'Peelable' Banana - US - vinyl LP - £29.99, $41.69, €35.09 (New Item) (arrived 07-Apr-2021 13:41)
VELVET UNDERGROUND The Velvet Underground & Nico (2008 limited edition 11-track LP pressed on 180gram Virgin Vinyl, the Velvets' astonishing 1967 debut album, vastly influential and justifiably legendary. Issued here in its Andy Warhol-designed gatefold sleeve with screen-printed yellow Peelable Banana, 'torso' back cover image [only featured on the very first issues before MGM airbrushed it], presented inside a clear EnvyPak resealable sleeve. Essential) #Top 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
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