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Valhalla - Valhalla

1969

United Artists Records ‎– UAS 6730

Track List:

Hard Times, Conceit, Ladies In Waiting, I'm Not Askin', Deacon, Heads Are Free, Roof Top Man, JBT, Conversation, Overseas Symphony.

Van Der Graaf Generator - Aerosol Grey Machine

1969

Mercury – SR 61238

Track List:

Afterwards, Orthenian St. (part 1&2), Running back, Into a game, Aerosol grey machine, Black smoke yen, Aguarian, Necromancer, Octopus.

Van Der Graaf Generator - H To He Who Am The Only One

1970

Charisma ‎– CAS 1027

Track List:

Killer, House With No Door, The Emperor In His War Room, Part 1 - The Emperor, Part 2 - The Room, Lost, Part 1 - The Dance In Sand And Sea, Part 2 - The Dance In Frost, Pioneers Over C.

Van Der Graaf Generator - The Least we Can Do Is Save Each Other

1970

Charisma CAS 1007

Track List:

Darkness, Refugees, White hammer, Whatever would Robert have said, Out of my book, After the flood.

Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts

1971

Charisma (CAS 1015)

Track List:

Lemmings, Man-erg, A plague of lighthouse keepers: 1) Eyewitness - 2) Pictures - Lighthouse - 3) Eyewitness -4) S.H.M. - 5) Presence of the night - 6) Kosmos tours - 7) (Custards) last stand - 8) The clot chickens - 9) Lands end - 10) We go now.

Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff

1975

Charisma ‎– CAS 1109

Track List:

The Undercover Man, Scorched Earth, Arrow, The Sleepwalkers.

Vanilla Fudge - Vanilla Fudge

1967

ATCO Records ‎– SD 33-224

Track List:

Ticket To Ride, People Get Ready, She's Not There, Bang Bang, Illusions Of My Childhood - Part One, You Keep Me Hanging On, Illusions Of My Childhood - Part Two, Take Me For A Little While, Illusions Of My Childhood - Part Three, Eleanor Rigby.

Vanilla Fudge - Renaissance

1968

Atlantic 588 110

Track List:

The sky cries-when I was a boy, Thoughts, Paradise, That’s what makes a man, The spell that comes after, Faceless people, Season of the witch.

Review:

Brilliant, over the top, symphonic almost prog pscyhedelia from New York’s Vanilla Fudge.
Not every mans cup of tea, but in our opinion a marvellous slice of heavy psych that should nestle in everyones LP rack and be revered for its truly pompous power. If gargantuan slabs of organ are your thang then this baby will blow you away.

The music is long, drawn out and has an almost orchestrated classical feel to it, the vocals and organ are immensely powerful and Renaissance contains the most righteous cranial slapping version of Season Of The Witch that you will ever hear, anywhere, period.....!!

Reviewed by pOoTer

Vanilla Fudge - The Beat Goes On

1968

ATCO Records ‎– SD 33-237

Track List:

Sketch,

Phase One:

Intro: The Beat Goes On, Eighteenth Century, Variations On A Theme By Mozart: Divertimento No. 13 In F Major, Nineteenth Century, Old Black Joe, Twentieth Century, Don't Fence Me In, 12th Street Rag, In The Mood, Hound Dog

The Beatles:
I Want To Hold Your Hand, I Feel Fine, Day Tripper, She Loves You.

Phase Two:
The Beat Goes On

Beethoven, Fur Elise, Moonlight Sonata, The Beat Goes On, The Beat Goes On

Phase Three:

Voices In Time (Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy And Other Voices)

Phase Four:

The Beat Goes On, Merchant / The Game Is Over, Merchant / The Game Is Over (Vinnie), Merchant / The Game Is Over (Tim), Merchant / The Game Is Over (Carmine), Merchant / The Game Is Over (Mark), The Beat Goes On.

Velvert Turner Group - Velvert Turner Group

1972

Family Productions ‎– FPS 2704

Track List:

Madonna (Of The Seven Moons), Talkin' 'Bout My Baby, Country Chicken, Strangely New, Scarlet Warrior, Three O'Clock Train, Just Look And See, 'Xcuse Me, Gentlemen (The Fall Of Atlantis), (Love Rides...) The Slow Swirling Seas, Freedom.

Velvet Fogg - Velvet Fogg

1969

Pye (NSPL 18272)

Track List:

Yellow cave woman, New York mining disaster 1941, Wizard of gobsolod, Once among the trees, Lady Caroline, Come away Melinda, Owed to the dip, Within the night, Plastic man.

Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico

1967

Verve VLP 9184

Track List:

Sunday Morning, I’m waiting for the man, Femme fatale, Venus in furs, Run run run, All tomorrow’s parties, Heroin, There she goes again, I’ll be your mirror, Black angel’s death song, European son to Delmore Schwartz.

