Showing posts with label Nico. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nico. Show all posts

Friday, 12 February 2021

Nico - Nightmoves, Glasgow, Scotland - xx.xx.1981 plus Peel Session - 02.02.1971 (Flac)


 

 

A very good Nico recording even if a little hissy, probably a FM broadcast. Including the first Peel seesion as a bonus. HUGE Thanks to Svcott R for sending me the rip of his tape to share here

Nightmoves, Glasgow, Scotland
xx.xx.1981

Tracklist:
01. Intro+Crowd Noise
02. Valley Of The Kings
03. Janitor Of Lunacy
04. The Falconer
05. Abschied
06. Procession
07. All Tomorrow's Parties
08. Femme Fatale

Bonus:


Peel Session
02.02.1971

01. No One Is There
02. Secret Side
03. Frozen Warnings
04. Janitor Of Lunacy

Do Not Sell!
Enjoy.

 

Sunday, 31 January 2021

Nico - Nuns Education Centre, Pécs, Hungary - xx.09.1985 (Flac)

 


 

Good FM broadcast. The folder is labeled Budapest, but the concert was in Pécs, other hungarian city. Thanks to the original uploader.

Original Info File:

This was recorded from an FM broadcast in 1985, which apparently presented one hour of the show rather than the full performance. This was the tour that resulted in the double live LP "Behind the Iron Curtain," though, strangely enough, that release was recorded in Rotterdam (ie, not behind the Iron Curtain). Same band and tour as the great Nico/Berlin recording.

I have always loved this recording. I started working with artists who lived "behind the Iron Curtain" in the early 1980s, and this music always seemed to capture the mood of the places I visited and the melancholy that accompanied the knowledge that I could come and go as I pleased, but my friends there could not.

This tape was one of many by Western artists circulated in the Eastern European underground. The sound quality is very good, but not perfect; appropriate, somehow, to the circumstances.


Track List:
Track 01 intro (announcer)
Track 02 fearfully in danger
Track 03 my heart is empty
Track 04 procession
Track 05 one more chance
Track 06 janitor of lunacy
Track 07 konig
Track 08 you forget to answer
Track 09 win a few
Track 10 all tomorrows parties
Track 11 purple lips
Track 12 outro (announcer)

According to this site (http://smironne.free.fr/NICO/pecs.html) the full concert also included the following:

My Funny Valentine
The End
Femme Fatale
60/40

If anyone has the complete set I would be most grateful if you would upload it or the missing songs. If not, please enjoy this very nice recording.

Band:
Nico: vocals, indian pump organ
James Young (James Edward): piano, keyboards
Eric Random: tabla, percussion, synthesiser
Eric Graham Dowdall: Electronic percussion
Nico: vocals, Indian pump organ

Recording:
There is a cut in track 6 for a tape flip. This is in the source.

FM > tape (2nd generation) > TotalRecorder 24/192,000 > SoundForge bit depth conversion to 16/44,100 > dbAmp flac encoder (level 6)

Sound quality: B+

*****
NB: Most of my recordings were received as tape or cd-r trades. I can't vouch for the source or generation of any recording not made by me and marked as being copied from the  "Master" (this is not one). Sound quality is a qualitative judgement.

Wednesday, 25 October 2017

Nico with The Blue Orchids - Clutch Cargos, Detroit, USA - 06.07.1982 (Flac)



Excellent soundboard. Thanks to kingrue for sharing in TTD.

Original Info File:

Source: Soundboard > low generation cassette

Transfer:  Zoom H4n (16 bit / 44.1 kHz)

Editing: Soundforge (tracking) > Wav (Eac tested) > TLH (sector boundary aligned) Flac level 8
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here is a comprehensive website list of many live Nico recordings.

http://underpop.free.fr/n/nico/nicoperf.htm


In 1946, Nico and her mother relocated to downtown Berlin, where Nico worked as a seamstress. She attended school until the age 13, and began selling lingerie in

the department store KaDeWe, eventually getting modeling jobs in Berlin. At five feet ten inches and with chiseled features and porcelain skin, Nico rose to

prominence as a fashion model as a teenager.   Nico was discovered at 16 by the photographer Herbert Tobias while both were working at a KaDeWe fashion show in Berlin.

He gave her the name Nico after her ex-boyfriend, Through her travels, she learned to speak English, Spanish, and French. 

After appearing in several television advertisements, Nico got a small role in Alberto Lattuada's film La Tempesta (1958).

She also appeared in Rudolph Maté's For the First Time, with Mario Lanza, later that year.  In 1959, she was invited to the set of Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita,

where she attracted the attention of the acclaimed director, who gave her a minor role in the film as herself.

By this time, she was living in New York and taking acting classes.

