The Velvet Underground
"SWEET SISTER RAY'S MURDER MYSTERY"
live 1968 + 1969

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This is a slightly remixed version of this torrent, sample attached below for comparison -

Torrent #277519 THE VELVET UNDERGROUND-SWEET SISTER RAY'S MURDER MYSTERY BOOT
http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=277519

Lineage:Boot CD> HD > WAV > FLAC

Above > Audacity > CD Wave > TLH

01 Sweet Sister Ray
02 Sister Ray - Murder Mystery - Sister Ray
03 The Story of My Life

01-Recorded April 30,1968
At La Cave,Cleaveland.Ohio
Lou Reed-White Gretsch Falcon
John Cale-Viola
Mo Tucker-Bass
Sterling Morrison-Gibson Guitar

02-Recorded January 28,1969
At La Cave,Cleaveland.Ohio
Lou Reed-Guitar
Sterling Morrison-Guitar
Mo Tucker-Drums
Doug Yule-Bass,Keyboards

03-Recorded October 2,1968
At La Cave,Cleaveland.Ohio
Lou Reed-Guitar
Sterling Morrison-Guitar
Mo Tucker-Drums
Doug Yule-Bass

This is another VU item I've worked on. The mixing process I use (a long and painstaking one in Audacity that I arrived at through trial and error), widens the sound, little else, but I for me I find this sort of tweak much more listenable.

In particular on track 2, Sister Ray - Murder Mystery - Sister Ray, the separation sounds very
convincing (listen in headphones!). For the record,personally I much prefer that to the interesting but wandering "Sweet Sister Ray" (is that what The Grateful Dead were like live? I'm not in a hurry to find out :)).

Likewise, The Story of My Life sounds very clear here too, as the sample will show. Samples attached below to show before and after mixing this - after / before / after.

If you don't approve of "remastering" / remixing, whichever label you attach , give this a miss. Otherwise, if you like the way this sounds, please give some feedback. (I don't like the term 'remaster',,,a 'bs' term that basically means a minor remix...which is what I've attempted here).

Enjoy


Thanks to all those involved in the playing, recording and sharing of this!