The infamous VU "garage sale acetate" for sale now - Page 5

noisemachine · 12.05.2006, 03:02 AM

Its already up to $118,700.
Its getting kinda rediculous. I mean, why are people bidding on it right now? Wouldn't the smart startegy to be to just wait until the last few minutes of the auction to bid? Bidding right now is just driving up the price...

Cantankerous · 12.05.2006, 03:05 AM

really. i mean jesus, what the fuck are they gonna do? frame it?
it would be great if they paid all that money for it and put it in some cheap piece of shit frame from wal-mart or something.

Iain · 12.05.2006, 06:19 AM

$120,000 now....If I bought it I'd smash it into Lou Reeds stupid face.

porkmarras · 12.05.2006, 06:25 AM

Great!

porkmarras · 12.05.2006, 07:45 AM

Lou Reed has composed an ambient electronic soundtrack for a new Tai Chi DVD workout.

The former Velvet Underground member provides the music to Master Ren GuangYi’s, Chen-style Tai Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) programme.

Lou Reed has been a martial artist since the ‘80s and is a private student of Master Ren, experiencing Master Ren’s teachings as well as promoting awareness for the exercises.

As well as creating the ambient soundtrack, Reed also provides the onscreen narration for Master Ren’s demonstrations.

The Usher · 12.05.2006, 07:52 AM

Man, you could buy $120,000 worth of vinyl, that's a whole lot of records, which would be much more worthwhile than one framed piece...

Iain · 12.05.2006, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porkmarras

Lou Reed has composed an ambient electronic soundtrack for a new Tai Chi DVD workout.

The former Velvet Underground member provides the music to Master Ren GuangYi’s, Chen-style Tai Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) programme.

Lou Reed has been a martial artist since the ‘80s and is a private student of Master Ren, experiencing Master Ren’s teachings as well as promoting awareness for the exercises.

As well as creating the ambient soundtrack, Reed also provides the onscreen narration for Master Ren’s demonstrations.

Please tell me you didn't make this up...I'd smash his face even harder now.

porkmarras · 12.05.2006, 07:59 AM

I'm afraid it is true.

atari 2600 · 12.05.2006, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by porkmarras

Lou Reed has composed an ambient electronic soundtrack for a new Tai Chi DVD workout.

The former Velvet Underground member provides the music to Master Ren GuangYi’s, Chen-style Tai Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) programme.

Lou Reed has been a martial artist since the ‘80s and is a private student of Master Ren, experiencing Master Ren’s teachings as well as promoting awareness for the exercises.

As well as creating the ambient soundtrack, Reed also provides the onscreen narration for Master Ren’s demonstrations.

for more on Lou Reed and martial arts, check
Lou Reed vs. Dennis Hopper
or the Kung Fu magazine article quoted therein
http://ezine.kungfumagazine.com/maga...hp?article=325

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the bid is currently at US $124,640.50

CHOUT · 12.05.2006, 01:29 PM

There is some righteous crackalage on the acetate - no surprise, but now that I've heard it, I feel less inclined to spend a six-figure amount on the original.

Rob Instigator · 12.05.2006, 01:52 PM

gauging the possible selling price of a one of a kind item like this acetate is impossible.
whoever buys this is probably either a rich musician or music executive, or the hard rock cafe will buy it to display it in their "marquee" vegas location.

if I were lou reed I would buy it just to take it off the public eye.

I found a 12" single on blue vinyl of They Might Be Giants DON'T LET'S START signed by the two johns and they drew an accordion and a guitar on it, for $1.00 at a tent sale.

noisemachine · 12.05.2006, 01:57 PM

More on Lou Reed and Tai Chi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uquBzrZlImY
An atrocious version of Sunday Morning made even more atrocious by some jackass standing out in front doing tai chi.

CHOUT · 12.05.2006, 02:01 PM

Pretty bad.

porkmarras · 12.05.2006, 08:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I found a 12" single on blue vinyl of They Might Be Giants DON'T LET'S START signed by the two johns and they drew an accordion and a guitar on it, for $1.00 at a tent sale.

