The Velvet Underground The Bootleg Series Vol.1 The Quine Tapes

Despite the black market vibe of the title (Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes), these grainy but historically significant live Velvet Underground recordings–taken from poorly attended shows in San Francisco during November 1969 (the post-John Cale and pre-Loaded era)–have never been made available before, illegally or otherwise. Furthermore–and unlike most other bootleggers–avid young fan and tape recorder operative Robert Quine (an apprentice disciple of Lou Reed's savage guitar style and a future founding member of punk combo Richard Hell and the Voidoids) didn't have to suffer the personal indignity of standing furtively at the back of the hall with a microphone stuffed down his trousers.