RE: [bomp] velvet underground acetate

[Wilson Smith <w@xxxxxxxxx>]

There are a couple of interesting
questions and answers in a
fine-print section of the eBay
listing of the acetate auction
(bidding at $125k last time I
looked, with three and a half days
of bidding left).

     Dec-02-06
     
     Q: Another copy of this acetate
     showed up 2 years ago from a Moe
     Tucker basement box & has been
     released unofficially on cd last
     year,maybe you'd make it public as
     in your description you write that
     yours is the only existing copy.All
     the serious Velvet Underground
     collectors knows that this is not
     the only copy.For sure your copy is
     in better conditions than the
     Moe's.It will not affect the big
     price you're gonna get at the
     end...
     			
     A: The legend of the surfacing of a
     Moe Tucker copy is documented
     nowhere that we could find except
     on the liner of the Japanese
     bootleg referenced in our
     description above. As such, we
     regard it as rumored (at best) and
     thus unreliable. That Warren's copy
     is far superior in sound to the
     bootleg is noteworthy, however, and
     would lend credibility to the
     notion that there could be another
     copy extant. Please advise if you
     have an information source more
     credible than the liner notes of a
     bootleg CD and/or word of mouth.  
     Has Moe Tucker confirmed this
     rumor?
     
     Dec-04-06
     
     Q: The 'rumor' about Moe's acetate
     is true! I have worked with her and
     Sterling on projects in the past,
     and they both mentioned how the
     band played it several times to see
     how the NY sessions had gone.  
     I've seen it, with Sterling's
     handwritten 'featuring Moe Tucker'
     on the front of the white cover.  
     This 'legend' is true--there
     definitely is another copy. --M.C.  
     Kostek
     			
     A:  Though we must still regard
     this as unconfirmed, we will post
     it in the interest of keeping our
     bidders informed about claims which
     seem credible to us. If this
     correspondence is indeed, as I am
     inclined to believe, from Mike
     Kostek, author of 'The Velvet
     Underground Handbook', we thank you
     for your contribution.
     
Yes, it's looking to me like the 
acetate is "just an artifact", but 
who knows. This acetate has been 
around for several years while they 
attempted to work out other deals. 
The tracks could have been ripped 
during that process of shopping 
around for a buyer. 

Regardless, these otherwise
available recordings are reasonably
listenable and could presumably be
cleaned up so that they're
completely listenable.

W


On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, craig taylor wrote:

> 
> Couldn't find them on alt.binaries - probably because site totally baffled me
> so the material is already floating around from other sources - if so  which
> sources?
> 
> if material was unavailable elsewhere then if buyer could jump any legal
> technicalities to press up a CD, they would sell 500,000 upwards which makes
> acetate worth about #1-2 million. If material is available elsewhere then
> acetate is just an artifact.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 21:30:55 -0600> From: w@xnet2.com> To: bomp@xnet2.com>
> Subject: Re: [bomp] velvet underground acetate> > > A copy of the tunes that
> would be > on the acetate has been posted to > alt.binaries.rock-n-roll, >
> alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.1960s, > alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.garage-rock> > Very
> different versions of the > four songs, some of them VERY cool. > What does
> this do to the value of > the acetate? Devalue it completely?> > W> > > On
> Sun, 3 Dec 2006, craig taylor wrote:> > > > >
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VELVET-UNDERGROUND-NICO-1966-Acetate-LP-ANDY-WARHOL_W0Q>
> > QitemZ300054910309QQihZ020QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem> > > > > >
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