Velvet Underground - White Light White Heat

1968

Verve VLP 9201

Track List:

White light white heat, The gift, Lady Godiva’s operation, Here she comes now, I heard her call my name, Sister Ray.

Review 1:

One of my all time faves this one. So beautifully dark, so hauntingly disturbing. An absolute gem of sinister psychedelic artistry from beginning to end. Listen to "the GIft" and then listen to it again, it's a narrative nightmare with an excellent twisted piece of bass throbbing in the background, leading into the more gentle yet equally disturbing, "Lady Godiva's operation".

In between these tracks and around them lie manic riffs and angst ridden vocals given to you by Lou Reed. The album is ended with 17 minutes of white noise, cranial annihilation that is, "Sister Ray". So there you have it, Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker, playing very tight, all seemingly self indulgent, yet very together in their onslaught.

Top draw stuff.

Reviewed by Sir Eel.

Review 2:

An interesting album, this one is. This was the Velvet Underground at their strangest and darkest. It was also the last album recorded with John Cale, who was later replaced by Doug Yule. White Light/White Heat is a true psychedelic classic, a remarkable, mind-blowing work of art. The album begins with White Light/White Heat, a short, speed-driven song, loaded with heroin references. "The Gift" is a narration backed by mid tempo instrumentation. The story is about Waldo Jeffers, who misses his girlfriend Marsha, and so he mails himself to her. Unfortunately, things take a turn for the worst.

Next is the equally disturbing "Lady Godiva's Operation." Scary lyrics here, and a good oxygen machine imitation by John Cale.

The true highlight is the 17 minute, mind-blowing freakout, "Sister Ray". Loaded with white noise, this improvisational jam tells the story of a bunch of transvestites who shoot up on smack, pick up a sailor, and have an orgy. The sailor is shot, but no one cares, and then the police come. Disturbing, yes. But still, it is a fine work of art.

This album is only for more daring listeners of psychedelic music.

Reviewed by Not Telling - 20th September 2002

Velvet Undergound - Loaded

1971

Atlantic (2400 111)

Track List:

Who loves the sun?, Sweet Jane, Rock and roll, Cool it down, New age, Head held high, Lonesome cowboy Bill, I found a reason, Train around the bend, Oh! sweet nuthin'

Review:

Sterling Morrison once said, of "Loaded", "It showed that we could have, all along, made truly commercial sounding records." And The Velvet Underground fourth album is their most commercial. After leaving the Verve label, and signing with Atlantic Records, they were asked to avoid their previous themes of sex and drugs, and create an album "Loaded" with hits. John Cale is now long gone, and was replaced by Doug Yule before the release of their third, self-titled album. Maureen Tucker is not present, absent on maternity leave.

Their lyrics are changed completely, and their work has become more mainstream. "Sweet Jane" became a hit for the group, outspoken and driven by catchy riffs. "I Found A Reason" is as close to a love song by a mainstream pop band as anything, while "Rock and Roll" is an anthemic slice of, well, rock and roll. However, "Oh! Sweet Nuthin" shows that Reed has not completely abandoned his reflective and contemplative lyrics completely.

In conclusion, if you are new to the Velvet Underground, this is not the place to start. And even if
you aren't, you may want to avoid this album completely.
Definitely not the band at their best.

Reviewed by Mr Skin - August 2002

Vibravoid - 2001 Love Is Freedom

2000

Triggerfish Music ‎– TFM 006 CD

Track List:

Three Minutes For A Free Tibet, (She's Just) 13, The Mystique Ship, Inside The Electric Mind, Lovely Lady Deb O'nair, Ballspeaker, Psychodrome, Wokboy, The Tascam Mantra.

Vibravoid - Void Vibration

2002

Nasoni Records ‎– NR020

Track List:

Black And White, Creepy People, Adjustment, Echovoid, Vivid Vision, Electrovoid, Void Vibration, Silent Screams, Adjustment (Single Version).

Vibravoid - Triptamine E.P.

2006

Nasoni Records ‎– NASONI 058

Track List:

Playing With Beuys (Demo), Vivid Vision (Demo), Black And White (Demo), Creepy People (Demo), Children Of Void (Outtake), Lovely Lady Deb O'Nair, Ballspeaker, Mother Sky (Edit).

Vibravoid - Triptamine E.P. Volume 2

2007

Nasoni Records ‎– NASONI 069

Track List:

Vibravoid Performs The "Wonderful Wizard Of Oz", She Is Just 13, Black And White, Ballspeaker.

Vibravoid - Triptamine E.P. Volume 3

2008

Nasoni Records ‎– NASONI 074

Track List:

Astronomy Dominé, Doris Delay, Mystery Ship, Adjustment, Electric Corona, Tomorrow Never Knows, Vivid Vision, HG Biercraft, She´s Just 13, Psychocosmosys.

