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That SISTER RAY riff just makes me wanna go NUTS LOL ... SO. AWESOME. In the battle of the riffs, that goes on in my mind, it's either that or Jumpin' Jack flash (studio track - they NEVER topped it live, where the VU absolutely DID) I VERY much appreciate the massive effort you have taken. But I suspect it's more PASSION than 'effort' LOL. I appreciate you showing STERLING's parts on the guitar too !! Looking forward to part III.

Fantastic! Cant wait to watch the final installation

yep briilant in depth stuff and to echo other comments I to have seen/heard a vast amount of material regarding Velvets but I just added a heap more thanks to you CF.. cheers dude for an exeptional video

Much! Much! Better that Beck's version.

“Guess I’m fallin in love” with Lou’s vocals?

Brilliant stuff as ever. What has always attracted me to the velvets is their purity…..untainted by the horrors of any (successful) “marketing”.

Fantabulous! I always said van morrison never got enough credit for the Velvets.

I agree so much with @edwardmulholland7912 Todd Haynes video is a casual veneer . How long did it take? It’s scholarly in its breadth. All hail sterling . I wonder what you could do with the other 2! THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A CAREFUL STUDY OF LOUS VOCAL ABILITY AND THE SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF IT Thanks

The one and only Steamboat Capt. that the Velvets would have been a near-toothless beast without. Sterling’s contributions were absolutely essential and, like him, all cool.

This is Mojo Magazine special edition level with all of the information, interviews, and photos.

I'm a BIG fan of Sterling's playing, ABSOLUTELY. This is a real treat. THANK YOU for taking the time and effort.

Really great, looking forward to part 2

We never got that velvet underground MTV unplugged in the 90s maybe that would be an interesting project choosing and arranging what that would sound and look like. It would be fun to hear some songs you wouldn't expect too lol

can't wait for the next episode!

Great doco! Thanks so much. Sterling, what a guitar player. The Velvets made it all the way to Tasmania in the mid 70s to a bunch of teenagers sniffing out music. No New York station for us to have our lives saved by rock n roll! A friend went to the US as an exchange student for a year in '73 I think. When he came back we asked what music he'd heard. Rock n Roll Animal was his discovery. Not long before someone heard Lou had been in a band previously. What a find.

I’m absolutely LOVING these docos Cam, thank you! A question: Who’s playing bass with the band in the funny silver hat at about 34:44?

Okay the Rheem organ is a revelation for me! The fuzz circuits legit are the answer to the crazy distorted boost that John got for his solos! Also only thought Rheem made air conditioners lol. It’s like sears making guns and everything else back in the day I assume!

I thought I'd seen pretty much all the available Velvets photo and film footage available over the years, yet your documentary has loads of amazing stuff I've never seen anywhere. What an epic project and a generous gift to VU fans. Take a bow, Cam--this is an astounding piece of work.

You do great work! Keep it up!

Superb. Keep it coming man

Just wonderful. Captures the Velvets unlike any other documentary I've seen...

Well now I know how I’m spending this Sunday.

Cam you are a legend❤ as was sterling !

Stunning, beautiful work.

Excellent!

The mere fact that it's recent makes me happy :)

Cam, you should try your hardest to get the insanity of Lou Reed's tone from the Amp-Tape version of Sister Ray at the Boston Tea Party. It's distorted because of the low quality, but it would be amazing if you could explore the idea of mimicking the sound. Just an idea (: I think Lou at the time was still using Tone Benders, but he switched over to Sunn amps (perhaps the Solarus?) with an ES-335/345TD. Other people say in '69 he was using some kind of acoustic amplifier, but I'm not sure what proof there is.

Camtastic!

STILL one of my favourite grooooves. Good stuff !!!

thanks, Cam. I'm always up for VU docs, you did great

Wow! So damn good!!

Another great episode. You might want to check this out. L.A.'s "The Dream Syndicate" 1982 E.P. Another band Heavily influenced by The Velvets(obviously) ruclips.net/video/GYIo7jxgL84/видео.html

This is really proving to be the most comprehensive and passionate VU project to date, it’s amazing to see how much you’ve managed to document these past couple years. I was really intrigued by the performance of White Light/White Heat you included and how some of the playing was somewhat contradictory of your original video on the song. It was also really interesting to see which guitars you think were featured on each song. I know you’ve expressed an interest in moving your channel towards other endeavors and not focusing so much on the Velvets, but do you think we’ll ever see any more elaboration on some of what you showed in this video? I think even a series of Sam Popkin style guitar/bass covers discussing gear and history in the description would be really cool.

This is fantastic, IMO every bit as good as the Todd Haynes movie. Some of that footage is really rare.

Wonderful.

This is incredibly well done Cam. Thanks for sharing

How great this is! Thanks dude!

Hey cam! I’m assuming the guitar choices you made for the demonstrations are what you presume Sterling used on the originals?

Excellent! Cant wait to see the Doug Yule stuff.

Always excellent, thanks Cam.

You have done it again Cam - fantastic work. The amount of detail on the group as a working band is fascinating. There is a lot of information here that I’ve not heard or seen before. The footage/photos alone in this and part one is just amazing. I love that you played Sterling’s guitar parts so I could finally see and hear what he was doing. Sterling’s baselines are also wonderful. I understand that now that the band really wanted to be successful, and while they did make some bad decisions, the industry worked against them. I love the first Mothers of Invention album personally, but Zappa was definitely threatened by the VU musically - which wasn’t helped by sharing the same record label and producer. Herb Cohen was a ruthless businessman, as Zappa later found out. Warhol and Paul Morrissey couldn’t compete with that. The whole saga is just fascinating. This is just brilliant work. Thank you for sharing this.

Great job this is excellent

Brilliant. Simply proving over and over Cam is the best Velvet archivist and historian in the world. Superb documentarian and filmmaker as well.

@Cam Forrester thanks so much for this. What's that very last track at the end? Is it from some recording of 'Waiting For My Man' of 'Sister Ray' ? I'd love to hear the rest of that. Thanks.