VU: Squeeze

This may be the most undeservedly-maligned album in history. After LOU REED quit the VELVET UNDERGROUND in 1970, late-comer DOUG YULE became the de facto frontman for the soon-to-be-legendary band. With MAUREEN TUCKER and STERLING MORRISON gone, DOUG and infamous manager STEVE SESNICK kept the "Velvet Underground" name, and with new members toured extensively and recorded this LP, which was released in 1973 and has never been released on CD. Its a fun enough album, full of Doug Yule songs. So maybe they're pale imitations of Lou songs, and certainly not on the level of a real Velvet Underground LP, but its perfectly fine in an early-70s pop-rock kind of way. It seems like a lot of VU purists are offended by its very existence. For an interview with Doug, click here.

I downloaded these MP3s several years ago, so there's most likely upgrades available by now, but here they are:

LITTLE JACK
CRASH
CAROLINE
MEAN OLD MAN
DOPEY JOE
WORDLESS
SHE'LL MAKE YOU CRY
FRIENDS
SEND NO LETTER
JACK AND JANE
LOUISE