I hope you didn't think of buying it.One of the worst bands in the world,like,ever!

dazedcola · 12.05.2006, 08:41 PM

dammit, i have a 56k connection i can't download the zip file.could someone please upload the tracks seperately? i'd be eternally grateful

luxinterior · 12.05.2006, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dazedcola

dammit, i have a 56k connection i can't download the zip file.could someone please upload the tracks seperately? i'd be eternally grateful

On yousendit or something?

EDIT: Just wondering, because a few days ago I tried to send a few songs to one of my friends, and they said that all the tracks skipped, even though they play perfectly for me. So I don't want to upload a bunch of songs just to have them not work for you. I'll try European Son first, and you tell me if it works. If it does, I'll do the rest too.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=FD16E82D6510190F

porkmarras · 12.05.2006, 10:00 PM

Owner of Velvet Underground Vinyl Talks eBay Auction
Highest bid up to $124,740.50!!!
http://static.pitchforkmedia.com/ima...uction-sm.jpg? Warren Hill is a lucky guy. A very, very lucky guy. Up until last week, the only reason the Montreal resident's name would have appeared on Pitchfork News would have been if something terrible and/or terribly hilarious had happened on a Sunset Rubdown tour, as Hill is that band's roadie and merch guy. (He also runs a record store, Backroom Records & Pastries, where Sunset's Camilla Wynne Ingr sells baked goods.)
But Hill might not need to spend his nights behind the merch table much longer. He's the guy who, as previously reported, is selling the ultra-ultra-ultra-rare Velvet Underground acetate on eBay, now up to the astounding bidding price of $124,740.50. The auction ends on Friday, December 8 around 8:30 p.m. PST.
As reported on Friday, Hill found the original 1966 test-pressing of an early version of The Velvet Underground & Nico at a New York City sidewalk sale in 2002. He paid 75 cents for it.
In an article for the record collector magazine Goldmine, excerpts of which are reprinted on the auction's page, Hill's friend Eric Isaacson of the Portland, Oregon-based Mississippi Records described the vinyl's journey from the sidewalk to the online marketplace. It's a fascinating read that reveals the story behind the recording (it was the band's first session, and contains the album as Andy Warhol intended it to be released).
In an interview with Pitchfork today, Hill said that his ideal buyer would be "somebody that was really passionate about the music, or somebody that was interested in it as a historical document and wanted to do something interesting with it in that way." (In the "question and answer" section on the auction's page, it says "We are confident that the item will go to a responsible party who will care for it as the historic artifact that it is while in their hands.") Hill would be happy if the music on the acetate reached a larger audience through some sort of release.
He added that he had been in touch with lawyers for the Velvet Underground two years ago, but "they had nothing to say. They were not interested."
Hill acknowledged the possibility that the auction could be won by a fraudulent bid, or someone unable to pay. "I would imagine so, with the number of bids out there," he said of the auction, which currently has 170 bids. "I mean, it's just so impossible to find out which ones are [real] and which ones aren't. This is why I'm not getting too excited about the dollar amount going up. We'll see what happens when the auction ends."
While he isn't certain of what he'd do with the money, Hill said that a possibility would be investing some in Backroom Records & Pastries. "I was thinking about making that a little more legit, or maybe getting some better stock or something like that," he said.
Hill said that he has never listened to the actual piece of vinyl all the way through, though he and Isaacson created a digital copy of it and listened to that.
Allegedly, another acetate of the same session, belonging to Moe Tucker and featuring "significantly lesser sound quality" according to Hill, was included on a Japanese bootleg released several years ago. However, the authenticity of the recordings on that bootleg have not be confirmed. As far as Hill knows, the piece of vinyl being auctioned is the only copy in existence.

luxinterior · 12.05.2006, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by luxinterior

On yousendit or something?

