Scepter Studios Sessions (豆瓣)

表演者: The Velvet Underground
流派: 摇滚
专辑类型: 专辑
介质: Vinyl
发行时间: 2012-11-18
出版者: Polydor Records
唱片数: 1
条形码: 0602537178407
其他版本: Velvet Underground & Nico: Unripened （全部）

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　　The official release of The Velvet Underground & Nico's Scepter Studios Sessions, released in a no-frills, numbered vinyl edition for Record Store Day (Black Friday 2012), is a real treat. They originate from the so-called Norman Dolph acetate, which is infamous because it was, briefly, the most valuable vinyl record ever sold (discounting the morbid memento mori copy of John... (展开全部) 　　The official release of The Velvet Underground & Nico's Scepter Studios Sessions, released in a no-frills, numbered vinyl edition for Record Store Day (Black Friday 2012), is a real treat. They originate from the so-called Norman Dolph acetate, which is infamous because it was, briefly, the most valuable vinyl record ever sold (discounting the morbid memento mori copy of John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Double Fantasy which John Lennon signed FOR Mark Chapman, the man who killed him -- I believe it went for $450,000). A man in his twenties, visiting New York City from Canada, bought this acetate at a garage sale for seventy-five cents. Realizing the rarity of his purchase, he digitally preserved the disc, which was in decent shape for an acetate (acetates are not meant to be played more than a few times and are made with substandard material), put it up for sale on eBay. The bidding ended at over $150,000. But the bid was fraudulent. When it was auctioned off for a second time, it went for about $25,000.
　　This acetate comes from the first studio session (April 25, 1966) for The Velvet Underground & Nico. For those that heard the bootleg version, Universal has done a great job reducing the noise caused by all the pops and hisses found on the acetate (though some are still quite audible). As for the material on the disc, much of it sounds similar to what ends up on the final album. The version of "European Son" here includes 90 additional seconds of the guitar solo immediately following the "broken glass" moment at the conclusion of Reed's last verse, and is probably the most illuminating excised piece of music on this acetate. "All Tomorrow's Parties" features only one track of Nico's lead vocal, but is different from the mix found on the 80s CD/vinyl issue of the album. The mix here for "I'll Be Your Mirror" minimizes the background harmonies. "Femme Fatale" has a different set of vocal harmonies, with one member of the band hitting embarrassingly bad falsetto notes, giving the song a hilarity it does not require. The version on the official, with its deadpan and wavering background singing, is much better. There are three alternate takes here: "Heroin," "Venus in Furs" and "I'm Waiting for the Man." These are earlier versions, and Reed's vocals are nowhere near as realized as they would be on the finished album, and the band is not nearly as confident in their playing yet on these takes.
　　(http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/the_velvet_underground/scepter_studios_sessions/)