Live 2 [Live]

Velvet Underground | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Island / Mercury
• ASIN: B000001FOE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,795 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #79 in Music > Alternative Rock > Hardcore & Punk > Proto Punk

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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 20-JUN-1988

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This review should not be necessary, July 3, 2002

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[e-mail] (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live 2 (Audio CD)

Why they didn't just pack it together as one double CD is beyond me, as the original record was all one set. This just means I have to write two ***** reviews instead of one. But yes, Volume 2 is just as good as Volume 1, and they both are classics. In fact, I like a lot of the songs on this one ("Herion", "Sweet Bonnie Brown", "Pale Blue Eyes", "White Light/White Heat") better than the originals. In the case of "White Light...", it's probably because you get a longer version of a good thing.

This makes it the rarest of live albums, in that the material here is at least as good or better than the original. I also like that you can hear the band really get down and rock on a few numbers, just to show they are a ROCK band, and not the toys of the art crowd.

I thank those who released this, as it was a very hard to find work for awhile.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST Velvets Album, April 29, 2003

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jcsalem (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Live 2 (Audio CD)

This is one of the rare cases when volume 2 is better than the first. Of course, it would be best to buy both but if you have to pick one, pick this volume.

This is the album that made me really appreciate the Velvets. I love live music and this album really captures the band as they were meant to be heard -- Jamming, Moody, Rock and Roll. The first 3 songs especially (Ocean, Pale Blue Eyes, and Heroin) have reverberated in my musical memory for a very long time.

A GREAT FIRST VU ALBUM! If you know the Velvets or even just think you might like them, you can't go wrong with these live concerts.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you have the 1st one you must get this...or vice versa, April 27, 2003

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musicburgler "genegreen" (DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live 2 (Audio CD)

Volume 2 picks up where the first one leaves off, opening with a ten minute version of OCEAN, complete with Crashing waves of cymbals. This also has rare gems you cant find anywhere else like the short but sweet OVER YOU, and the 50's rockabilly, speed freak sounding combo of SWEET BONNIE BROWN/IT'S JUST TOO MUCH.
Then there is the extended noise drone of WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT.

Just more evidence that the VU were a real loose dirty rock band who were more at home playing in dive bars than the early Warhol era trendy art crowd.