Nico's first performances as a singer took place in December 1963 at New York's Blue Angel nightclub, where she sang standards such as "My Funny Valentine".

In 1965, Nico met the Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones and recorded her first single, "I'm Not Sayin'" with the B-side "The Last Mile".

After being introduced by Brian Jones, she began working in New York with Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey on their experimental films,

In 1967, Nico's tenure with the Velvet Underground was marked by personal and musical difficulties. Violist and bassist John Cale has written that Nico's long preparations in the

dressing room and pre-performance good luck ritual (burning a candle) would often hold up a performance, which especially irritated band member Lou Reed.

Nico's partial deafness also would sometimes cause her to veer off key, for which she was ridiculed by other band members.

Between 1970 and 1979, Nico made about seven films with French director Philippe Garrel.

Nico returned to New York in 1979 where her comeback concert at CBGB.  Around this time, Nico was often cited as an influence on the gothic rock scene.

Echo & the Bunnymen,  invited Blue Orchids to be the opening act for their 1981 UK tour.  She recorded her final solo album, Camera Obscura, in 1985.

Nico recorded her last concert June 6, 1988 at the Planetarium in West Berlin, Germany.

On July 18, 1988, while on vacation in Ibiza with her son Ari, Nico had a heart attack while riding a bicycle, and she hit her head as she fell. 

Causing a brain hemorrhage that ended her life at the age of 49.

I'm unsure who's playing bass guitar,  so I listed both possible players.

Personnel:
Nico - vocals, harmonium

with The Blue Orchids:
Martin Bramah - guitar, backing vocals
Una Baines - keyboards, vocals
Steve Garvey - bass, backing vocals
Rick Goldstraw - bass guitar (1979–82)
Phillip Toby Toman (aka Toby Tomanov) - drums (1981–82)


Set list:
01 One More Chance
02 Saeta
03 60-40
04 Vegas
05 The Sphinx
06 Janitor of Lunacy
07 Secret Side
08 No One Is There
09 The End -- tape flip @ 5:19 --
10 All Tomorrow's Parties
11 Femme Fatale
12 I'm Waiting For The Man (ending cuts off)

Total Time = 59:49 min

~~ ENJOY ~~


Wednesday, 25 May 2016

John Cale & Special Guests play "The Velvet Underground & Nico" - La Philharmonie, Paris, France - 03.04.2016 (MP4)










From ARTE website

Setlist:
Intro
I'm Waiting for the Man
European Son (with The Libertines)
Lady Godiva's Operation (with Saul Williams)
All Tomorrow's Parties (with Mark Lanegan)
Venus in Furs
I'll Be Your Mirror (with Étienne Daho)
The Gift
There She Goes Again (with Animal Collective)
Sunday Morning
White Light/White Heat (with The Libertines)
Femme Fatale (with Lou Doillon)
Black Angel's Death Song (with Mark Lanegan)
Run Run Run (with The Libertines)
Heroin  (with Saul Williams)
Sister Ray (with The Libertines, Saul Williams, Mark Lanegan, Étienne Daho,
Animal Collective and Lou Doillon)

TRT = 01:25:18

Format                                   : MPEG-4
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File size                                : 1.40 GiB
Duration                                 : 1h 25mn
Overall bit rate mode                    : Variable
Overall bit rate                         : 2 344 Kbps
Encoded date                             : UTC 2016-05-18 22:08:00
Tagged date                              : UTC 2016-05-18 22:08:00

Video
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Format profile                           : Main@L3.1
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Width                                    : 1 280 pixels
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Encoded date                             : UTC 2016-05-18 22:08:01
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Encoded date                             : UTC 2016-05-18 22:08:01
Tagged date                              : UTC 2016-05-18 22:08:01

Saturday, 18 April 2015

RE-UPLOAD: Nico - Belgrade, Yugoslavia - 26.09.1985 (DVD)







AKA The Darkest Night
Another great share by cEnda. Huge Thanks.


Tracklist:
01. Fearfully In Danger
02. My Heart Is Empty
03. One More Chance
04. Saeta
05. Janitor of Lunacy
06. Frozen Warnings
07. Koenig
08. Win A Few
09. Purple Lips
10. All Tommorow's Parties
11. My Funny Valentine
12. Tananore
13. The End
14. Femme Fatale
15. 60 / 40

Time: 90 min.

Monday, 13 April 2015

Nico, John Cale & Brian Eno - Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany - 05.10.1974 (Flac)


Lineage Unknown.