Vibravoid - The Politics Of Ecstasy

2008

Nasoni Records ‎– NR078

Track List:

The Politics Of Ecstasy, Doris Delay, Incense And Peppermints, Playing With Beuys, Oscillations, Audio Revolution Vol 1, Your Mind Is At Ease.

Vibravoid - Distortions

2009

Nasoni Records ‎– NR091

Track List:

Christmas On Earth, Random Generated Future, Eye Shaking King, Save My Soul, Mother Sky, Save My Soul [Reprise].

Vibravoid - Triptamine E.P. Volume 4

2009

Nasoni Records ‎– NASONI 082

Track List:

Ali Baba Et Les Quarante Voleurs (In Seven Parts), 1. Sésame Ouvre-Toi, 2. Le Trésor Des Voleur, 3. Enfin Riche, 4. Cassim Est Surpris Et Exécuté,5. Brigands Découverts Par La Servante, , 6. Le Faux Marchand D'Huile, 7. Triomphe D'Ali Baba - Apotheose, Vibraphased, Black Light Mushrooms, Oscillations, Playing With Beuys, Fantastic Party, Save My Soul.

Vibravoid - Burg Herzberg Festival 2010

2010

Herzberg Verlag ‎– V-HB-34

Track List:

Tomorrow Never Knows, Doris Delay, Playing With Beuys, Ballspeaker, Incense And Peppermints, Your Mind Is At Ease, Oscillations, Christmas On Earth, Vivid Vision, Mother Sky / Saxon Mantra.

Vine Sweetland & The Forefathers Of The New Millennium - Light Shining In The Distance

1999

Zemira Productions

Track List:

Light Shining In The Distance.

Review:

Set the controls for the heart of the sun, Vine Sweetland & The Forefathers Of The New Millennium are in town and you are in for the ride, like it or not!

One of the more interesting (and ambitious, it's ONE 74 minute track..) CD's to have dropped through the Pooterland letterbox in recent months (alongside other heavyweights such as Lamp Of The Universe's Cosmic Union and Acid Mothers Temple's La Novia) Light Shining In The Distance features acclaimed American Street Poet Vine Sweetland, accompanied by 24 musicians from 4 different continents playing 40 different instruments, including renowned Sitar talent Rahul Sakyaputra.

Spawned in Orange County, California in July 1998, although one continuous and uninterrupted track the sleeve notes list 27 different 'sections' that become apparent as we embark on this monumental voyage with the young female caterpillar as she begins her epic and profound journey as the 'last butterfly born'...

'A dying guru inspires a young caterpillar with his final vision of life's ambition. Crawling from the window sill out into the jungles of tribulation she pursues wisdom and understanding. The trials of her existence offer friendship and folly, heartache and horror, as she acknowledges her destiny: that she has become the last butterfly born.'

Opening with an authentic vinyl lead in, overlayed with an embryonic heartbeat we are treated to the first poetic interlude. I will ignore the frequently drawn comparisons with The Lizard King, sure Vine is American and he's a poet...and?.

Some powerful and prophetic poetry ensues (Equinox Breeding) and portrays, with some foreboding, the introduction and gravity of the situation. Next up Rahul takes us up on Leaf Ride On The Niranjana as our vision slowly starts dissolving and the ride begins for real. Now it's time to let go and surrender ourselves to the story line, smiling gently at the light-headed feeling and the warm sensation lapping up your spine.

Fear takes the upper hand as we are torn from bathing in The Light and our first visit to Paranoia kicks in with some awesome demonic, reverb laden poetry that strikes terror into the very centre of our vision, we are reprieved after a while and allowed to return back to the warmth and The Vision Of Realisation, some beautiful and hypnotic Sitar/Tabla soothes and seduces us as we transcend further into the Realm.

Passages of wonderful orchestration follow and also a brief introduction to an evil 'didge' that I fear will be back for more later on our journey.

30 minutes in and reality is long gone, it's place taken by the Odyssey Of Discernment, a higher level of blissful consciousness and metamorphosis into a free creature of the wind, we are now soaring high amongst the Angels and are brought again under the terrifying gaze of the omnipotent, throbbing Dijeridu before being dashed upon the rocks of Hades. Fear not, we are soon on our way again with some blistering Hendrixesque wah-wah soaked slabs of guitar, carried along with funked up Hammond Organ as we reach the zenith amid intense cacophony and spiralling madness. More phased guitar carries us up high on the wind From The Lips Of The Lotus Leaf until we reach The Breath Of Autumn's Child and begin Charm amidst the call of Peacock's and the seductive female charms of Indian song.

