Here’s something a bit different to restart the site with. It’s
the first album to be posted on this blog.
This is Squeeze, the fifth Velvet Underground album. Which
seems to have been all but erased from the band’s official history? No tracks
from it appear on any Velvet Underground compilations or box sets. Unavailable
on vinyl since the seventies, it has never officially been issued on CD. The
Kismet label has released it recently on CD unlicensed. The version here was
taken from vinyl.
By the time this was recorded in 1972, Mo Tucker and Doug
Yule were the only band members left. Doug Yule produced and played most of the
instruments on it. Mo Tucker was stopped from playing on the album by the
band’s manager. The drums are performed by Ian Paice, Deep Purple’s drummer. Hence many fans
do not see it as a real Velvet Underground album. Doug Yule was not included in
the band when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
1996. Despite the fact he played on three of their five albums.
- Little Jack
- Crash
- Caroline
- Mean Old Man
- Dopey Joe
- Wordless
- She'll Make You Cry
- Friends
- Send No Letter
- Jack & Jane
- Louise
Produced By Doug Yule
Doug Yule Vocal, Guitar,
Keyboards, Bass guitar
Ian Paice Drums
