Listened to an audience recording of Velvet Underground from the Boston Tea Party (12-12-68). This show is astonishing, and you can really hear the room. Bass is thick and everywhere while the vocals are lower in the mix, but Lou Reed still cuts through. The sound seperation makes it easy to decipher the fantastic guitar interplay. Mo's drums lay a solid backbeat.

If you consider V.U. sloppy but dig their sincerity and influence, thou shalt reconsider!! The Velvets at their peak are definitive rock and roll. A wondrous racket.

Standout performances from this set include "I'm Waiting For My Man", "Foggy Notion", "Beginning to see the Light", and "Sister Ray". Well hell might as well praise the "White Light/White Heat" because it totally smokes. Slop this is not. This band had it down, and it stands up over time.