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The Velvet Underground are my favourite band. My love for them knows no bounds. This album was one of two compilations of previously unreleased recordings released in the mid 1980’s. I came by this particular pressing via a former friend, now deceased (file under drug related misadventure), who had found it in a now forgotten second-hand record store in the heart of Perth somewhere off Hay St and had set it aside for me knowing I’d want it. This would have been 1988.
Another View is another of those albums I’ve played untold hundreds of times whilst curled up with a bottle of red wine, hanging with my Rasta friend or just plain straight; it didn’t matter as it did the business every time despite it being made up of Velvet Underground off-cuts. This album is better than many bands’ official albums. If you are lucky enough to be holding this album right now blast it at high volume and revel in the pure rock ‘n’ roll of We’re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together, the louche vibe of Hey MR. Rain (both versions!), and the original version of the deathless classic - Rock and Roll. Marvel at the best use of a Monday to Sunday name check (or is that ‘day check’?) in Coney Island Steeplechase, over typically awesome rhythm guitar playing. If you are holding this album now never sell it! The only reason you have this album is because death relinquished my hold on it!
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