Showing posts with label Velvet Underground. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Velvet Underground. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

On this day 05 September

 ...a traveler of both time and space

1966 05 September On This Day Jimmy Page recorded A Degree of Murder soundtrack with Brian Jones
♪ A Degree of Murder (Brian Jones) Soundcloud

  • 1966 Jimmy Page recorded A Degree of Murder soundtrack with Brian Jones.
  • 1969 Tous En Scene TV show, filmed June 19, aired on French TV
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Chicago, IL at International Amphitheatre
  • 1998 Page & Plant - Vancouver, Canada at General Motors Place
  • 2008 It Might Get Loud premiers at Toronto Film Festival
  • 2013 Jimmy Page at London launch of Lou Reed limited edition book, Transformer
It's all connected:
Jimmy Page was employed as producer, session musician and A&R scout for Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate Records label in 1965. Jimmy Page produced and played on Nico’s 1965 singles for Immediate, I'm Not Sayin' / The Last Mile.

Oldham was manager and producer of The Rolling Stones from 1963 to 1967. Brian Jones was the founder and original bandleader of the Rolling Stones, and in 1966 Jimmy Page worked with Brian Jones recording the soundtrack to the 1967 movie, A Degree of Murder. Jones' broke up with his girlfriend, Anita Pallenberg, and shortly after was seen enjoying the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967 with Nico.

Nico had met Bob Dylan a few years before and had traveled with him around Europe while Dylan worked on songs for his fourth album, 1964's Another Side of Bob Dylan.  During that time Dylan wrote a song for Nico's 1967 Chelsea Girl album called I'll Keep It With Mine.  Chelsea Girl was released in October 1967 by Verve Records, The Velvet Underground's label. According to some sources, Bob Dylan had introduced Nico to Andy Warhol, who had done a "screen test" of Dylan in 1965 or 1966, and Warhol introduced her to Lou Reed's band, The Velvet Underground.
  
The album The Velvet Underground & Nico was produced in 1972 by Andy Warhol. While it didn't sell many copies at the time, Rolling Stone magazine ranked it number thirteen on their list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".  But then, Rolling Stone ranked Led Zeppelin's first album only 29th (that was in 2015, it's now dropped farther down),.  The magazine's music critics never have much liked Led Zeppelin, so take their ranking for what it's worth.

To continue...
Transformer was Lou Reed's second solo studio album. One of the tracks, Walk On The Wild Side, became Lou Reed's signature song. The 1972 album was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, and the cover art photography was by Mick Rock, David Bowie's official photographer.  Rock continued photographing Lou Reed and other musicians over the decades.

Mick Rock has put out a number of photographic books. He and Lou Reed launched a Genesis Publications limited edition book, Transformer, in London in September 2013. Jimmy Page was at the event. Reed died October 27, 2013.  
"The Yardbirds used to cover I'm Waiting For My Man a lot; we used to drop it into the middle of  I'm A Man. I'm pretty certain we were the first people to cover The Velvet Underground."  ~Jimmy Page, Julian Marszalek interview, Quietus November 2014


1966

1966 recording A Degree of Murder soundtrack

1966 recording A Degree of Murder soundtrack

1966 recording A Degree of Murder soundtrack

1966 recording A Degree of Murder soundtrack

1966 recording A Degree of Murder soundtrack
2008
2008 Jimmy Page at It Might Get Loud premier, Toronto Film Festival

Jimmy Page, in It Might Get Loud

Jimmy Page, in It Might Get Loud
2013
2013 Jimmy Page and Lou Reed at launch of Reed's limited edition book, Transformer

2015








Wednesday, November 18, 2015

On This Day 18 November

Yesterday carrots and pods and ribs.  Today bananas.  Is there a message in this?
1966 18 November On This Day Jimmy Page with The Yardbirds, Michigan State Fair
I'm Waiting for the Man (Velvet Underground)
Note that if you prefer not to watch the obnoxious video, use the link below
  • 1966 The Yardbirds - Detroit, MI at Michigan State Fair Coliseum
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Sheffield, England at University of Sheffield


