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Velvet Underground Appreciation Society

John's conducted his suite twice; at the 1987 Amsterdam premiere, and in 1988 at St. Anne's in Brooklyn. Hear the differences, with the piano and pedal steel guitar that were not used on the recorded version. (Too much of a cabaret element, says John.)

Tracks A1 - B2: Live, Paradiso, Amsterdam, Nov. '87.
Tracks A1 - A7: Live, with The Metropole Orchestra, led by R. Pronk, the Helmond Town Concerchoir, led by R. Kroon; steel guitar: John Dubin; Paradiso, Amsterdam, Nov. '87.
Tracks A8 - B2: Encores, with Josh Dubin.
Tracks B3 - B9: Live, conducting The Falklands Suite, St. Anne's Church, Brooklyn, New York, March 20, '88.
Track B10: Interview: VPRO Radio (Amsterdam), Nov. 11, '89.

Sound: VG- to VG