Tracklist:

01 Janitor of Lunacy (Nico)
02 The Falconer (Nico)
03 No One Is there (Nico)
04 Frozen Warnings (Nico)
05 Guts (Cale)
06 Abscheid (Nico)
07 Mutterlein (Nico)
08 A Child's Christmas in Wales (Cale)
09 I'm Waiting For the Man (Reed)
10 Fear (Cale)
12 Das Lied Der Deutschen (Nico)
13 You Forgot to Answer (Nico)
14 Innocent and Vain (Nico)
15 Buffalo Ballet (Cale)
16 The End (Morrison)

Sunday, 8 February 2015

RE-UPLOAD: The Velvet Underground - Yesterday's Parties Bootleg (Flac)



Thanks to the original uploader.

Original info file:

So here is a rip of the Velvet Underground Japan bootleg LP "Yesterday's Parties" limited to 1000 copies, mine is 829.
The sound is phenomenal for 1966

a. the nothing song (24:11)
november 1966
valleydale ballroom, columbus ohio

b. untitled jam track (24:24)
april 1966
the don, new york city


Vinyl LP Bootleg > ION Profile Turntable (standard diamond "half-weight for ION" stylus > Golden Vinyl Ripper > WAV 16/44 > dBpoweramp to FLAC

I have searched as best as my high-tech skills will enable me and have not found this to be officially released, but I have been wrong before.

sorry no scans, I don't have a scanner.

Discogs link is here
http://www.discogs.com/Velvet-Underground-Yesterdays-Parties/release/530131

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Note: The venue for the second track is actually "The Dom." It was once a Dominican Church in NYC.

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What's actually known about this recording:

YESTERDAY'S PARTIES EXPLODING PLASTIC INEVITABLE

World Youth Records WY 037, Japan, 2005

Side 1: -A- KR-0917
Side 2: -B- KR-0917

Side 1: 1. The Nothing Song (24:11).

Side 2: 2. Untitled Jam Track (24:24).

Source: 1: Valleydale Ballroom, Colombus, Ohio, November 4, 1966 / 2: The Dom, NYC April 1966.

Notes: 1000 copies only, all individually hand-numbered, blue paper insert with reprint of A "High" School of Music and Art article by John Wilcok, originally published in The East Village Other, Vol. 1 No. 10, April 15 - March 1, 1966.

Thursday, 27 March 2014

A Tribute to Nico (John Cale, Lisa Gerrard, Jon King, Mark Lanegan, Laetitia Sadier) - Teatr Muzyczny Capitol, Wroclaw, Poland - 27.03.2014 (Flac)



An unique night, exactly four years ago to this date. Thanks to robjab for sharing this one on Dime.

Original Info File:

"LIFE ALONG THE BORDERLINE - A TRIBUTE TO NICO"

John Cale live with guests
Third edition of Life Along the Borderline: a Tribute to Nico

Date: 2010-03-27
Venue: Teatr Muzyczny Capitol (Capitol Theatre)
City: Wroclaw
Country: Poland
a part of "Przeglad Piosenki Aktorskiej - Actors Song Festival"

Setlist:

01 intro
02 Frozen Warnings (John Cale)
03 Falconer (Lisa Gerrard - Dead Can Dance)
04 Mutterlein (Jon King - Gang of Four)
05 My Heart Is Empty (Soap&Skin)
06 My Only Child (Laetitia Sadier - Stereolab / John Cale)
07 Roses In The Snow (Mark Lanegan)
08 No One Is There (Lisa Gerrard)
09 Afraid (Laetitia Sadier)
10 Tananore (Soap&Skin)
11 You Forgot To Answer (Mark Lanegan)
12 Fearfully In Danger (Jon King)
13 Sixty Forty (John Cale)
14 Win A Few (Mark Lanegan)
15 Facing The Wind (John Cale)
16 All That Is My Own (everyone)
17 Close Watch (John Cale - solo)


Dustin Boyer: lead guitar
Deantoni Parks: drums
Josh Schwartz: bass


Complete show

Lineage: Sony ECM 727P > Sony MD MZ-R909 > line out/line in to HDD via SoundBlaster SB0270 adapter > SoundForge > wav > FlacFrontend (level 6) > Trader's Little Helper > Dime > you

No equalization, direct transfer

Taper position: 8th row at the balcony

Taped & transferred & edited by: robjab

Note: Audience recording quality A-. Great show with very very special artists together at one stage.

Please, do not sell this recording and do not distribute after convertion into mp3 format!

Support the artists by buying official releases and going to the shows!


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Monday, 7 October 2013

Nico - Pop Club Session, Paris, France - 27.03.1975 (Flac)




lineage:  FM-> Master Reel -> digitized somehow -> Nero (tracking) -> Flac 8

1. Janitor of Lunacy
2. Purple Lips
3. You Forgot to Answer


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Thursday, 25 April 2013

Lou Reed, Nico & John Cale - Le Bataclan, Paris, France including Soundcheck - 29.01.1972 (Flac)




I posted some videos of this concert, time for the audio including the soundcheck.




