VA - Unpiecing The Jigsaw - A Tribute To TheVelvet Underground (2009)

Back to the good…as the now cliche saying goes, The Velvet Underground only had a few hundred fans in and around their time, but every one of them went out and started their own band. And here are a bunch of them doing stuff they like. These are great interpretations of Velvet tunes from talented bands for most of whom this set was my introduction (i.e., Heaven and Hell). Most are not straight up takes, but instead are channeled and re-made through the creativity and style of each of the contributors. Interestingly enough, the Nirvana Here She Comes Now is one of the less re-interpreted pieces of the bunch, but it is true to Nirvana, a perfect fit. Special highlights for me are Some Kinda of Love by Levellers5, Foggy Notion by Echo and The Bunnymen, Beginning to See the Light by Into Paradise, What Goes On by the Screaming Trees, All Tomorrow's PArties by Buffalo Tom, European Son by Ride, and Sister Ray by Badgeman, the latter two alone are worth the price of the set for me and led me to venture further into the wall-of-noise/shoe-gaze genre - to which White Light White Heat must be credited as an inspiration in part.

TRACKLIST

CD1
01.Motorcycle Boy - Run Run Run [03:32]
02.Nirvana - Here She Comes Now [04:58]
03.The MOck Turtles - Pale Blue Eyes [03:56]
04.Badgeman - Sister Ray [11:35]
05.Chapter House - Lady Godiva's Operation [06:30]
06.The Wedding Present - Shes My Best Friend [02:52]
07.Terry Bickers and Bradleigh Smith - Im Set Free [07:25]
08.Shelley Orphan - Who loves the Sun [03:36]
09.Buffalo Tom - All Tomorrows Parties [06:13]
10.Echo and the Bunnymen - Foggy Nation [05:23]
11.Hurrah - Sweet Jane [04:55]
12.Levellers 5 - Some Kinda Love [04:42]
13.James - Sunday Morning [04:56]

CD2
01.Beef - Femme Fatale [03:36]
02.White Light - White Heat [06:24]
03.Lee Ronaldo - Stephanie Says [03:02]
04.The Telescopes - Candy Says [03:28]
05.Jellyfish Kiss - Im Sticking With You [02:55]
06.Into Paradise - Beginning to see the Light [04:28]
07.Bill Nelson and Roy Rodgers Rocketeers - Lonesome Cowboy Bill [06:03]
08.Ride - European Son [03:55]
09.The New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Im Set Free [04:20]
10.The Original Sins - Head Held High [02:50]
11.The Screaming Trees - What Goes On [03:57]
12.Half Japanese - I heard her call my name [05:37]

CD3
01.Swerve Driver - Jesus [04:20]
02.Eleventh Day Dream - Ocean [06:24]
03.The Dylans - Who Loves The Sun [05:45]
04.Fatima Mansions - Lady Godiva's Operation [04:54]
05.The Reegs - All Tomorrows Parties [06:34]
06.The Prank - Murder Mystery [04:12]
07.Nico - Femme Fatale (live 1980?s) [03:19]
08.Nico - All Tomorrow's Parties (live 1980?s) [02:27]

CD4
01.Lou Reed talks - 47 minutes in depth with Lou Reed [47:03]