1966-January 1966-January_27+28 The Velvet Underground 1966-Jan: Uptight #3 The Factory - New York, NY 66-Jan_27+28: The Velvet Underground In Boston Boston Tea Party - Boston, MA Disc 1 1 Uptight #3 60.00 66-Jan 2 I'm Waiting For The Man .40 66-Jan_27-28 3 Guess I'm Falling In Love .48 4 Run Run Run 2.51 5 Heroin 2.18 6 Walk & Talk 2.10 7 I Heard Her Call My Name 4.30 8 Venus In Furs 1.20 9 Sister Ray 12.33 Notes about the Uptight #3 recording: Edited by Danny Williams Photographed by Danny Williams and Barbara Rubin, 60 minutes, January 1966 During the early days of the Velvet Underground's collaboration with Andy Warhol, they began to experiment with multi-media performances called "Andy Warhol's Uptight", a predecessor to the Exploding Plastic Inevitable shows that were staged later in 1966. Around this time, a series of films were shot, possibly for use as background projections in the shows. This reel, recently discovered and restored, is the only one that was edited into a finished form. It was shot on January 27 & 28, 1966, and chronicles the appearance of the Velvet Underground on David Susskind's television show, long before they signed their record contract or were known to almost anyone. The footage, shot by VU light-show engineer Danny Williams and young experimental filmmaker Barbara Rubin (Christmas On Earth), includes scenes in the television studio and travelling on a bus. Besides the band, the "cast" includes many notable faces from the New York avant garde underground and Warhol's entourage, including Tuli Kupferberg and Ed Sanders of the Fugs, Angus Maclise, Gerard Malanga, Paul Morrissey and many more. Notes about The Velvet Underground In Boston recording: Andy Warhol, sound, color, 16 mm, 33 minutes, 1967 Concert film capturing the influential rock band on tour. Andy Warhol Museum film preserved through the Avant-Garde Masters Grants (2008). According to the Andy Warhol Museum, the film is color, has sound that cuts in and out quite a bit (technical problem on Warhol's end) and is 33 minutes long. Warhol filmed before, during and after the gig and condensed it to the single reel with a lot of in camera editing. There's a lot footage of the Velvets but there's also quite a bit of footage of the crowd, overhead projectors and disco balls. The VU songs included are: I'm Waiting For The Man .40 Guess I'm Falling In Love .48 Run Run Run 2.51 Heroin 2.18 Walk & Talk 2.10 I Heard Her Call My Name 4.30 Venus In Furs 1.20 Sister Ray 12.33 Sister Ray is the only track to be complete. ** Review (by Secret Cinema) ** This newly unearthed film, which Warhol shot during a concert at the Boston Tea Party, features a variety of filmmaking techniques. Sudden in-and-out zooms, sweeping panning shots, in-camera edits that create single frame images and bursts of light like paparazzi flash bulbs going off mirror the kinesthetic experience of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, with its strobe lights, whip dancers, colorful slide shows, multi-screen projections, liberal use of amphetamines, and overpowering sound. It is a significant find indeed for fans of the Velvets, being one of only two known films with synchronous sound of the band performing live, and this the only one in color. It's fitting that it was shot at the Boston Tea Party, as the Beantown club became one of the band's favorite, most-played venues, and was where a 16-year-old Jonathan Richman faithfully attended every show and befriended the group. Richman, who would later have his debut recordings produced by John Cale, and later yet record a song about the group, is just possibly seen in the background of this film." ~ Secret Cinema - Velvet Underground Film Discoveries at Moore