EDIT: Just wondering, because a few days ago I tried to send a few songs to one of my friends, and they said that all the tracks skipped, even though they play perfectly for me. So I don't want to upload a bunch of songs just to have them not work for you. I'll try European Son first, and you tell me if it works. If it does, I'll do the rest too.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=FD16E82D6510190F

luxinterior · 12.06.2006, 01:48 AM

More VU stuff here:
http://www.moistworks.com/

and here:
(The Velvet Underground - Searchin' For My Mainline)
http://paylesssofts.net/?id=9896440
http://paylesssofts.net/?id=5426441
http://paylesssofts.net/?id=2906442
http://paylesssofts.net/?id=9cd6443
http://paylesssofts.net/?id=82b6444
from here: http://www.regnyouth.com/?p=3727

RdTv · 12.06.2006, 08:40 AM

$125,000......

I understand money is all relative, by that I mean to me 125,000 is more money than I see in 4 years, but to someone else they see that in a month. Regardless, there is not one single excuse for spending that on a RECORD. Its a record, music, sound, cracks and pops on plastic, I could never do that, it wouldn't matter how much money i made or had. After this person buys the album, then what are they going to do, really, the feeling of reverie for this album will be gone and so will $125,000.

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noisemachine 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 651	Its already up to $118,700. Its getting kinda rediculous. I mean, why are people bidding on it right now? Wouldn't the smart startegy to be to just wait until the last few minutes of the auction to bid? Bidding right now is just driving up the price... __________________ The best radio station ever: http://www.kcsb.org/?page_id=9
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12.05.2006, 03:05 AM	#82
Cantankerous invito al cielo Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A RETIREMENT HOME Posts: 18,499	really. i mean jesus, what the fuck are they gonna do? frame it? it would be great if they paid all that money for it and put it in some cheap piece of shit frame from wal-mart or something. __________________ RETIRED
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12.05.2006, 06:19 AM	#83
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	$120,000 now....If I bought it I'd smash it into Lou Reeds stupid face.
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12.05.2006, 06:25 AM	#84
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	Great! __________________
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12.05.2006, 07:45 AM	#85
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	Lou Reed has composed an ambient electronic soundtrack for a new Tai Chi DVD workout. The former Velvet Underground member provides the music to Master Ren GuangYi’s, Chen-style Tai Taijiquan (Tai Chi Chuan) programme. Lou Reed has been a martial artist since the ‘80s and is a private student of Master Ren, experiencing Master Ren’s teachings as well as promoting awareness for the exercises. As well as creating the ambient soundtrack, Reed also provides the onscreen narration for Master Ren’s demonstrations. __________________
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12.05.2006, 07:52 AM	#86
The Usher stalker Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Hell Posts: 454	Man, you could buy $120,000 worth of vinyl, that's a whole lot of records, which would be much more worthwhile than one framed piece... __________________
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12.05.2006, 07:59 AM	#88
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	I'm afraid it is true. __________________
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12.05.2006, 01:29 PM	#90
CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	There is some righteous crackalage on the acetate - no surprise, but now that I've heard it, I feel less inclined to spend a six-figure amount on the original. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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12.05.2006, 01:52 PM	#91
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,991	gauging the possible selling price of a one of a kind item like this acetate is impossible. whoever buys this is probably either a rich musician or music executive, or the hard rock cafe will buy it to display it in their "marquee" vegas location. if I were lou reed I would buy it just to take it off the public eye. I found a 12" single on blue vinyl of They Might Be Giants DON'T LET'S START signed by the two johns and they drew an accordion and a guitar on it, for $1.00 at a tent sale. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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12.05.2006, 01:57 PM	#92
noisemachine 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Santa Barbara, CA Posts: 651	More on Lou Reed and Tai Chi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uquBzrZlImY An atrocious version of Sunday Morning made even more atrocious by some jackass standing out in front doing tai chi. __________________ The best radio station ever: http://www.kcsb.org/?page_id=9
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12.05.2006, 02:01 PM	#93
CHOUT invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis MN Posts: 3,128	Pretty bad. __________________ Chout's rare Sonic Youth vids: http://youtube.com/SONICchout