Soundcheck:

01. Conversation
02. Instrumental Check
03. Pale Blue Eyes Check
04. Pale Blue Eyes False Start
05. Pale Blue Eyes Restart
06. Candy Says - Conversation
07. Black Angel's Death Song - Different Lyrics
08. Heroin - Slow Version

Concert:

01. Waiting For My Man
02. Berlin
03. Black Angel's Death Song
04. Wild Child
05. Heroin
06. Femme Fatale
07. Abscheld
08. Frozen Warnings
09. Janitor Of Lunacy
10. I'll Be Your Mirror
11. Ghost Story
12. The Biggest, Loudest, Haitiest Group Of All
13. Empty Bottles

Bataclan

Thursday, 18 April 2013

Lou Reed, Nico and John Cale - POP2 TV Specials - 1972-1973 (ProShot DVD)






Very good collection of french TV specials from the 70's. For some reason I can't explain, VLC won't play this DVD, but it works fine with my DVD player at home



POP2 22.01.1972
01. Janitor Of Lunacy
02. Interview
03. You Forgot To Answer

POP2 29.04.1972
04. I'm Waiting For The Man

POP2 10.06.1972
05. Berlin
06. I'm Waiting For The Man
07. Heroin
08. Ghost Story
09. Femme Fatale

POP2 04.11.1972
10. I'm Waiting For The Man

POP2 22.09.1973
11. Walk On The Wild Side
12. Heroin
13. White Light / White Heat


Pop2

Saturday, 2 February 2013

Nico - VPRO Studios, Hilversum - 09.01.1983 (Flac)



Very good sounding recording. Thanks to the original uploader.




Tracklist:

1. DJ intro-Vegas
2. Sãeta
3. Genghis Khan
4. All Tomorrow's Parties
5. These Days
6. No One Is There
7. Henry Hudson

Nico

Monday, 3 October 2011

Nico - Live In Tokyo, Japan, 11.04.1986 (ProShot DVD)





Thanks to cEnda for another wonderful DVD!






Tracklist:

01. My Heart Is Empty
02. Lips
03. Tananore
04. Janitor Of Lunacy
05. You Forget To Answer
06. 60/40
07. My Funny Valentine
08. All Tomorrow's Parties
09. Das Lied Vom Einsamen Madchen
10. Femme Fatale
11. The End

Time: 54 min.

Thursday, 16 September 2010

Nico - Peel Session - 18.11.1974 (Flac)


This session is brilliant, The Doors "The End" cover being a highlight. In Flac as it deserves to be listened.

John Peel Session (BBC Radio 1)
Recorded on 18th November 1974 at
London BBC Studio Maida Vale 4
(first broadcast date: 3rd December 1974)

Master FM recording

Lineage: BBC Radio 1 FM -> Roof Aerial -> Marantz ST151L Tuner -> Akai GX-A5X Cassette Deck (record) -> TDK-SA (Type II) cassette tape

Conversion to FLAC :-

Master TDK-SA source tape -> Aiwa ADF770 3-Head Cassette Deck (play) -> SB Extigy soundcard -> CoolEdit Pro 2.1 -> WAV -> CD-R -> EAC -> WAV -> TLH -> FLAC 8 & .ffp

1. Janitor Of Lunacy
2. We Got The Gold
3. The End
4. You Forgot To Answer


Dead Link

Tuesday, 15 June 2010

The Velvet Underground and Nico - Columbus, Ohio - 1966



AKA Melody Laughter

Nice sounding bootleg, the more interesting track is "melody laughter" a 30 minutes song that was never recorded for any official release.

01. Femme Fatale
02. Venus In Furs
03. Melody Laughter
04. The Black Angel's Death Song
05. All Tomorrow's Parties

Sunday, 18 April 2010

Nico (with Tangerine Dream) - Cathedrale Notre-Dame, Rheims - 13.12.1974


Very Good FM broadcast. An unprobable collaboration, but it results very well in the end.

01. Janitor of Lunacy
02. The Falconer
03. Valley of the Kings
04. The End
05. Abschied
06. Mutterlein
07. Frozen Warnings
08. You Forget to Answer
09. We've Got the Gold
10. No One is There
11. Aris Song
12. Atmospherics

http://rapidshare.com/files/377423736/NianTaDre_-_1974._12.13_-_CRF.rar

Monday, 15 February 2010

Nico - Ronnie Scott's, London - 08.04.1985


Good concert with good sound and some version of the Velvet Underground and the Doors.

01. Saeta
02. One More Chance
03. My Heart Is Empty
04. Procession
05. Purple Lips
06. All Tomorrow's Parties
07. Janitor of Lunacy
08. Valley of the Kings
09. 60/40
10. Tananore
11. Afraid / Femme Fatale
12. The End
13. Genghis Khan