The Velvet Underground - "Searchin' For My Mainline" (Live, Wild & Unreleased)


  • Singer: The Velvet Underground
  • Album's title: "Searchin' For My Mainline" (Live, Wild & Unreleased)
  • Genre: Rock
  • Label: Fatman Records ‎– FATLP 2-3-4, Wild Records ‎– 101-102-103
    Type: 3 x Vinyl, LP Box Set, Unofficial Release, Limited Edition
    Country: Spain
    Date of released: 1987
    Category: Rock
    Style: Art Rock, Psychedelic Rock
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  • Size MP3 ZIP: 1885 mb
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Tracklist Hide Credits

A1 –The Velvet Underground Andy Warhol Says
A2 –The Velvet Underground Heroin
A3 –The Velvet Underground Venus In Furs
A4 –The Velvet Underground I'm Waiting For The Man
A5 –The Velvet Underground White Light/ White Heat
B1 –The Velvet Underground Foggy Notion
B2 –The Velvet Underground Beginning To See The Light
B3 –The Velvet Underground Sister Ray
C1 –The Velvet Underground What Goes On
C2 –The Velvet Underground Run Run Run
C3 –The Velvet Underground Candy Says
C4 –The Velvet Underground Oh Jim
D1 –The Velvet Underground I Can't Stand It
D2 –The Velvet Underground Sister Ray
Music By – John Cale, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker*, Sterling MorrisonWords By – Lou Reed
E1 –The Velvet Underground Sweet Jane
E2 –The Velvet Underground Over You
E3 –John Cale / Sterling Morrison Intro - I'm Waiting For The Man
E4 –Nico & Joe Bidewell Chelsea Girls
D1 –Lou Reed Heroin
D2 –Lou Reed Sister Ray - Leave Me Alone
D3 –Maureen Tucker* With Jonathan Richman I'm Sticking With You

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded At – WNET Studios
  • Recorded At – Poor Richard's
  • Recorded At – La Cave
  • Recorded At – 2nd Fret
  • Recorded At – The Boston Tea Party
  • Recorded At – Hilltop Festival
  • Recorded At – Woodrose Ballroom
  • Recorded At – TV3 Studios, Barcelona
  • Recorded At – Chelsea Hotel, New York

Credits

  • Bass – Tucker* (tracks: A2, A3)
  • Bass, Keyboards, Vocals – Doug Yule (tracks: A4 to E2)
  • Bass, Viola, Keyboards – John Cale (tracks: A1)
  • Drums – Angus McLise* (tracks: A2, A3), Maureen Tucker* (tracks: A1), Tucker* (tracks: A4 to E2)
  • Graphics – Crazy Hairdo
  • Guitar – Sterling Morrison (tracks: A1), Morrison* (tracks: A2 to E3)
  • Guitar [Uncredited] – Joe Bidwell (tracks: E4)
  • Guitar, Vocals – Lou Reed (tracks: A1), Reed* (tracks: A4 to E2)
  • Keyboards, Vocals – Cale* (tracks: A2, A3)
  • Piano, Vocals – John Cale (tracks: E3)
  • Producer – Butch , Fatty
  • Remix, Compiled By, Liner Notes – Butch
  • Vocals – Nico (tracks: A1)
  • Written-By – Lurid*

Notes

A1: WNET TV, USA Artist program (February 66)
A2, A3: Poor Richard's, Chicago (summer 66)
A4: La Cave, Cleveland (October 68)
A5, B1, B3, E1, E2: Second Fret, Philadelphia (early 70)
B2, D1, D2: Boston Tea Party (January 69)
C1, C2: Hilltop Rock Festival, New Hampshire (August 69)
C3: Boston Tea Party, March 1969
C4: Woodrose Ballroom, Massachusetts (April 70)
E3: TV3, Arsenal Program, Barcelona (1984 & 1986)
E4: English TV, Chelsea Hotel Program, New York City (eighties) (with unknown guitarist)
D1, D2: Plaza Las Arenas, Barcelona (June 80) (with 1980 touring band)
D3: Varuiven single (with Jonathan Richman and friends)

[Uncredited note]:
500 copies made. "Produced by Fatty and Butch". Some boxes included a two-sided poster of VU and Warhol photographs (some very rare) backed with liner notes by Butch with lyrics to Sister Ray, and setlists for 1-15-70 and 1-21-70 shows. Others included a glossy flyer of the liner notes; others included a large sticker copy of the cover.

This includes a two-sided poster of VU and Warhol photographs backed with liner notes by Butch with lyrics to Sister Ray, and setlists for 1-15-70 and 1-21-70 shows.

Sources:
A1-3: WNET TV, NYC, February 1966
A2, A5: Poor Richard's, Chicago, June 23, 1966
A6: La Cave, October 4, 1968
A7, B1, B3, E1, E2: 2nd Fret, January 1970
B2, D1, D2: Boston Tea Party, January 10, 1969
C1, C2: Hilltop Pop Festival, August 2, 1969
C3: Boston Tea Party, March 13, 1969
C4: Woodrose Ballroom, Springfield MA, April 17, 1970
E3: John Cale, 1984, overdubbed by Sterling Morrison in September 1985, Arsenal TV show
E4: Nico + Joe Bidewell, BBC TV, 1981
D1, D2: Lou Reed, Plaza Las Arenas, Barcelona, June 1980
D3: Moe Tucker with Jonathan Richman, studio recording 1974.

Two editions:
3 LP box set, Fatman/Wild FATLP 2-3-4, Spain, 1987 [This]
3 LP box set, Wild Records 101-2-3 (reissue of 500?) [The Velvet Underground - "Searchin' For My Mainline" Live, Wild & Unreleased]

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side A): 101 A+ L
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side B): 101 B+ L
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side C): 102 A+ L
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side D): 102 B+ L
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side E): 103 A L
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout etching side F): 103 B L

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
101, 102, 103 The Velvet Underground "Searchin' For My Mainline" Live, Wild & Unreleased ‎(3xLP, Comp + Box, Unofficial, Ltd) Wild Records , Wild Records , Wild Records 101, 102, 103 Spain 1987
none The Velvet Underground "Searchin' For My Mainline" Live, Wild & Unreleased ‎(3xCD, Comp, RE, RM + Box, Ltd, Num, Unofficial) Too Much / Just Right Productions, Diamonds In Your Ear none Germany 1993


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