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12.05.2006, 08:41 PM	#95
dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	dammit, i have a 56k connection i can't download the zip file.could someone please upload the tracks seperately? i'd be eternally grateful __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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12.05.2006, 10:00 PM	#97
porkmarras invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London - UK Posts: 14,313	Owner of Velvet Underground Vinyl Talks eBay Auction Highest bid up to $124,740.50!!! http://static.pitchforkmedia.com/ima...uction-sm.jpg? Warren Hill is a lucky guy. A very, very lucky guy. Up until last week, the only reason the Montreal resident's name would have appeared on Pitchfork News would have been if something terrible and/or terribly hilarious had happened on a Sunset Rubdown tour, as Hill is that band's roadie and merch guy. (He also runs a record store, Backroom Records & Pastries, where Sunset's Camilla Wynne Ingr sells baked goods.) But Hill might not need to spend his nights behind the merch table much longer. He's the guy who, as previously reported, is selling the ultra-ultra-ultra-rare Velvet Underground acetate on eBay, now up to the astounding bidding price of $124,740.50. The auction ends on Friday, December 8 around 8:30 p.m. PST. As reported on Friday, Hill found the original 1966 test-pressing of an early version of The Velvet Underground & Nico at a New York City sidewalk sale in 2002. He paid 75 cents for it. In an article for the record collector magazine *Goldmine, excerpts of which are reprinted on the auction's page, Hill's friend Eric Isaacson of the Portland, Oregon-based Mississippi Records described the vinyl's journey from the sidewalk to the online marketplace. It's a fascinating read that reveals the story behind the recording (it was the band's first session, and contains the album as Andy Warhol intended it to be released). In an interview with Pitchfork today, Hill said that his ideal buyer would be "somebody that was really passionate about the music, or somebody that was interested in it as a historical document and wanted to do something interesting with it in that way." (In the "question and answer"* section on the auction's page, it says "We are confident that the item will go to a responsible party who will care for it as the historic artifact that it is while in their hands.") Hill would be happy if the music on the acetate reached a larger audience through some sort of release. He added that he had been in touch with lawyers for the Velvet Underground two years ago, but "they had nothing to say. They were not interested." Hill acknowledged the possibility that the auction could be won by a fraudulent bid, or someone unable to pay. "I would imagine so, with the number of bids out there," he said of the auction, which currently has 170 bids. "I mean, it's just so impossible to find out which ones are [real] and which ones aren't. This is why I'm not getting too excited about the dollar amount going up. We'll see what happens when the auction ends." While he isn't certain of what he'd do with the money, Hill said that a possibility would be investing some in Backroom Records & Pastries. "I was thinking about making that a little more legit, or maybe getting some better stock or something like that," he said. Hill said that he has never listened to the actual piece of vinyl all the way through, though he and Isaacson created a digital copy of it and listened to that. Allegedly, another acetate of the same session, belonging to Moe Tucker and featuring "significantly lesser sound quality" according to Hill, was included on a Japanese bootleg released several years ago. However, the authenticity of the recordings on that bootleg have not be confirmed. As far as Hill knows, the piece of vinyl being auctioned is the only copy in existence. __________________
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12.06.2006, 01:48 AM	#99
luxinterior invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Missouri, land of the free and home of the brave Posts: 2,351	More VU stuff here: http://www.moistworks.com/ and here: (The Velvet Underground - Searchin' For My Mainline) http://paylesssofts.net/?id=9896440 http://paylesssofts.net/?id=5426441 http://paylesssofts.net/?id=2906442 http://paylesssofts.net/?id=9cd6443 http://paylesssofts.net/?id=82b6444 from here: http://www.regnyouth.com/?p=3727 __________________ "I sweat like a fucking nun on Sunday...I don't even know what that means." - Sebastian Bach
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12.06.2006, 08:40 AM	#100
RdTv invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Lexington,KY USA Posts: 2,512	$125,000...... I understand money is all relative, by that I mean to me 125,000 is more money than I see in 4 years, but to someone else they see that in a month. Regardless, there is not one single excuse for spending that on a RECORD. Its a record, music, sound, cracks and pops on plastic, I could never do that, it wouldn't matter how much money i made or had. After this person buys the album, then what are they going to do, really, the feeling of reverie for this album will be gone and so will $125,000.
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