The gently whispered Task Of The Ruby falls gently into the void, dissolving before our eyes as fear spirals up briefly From Within Nothingness awaits Nothingness. Our fantastical trip is drawing to a close now as we are bathed in the Raga Omega Flight and our ears caressed with waves of Sitar and bells, the pleasure still coursing through our veins causing us to grin, our eyes tightly closed and our bodies now weightless and drifting amongst the ether.

Return to earth seems uncertain for a while when we are suddenly gripped with fear, our fingernails involuntarily sinking into the woodwork as the demon Dijeridu returns to terrorise us once more and we are uncontrollably dragged into a world of screaming and chanting demons and the ever pulsing Dijeridu.

Decomposition ensues, the End is nigh and a strangely comforting voice in the shape of The Guide greets us on our return to Terra Firma, he announces himself politely and then nothingness......

This album has come under a great deal of scrutiny and judging from the Press Pack that came with the CD, has been interpreted in many different ways by the various reviewers. One common criticism has been the length of this album, but I do not consider that an issue.
The journey is one of many twists and turns, it is a complex work and one that I believe succeeds magnificently on many levels.

Everything you ever dreamed for and more besides.......open up your hearts and minds to The Forefathers Of The New Millennium.

Blissfully Reviewed by pOoTer - May 2002

The Viola Crayola - Music: Breathing Of Statues

1974

Fautna

Track List:

Mr. Leroy, Pepe' Is Lost, The Bus To New York, I Know You Don't Have A Car, But What Color Is It?, 2+1, The Nurds At My School, You're Drivin' Me Crazy With Relief, The Last One On Earth, What Is The Meaning Of Love?.

The Violet Mindfield – Hello Darling

2019

Gall Of The Earth – VMF001

Track List:

I Saw Your Face, Downtown (I Wanna Roll With You), How Many Flowers, Red Feather, Jealous, A Reputable Fool Hearted, Enterprise, Spirit Dancer, No Money, No Honey, In the Land of Ten Thousand Saguaros, Crocodile Tears, You Better Change Your Mind, Leave It All Behind.

The Violet Mindfield – California Burning

2022

Outro Records – Outro-030

Track List:

All Of The Time, No Reason, Stranger In The Mirror, California Burning, Hard Times, Easy Love, By The Sunrise, Sometimes, Smoke And Mirrors, All Alone, Again And Again, Nothing At All, I Never Learn, Looking For Trouble, Floating Around.

The Virgineers - The Virgineers

1999

Liquid Sound LSR-2634

Track List:

Love circus, Places that I've never been, Sun, Floating, Plasticman, How far does space go?, The morning moon, Dr. Glouster, Be my guru, Lost balloon, Diesel train.

Review:

The clean and bright 'Love Circus' opens this excellent album in the vein of The Beatles/Dukes
of Stratosphear. 'Places that I've never been' is a finely crafted slice of psych tinged pop with some nice vocal harmonies. Things suddenly go all psychedelic with the druggy haze of 'Sun' in a Beatlesque vein with some cool vocal effects and some nice guitar work. Beautiful pastoral British psychedelia is the deal for the excellent 'Floating' that could be easily mistaken for Barrett era Floyd with its haunting, spiralling organ and soft vocal style and trippy sound effects.

'Plasticman' returns to a Beatlesque feel with vocals that sound uncannily like Lennon in places in a nice track based around a laid back piano. Backwards guitar, floating keyboards and soft vocals abound in the spaced out and mesmerising 'How far does space go?' An eastern sounding 'The morning moon' is full on Dukes, featuring tabla, sitar, backwards guitar and trippy vocals. Venturing into the dark alleys of Old London Town and conjuring up images of Crippen and Jekyll and Hyde, the baroque and haunting Dr. Gloster will appeal to fans of Paul Roland, you can almost smell the chloroform!!

'Be my guru' pays homage to both Marc Bolan and David Bowie in an upbeat, early 70's Glam Rock
romp. 'Lost Balloon' sees a return to beautiful floating psych in this lilting ballad. 'Diesel Train' is a nice throbbing tune with fine vocal effects telling tales of childhood dreams and fantasies.

The Virgineers, who allegedly hail from Antarctica!! have come up with an truly excellent album packed full of psychedelia, trippy pop tunes and other exotica that will appeal to fans of XTC/Dukes of Stratosphear, early Pink Floyd and late 60's era Beatles.

A mention is surely required too, of the truly stunning Day-Glo cover art.

Reviewed by pOoTer.

Virus - Revelation

1971

BASF ‎– CRC 015

Track List:

Revelation (Nach Dem Thema,Paint It Black”), Endless Game, Burning, Hungry Looser, Nur Noch Zwei Lichtjahre.

Voodoo Child - Acid Tales And Mermaids

1986

Aftermath Records ‎– AFT 2

Track List:

Voodoo Child, Rain, Free The Spirit, In Shadows, Eyes They Change, Fire, Psychedelic Dreams, Chains, Love Is Like A Knife, Road, Acid Tales.