'White Light/White Heat' - The Velvet Underground (Moe Tucker Drumming Mix) (1968)

Recorded: September 1967
Those who enjoyed the full cover & tutorial video i released for this song last year - • How To Play 'White Lig... - may have wondered how I was able to transcribe Moe Tucker's drumming so accurately, when she is so buried within the chaos of the original 'White Light/White Heat' album mix...well now you can hear how I did it - I used a directional mixer in Apple Logic, to zone-in on her area of the stereo image, and spread it out across both channels - this lowers Sterling, John and Lou's parts considerably and moves them out of the way, highlighting Moe's playing. Proto-Punk indeed!
℗ A Republic Records Release ℗ 1968 Verve Records/UMG Recordings, Inc.
Released on: 1968-01-30
Mix Edited by: Cam Forrester
Performed By: Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morisson, Maureen Tucker
Written By: Lou Reed
Produced by: Tom Wilson
Studio Engineer: Gary Kellgren

[@kjcs_1896]

Dear God another one! You are catching me by surprise! Cheers mate!🤣

[@CAMFORRESTER]

Yeah I tried to upload the whole album as one video but it was blocked on copyright grounds, so I've uploaded the three tracks where the drums were drowned-out the worst originally!

[@kjcs_1896]

@@CAMFORRESTER Oh, I see. That is understandable. Well, good job either way.

[@edwardmulholland7912]

David Bowie covered this song live his whole touring career for a very good reason. Brilliant.

[@ignasil.m.6923]

The hit how was never.

[@bosseraven9180]

Another gooddie from the past 🥰

[@dudearmageadonn9173]

I’m curious, do you know what kind of equipment were they using around this 67-68 era? Like the microphones or compressors, studio tools like that. We already know something about the amps and frequent use of fuzz, guitars… I’m trying to get something close with Waves Audio plugins to achieve their sound. Already tried Logic Pro’s default plugins but I can’t really nail those clean/dirty tones.

[@CAMFORRESTER]

When it comes to the studio recording equipment I have absolutely no idea I'm afraid, the extent of my knowledge is the instruments they were using.

[@coming_up_roses]

ive seen a lot of people say that its not necessarily the gear they used, but more the way they recorded/produced the music. its really messy and all the instruments bleed into eachothers tracks and so on. maybe just use 60s gear and do it in a messy way idk!

[@infiniteXpower]

They were sponsored by Vox. All their amps were Voxs cranked the fuck up.

[@dougboczulak5896]

I wish there was more ved's on VU... Would have loved to see Sterling play

[@kelechi_77]

What about the Gift?

[@CAMFORRESTER]

She's fairly well represented in the instrumental mix from the 45th Anniversary release: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYfRnIyZfK2JldU It actually sounds like all her mics were turned on during that track, unlike on WLWH and SR. Her mics were definitely turned on during IHHCMN, but she was drowned out in the mix due to being panned over to the right.