Frank Sinatra directing an orchestra for a Capitol recording

"I'VE GOT THE MONITORS UP AS FAR AS THEY CAN GO! BUT THEY'RE NOT MAKING ANY SOUND!"

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on Lou, Moe, Sterling and Doug of American rock band, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, crowded in a corner of TTG Studios in Los Angeles, CA, playing together in late 1968, rehearsing/ recording for their eponymously titled third album. 📸: Sandy Schor.

EXTRA INFO: Photos from the VU book, “I Met Myself in a Dream…That’s the Story of the Third Album," featuring 184 photos taken by Sandy Schor of the band in and around the Los Angeles studio, Nov 6th and Nov 8th of 1968, as well as many other things related to their third record.

"These pictures give you a real sense of how THE VELVET UNDERGROUND recorded their self titled third album. The studio was large, they had room to spread out, but they chose to huddle close, creating music so quiet the engineer was reported to say “I've got the monitors up as far as they can go, but they're not making any sound!” These were songs the Velvets had recently honed on the road. As Doug put it:

"Essentially, all those songs were already being played. The album itself, when it was recorded, was done basically as a live album. All four of us played together for the tracks and then we went back and overdubbed the vocals and any solos ... It was very organic. One of the reasons it has that particular sound is that it was just pulled out of the band while it was touring, and so it wasn't a lot of time to over-think it. It was just played.""

-- DOUG YULE APPRECIATION SOCIETY

Cool record cover.