The Velvet Underground: The Quine Tapes
Holy Shit. That’s about all I can say about this record. This should be the best $99.00 any of us spend this summer. I predict this will be the most collectible record this year.
Quine was an avid Velvet Underground fan and followed the band making several recordings using a handheld recorder and transferred them to a reel-to-reel, which preserved the recordings. Digital versions of these recordings were released in 2001, but this is the first time the recordings were remastered, and only for this version by Bob Irwin.
If you haven’t been to Sundazed’s site (www.sundazed.com), you should. Bob Irwin (pictured right) owns Sundazed and masters all of the restored vinyl that’s issued from the label in an all analog personal studio. While Rhino releases new versions of classic albums, Irwin restores and releases fantastic remastered true-to-the-original records.
Although not a limited edition, we anticipate selling through our first pressing of this upcoming release very quickly!
These historic Velvet Underground performances are now available on vinyl for the first time ever. To commemorate the occasion, Sundazed Music has designed a lavish six-LP box set, with the discs packaged in three separate gatefold jackets and contained in a deluxe slipcase. The package features incredible new cover art commissioned especially for this vinyl release, plus rare photos, Verve label repro’s, poster/handbill inserts, and detailed liner notes by Rolling Stone’s David Fricke. In keeping with Sundazed’s usual exacting standards, this set has been newly mastered by Bob Irwin from the original source material and is perfectly pressed on high-definition virgin vinyl.