2013 Joe Elliott, Jimmy Page, Brian Wheat after Mott the Hoople concert at O2 (Ross Halfin Photo)

2013 Ian Hunter and Jimmy Page (Ross Halfin photo)





♪ I'm Waiting For The Man (Velvet Underground with Nico, 1967) YouTube
♪ I'm Waiting For My Man (The Yardbirds feat. Jimmy Page 1968) YouTube



Saturday, September 5, 2015

On This Day 05 September

...a traveler of both time and space, to be where he has been...
1966 05 September On This Day Jimmy Page recorded A Degree of Murder soundtrack with Brian Jones
♪ A Degree of Murder (Brian Jones) Soundcloud

  • 1966 Jimmy Page recorded A Degree of Murder soundtrack with Brian Jones.
  • 1969 Tous En Scene TV show, filmed June 19, aired on French TV
  • 1971 Led Zeppelin - Chicago, IL at International Amphitheatre
  • 1998 Page & Plant - Vancouver, Canada at General Motors Place
  • 2008 It Might Get Loud premiers at Toronto Film Festival
  • 2013 Jimmy Page at London launch of Lou Reed limited edition book, Transformer
It's all connected:
Jimmy Page was employed as producer, session musician and A&R scout for Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate Records label in 1965. Jimmy Page produced and played on Nico’s 1965 singles for Immediate, I'm Not Sayin' / The Last Mile.

Oldham was manager and producer of The Rolling Stones from 1963 to 1967. Brian Jones was the founder and original bandleader of the Rolling Stones, and in 1966 Jimmy Page worked with Brian Jones recording the soundtrack to the 1967 movie, A Degree of Murder. Jones' broke up with his girlfriend, Anita Pallenberg, and shortly after was seen enjoying the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967 with Nico.

Nico had met Bob Dylan a few years before and had traveled with him around Europe while Dylan worked on songs for his fourth album, 1964's Another Side of Bob Dylan.  During that time Dylan wrote a song for Nico's 1967 Chelsea Girl album called I'll Keep It With Mine.  Chelsea Girl was released in October 1967 by Verve Records, The Velvet Underground's label. According to some sources, Bob Dylan had introduced Nico to Andy Warhol, who had done a "screen test" of Dylan in 1965 or 1966, and Warhol introduced her to Lou Reed's band, The Velvet Underground.
  
The album The Velvet Underground & Nico was produced in 1972 by Andy Warhol. While it didn't sell many copies at the time, even Rolling Stone magazine has ranked it number thirteen on their list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".  But then Rolling Stone, ranked Led Zeppelin's first album only 29th, and none of their other albums appear in the top 50.  The magazine's music critics never has much liked Led Zeppelin, so take their ranking for what it's worth.

To continue...
Transformer was Lou Reed's second solo studio album. One of the tracks, Walk On The Wild Side, became Lou Reed's signature song. The 1972 album was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, and the cover art photography was by Mick Rock, David Bowie's official photographer.  Rock continued photographing Lou Reed and other musicians over the decades.

Mick Rock has put out a number of photographic books. He and Lou Reed launched a Genesis Publications limited edition book, Transformer, in London in September 2013. Jimmy Page was at the event. Reed died October 27, 2013.  
"The Yardbirds used to cover I'm Waiting For My Man a lot; we used to drop it into the middle of  I'm A Man. I'm pretty certain we were the first people to cover The Velvet Underground."  ~Jimmy Page, Julian Marszalek interview, Quietus November 2014

1966 recording A Degree of Murder soundtrack

1966 recording A Degree of Murder soundtrack

1966 recording A Degree of Murder soundtrack

1966 recording A Degree of Murder soundtrack

1966 recording A Degree of Murder soundtrack

2008 Jimmy Page at It Might Get Loud premier, Toronto Film Festival

Jimmy Page, in It Might Get Loud

Jimmy Page, in It Might Get Loud

2013 Jimmy Page and Lou Reed at launch of Reed's limited edition book, Transformer