Last Chill Room of the year is the lightning flash and thunder roar of White Light/White Heat, the Velvet Underground's most extreme statement that hasn't dated a second and burns fresher than ever. A deep appreciation.
Produced and engineered by dj bennett (chillroom@killradio.org)
This program uses tracks from the new Super Deluxe Edition of White Light/White Heat, also from the Live at the Gymnasium bootleg 2008, online Velvet resources, and the Peel Slowly and See box set. It is presented for education and entertainment and because its fantastic. Thanks to my live listeners and friends and commenters. The next Velvets show will be on the grey album. Feedback requested. We miss you, Lou.
The Chill Room, 27 December 2013, at 10:30pm PST on killradio.org
160k VBR, 2 hours, giddy up
All music by the Velvet Underground: Lou Reed, guitars, vocals; John Cale, bass, viola, keyboards, vocals; Sterling Morrison, guitars, vocals; Maureen Tucker, percussion.
Turn it UP.
Set list: Run Run Run (Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus OH, 1 Nov 1966) / Here She Comes Now (demo, take 1 and take 2, Ludlow Street loft Dec 1965) / I'm Not a Young Man Anymore, Guess I'm Falling in Love, Run Run Run, Sister Ray, Booker T (The Gymnasium club, NYC, 30 April 1967) / White Light White Heat (mono single mix and stereo album mix), The Gift (instrumental version), Lady Godiva's Operation (stereo album mix), I Heard Her Call My Name (alternate take and mono album mix), Here She Comes Now (mono single mix) (White Light White Heat album sessions, Mayfair Sound Studios, NYC, Sept 1967) / Guess I'm Falling in Love (backing track, studio unknown, 5 Dec 1967) / Stephanie Says, Temptation Inside Your Heart (A&R Studios, NYC, 13-14 Feb 1968) / Hey Mr. Rain (Version Two), Beginning to See the Light (early version) (TTG Studios, Los Angeles, 29 May 1968)
It lightens up my eyes. It fills me up with surprise.