The Velvet Underground - The Gift ("Booker T." Instrumental)

"The Gift", taken from the White Light White Heat album (not the original master, but the other one). Given the vocals and the instrumentals are completely separate from each other in either speaker, I took the instrumentals from the right speaker and isolated them, turning the sound Mono and stand-alone in both speakers. The instrumental by itself is called "The Booker T." The song itself was performed as an instrumental improvisation live, just months before the recording of the album.

WAV lossless quality. Using Goldwave, I reduced the instrumentals in the right speaker and then made the song into Mono-sound. The result is the song with John Cale's monologue pretty apparent in the mix, with the instrumentals serving as a back-drop underneath them.

EF: "The music for "The Gift" was developed from the "Booker T" jam the band did live."

"Booker T" by The Velvet Underground

JM: "The music from The Gift was stolen from Bo Diddley's Diddling. Lou even admitted it to Quine, Bo had two tunes called Diddling, this one is from Bo's A Lover..."

Bo Diddley-Diddling (1962)

via Philip Todd, Eddie Flowers, Alan Blattberg, & James Marshall.

The always excellent Twilightzone blog, that offers out of print music for your DLs (check the comments under each posting on their page), has posted a volumous, thorough collection called BLUES CONNECTION this week...

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Blues Connection Vol. 1 - How Long Blues

Excellent 76 song collection of Blues and R&B from the 40's and 50's. This is now out of print.

trax CD 1:
1. How Long, How Long Blues - Leroy Carr 2. Old Taylor - Memphis Slim 3. Whistling Blues - Meade "Lux" Lewis 4. Tom, How Can You Have The Blues ? - Kansas City Kitty 5. Some Cold Rainy Day - Bertha "Chippie" Hill 6. You Got To Take Sick And Die Some Of These Days - Muddy Waters 7. Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo 8. Who's Been Fooling You - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup 9. Angels In Harlem - Doctor Clayton 10. Keep On Knocking - Lil Johnson 11. Hustlin' Woman Blues - Memphis Minnie 12. Back Door - Washboard Sam 13. Why Don't You Do Right - Lil Green 14. Sloppy Drunk Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson 15. You Had Too Much - Violet Green & Lonnie Johnson 16. Dope Head Blues - Victoria Spivey 17. Some Day - Bo Carter 18. Drop Down Baby - Sleepy John Estes
trax CD 2:
1. Let's Have A Ball - Champion Jack Dupree 2. I'm Gonna Rock - Ralph Willis 3. My Fault - Brownie McGhee 4. Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee - Stick McGhee & His Buddies 5. Brownie McGhee - Hard Bed Blues - Brownie McGhee 6. Featherweight Mama - Brother Blues & The Back Room Boys 7. The Comeback - Memphis Slim 8. Deacon's Hop - Big Jay McNeely 9. Go Away Mr. Blues - Noble Watts & June Bateman 10. Shout Sister Shout - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup 11. Better Cut That Out - Sonny Boy Williamson 12. They're Red Hot - Robert Johnson 13. Blues Mixture (I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water) - Stick McGhee & His Buddies 14. The Hucklebuck - Paul Williams 15. High Cost Low Pay Blues - Ivory Joe Hunter 16. Bobby's Boogie - Morris Lane Band 17. Mudd - Roy Montell 18. I Can't Do Sixty No More - The Du Droppers
trax CD 3:
1. Shake The Boogie - Sonny Boy Williamson 2. Stomp Boogie - John Lee Hooker 3. Stormin' And Rainin' - Lowell Fulson 4. Texas Blues - Jesse Thomas 5. Henny Penny Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins 6. Lowdown Midnight Boogie - John Lee Hooker 7. Feel So Bad - Lightnin' Hopkins 8. Don't Forget Me - Frankie Lee Sims 9. Same Old Stuff - Jesse Thomas 10. Jazz Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins 11. Goin' To Virginia - Ralph Willis 12. Keep What You Got - Snooky & Moody 13. Ora Nelle Blues - Othum Brown & Little Walter 14. It's A Brand New Boogie - Tampa Red & Johnny Jones 15. Big Town Playboy - Little Johnny Jones 16. Fly Right Little Girl - Sunnyland Slim 17. I Just Keep Lovin' Her - Little Walter 18. I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
trax CD 4:
1. You Get Yourself A Job - Wyonnie Harris 2. Low Down Dog - Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson 3. Fulson Boogie - Lowell Fulson 4. Swingin' - Saunders King 5. Wynonie's Boogie - Wynonie Harris 6. Gayten's Nightmare - Paul Gayten 7. Don't Dig It - Big Joe Turner 8. Saturday Night Fish Fry - Pearl Bailey & Moms Mabley 9. I Ain't Mad At You - Gatemouth Moore 10. Hollywood Bed - Big Joe Turner 11. In The Dozens - Carl Davis 12. Bongo Blues - Dee Williams 13. Hey Little Girl - Paul Gayten 14. Ooo-Ouch-Stop - Big Joe Turner 15. Give It Up - Annisteen Allen 16. Saturday Night Fish Fry - Louis Jordan 17. Central Avenue Boogie - Helen Humes 18. Cecil's Jamsession - Cecil Gant

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Blues Connection Vol. 2 - County Jail Blues

Excellent 76 song collection of Blues and R&B from the 40's and 50's. This is now out of print.

trax CD 1:
1. Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker 2. Don't Blame Me - The King Cole Trio 3. Jumpin' Tonight - Big Joe Turner 4. Sally Mae (There's A Day Comin' Baby) - John Lee Hooker 5. Gee! - Charles Brown 6. Morning Glory - Big Joe Turner 7. I'm Through With Love - The King Cole Trio 8. I Can't Stand Being Away From You - T-Bone Walker 9. Sally Zu Zazz - Big Joe Turner 10. Down The Road A'Piece - Amos Milburn 11. Bad Tale Boogie - Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers 12. Night And Day - Lowell Fulson 13. I Had A Dream - John Lee Hooker 14. In This World Alone - Smokey Hogg 15. It's A Lowdown Dirty Shame (Playboy Blues) - Big Joe Turner 16. Nobody To Talk To Me - John Lee Hooker 17. Rising Sun - Charles Brown 18. Shame - Jimmy Reed
trax CD 2:
1. Worried Man Blues - Sonny Terry 2. Hypin' Woman Blues - T-Bone Walker 3. Again - Charles Brown 4. Chicken Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn 5. She Was In Chicago - John Lee Hooker 6. Safronia B - Calvin Boze 7. Be Baba Leba - Helen Humes 8. I'm In Sharp When I Hit The Coast - Big Joe Turner 9. The House Of Blue Lights - Ella Mae Morse & Freddie Slack 10. Merry-Go-Round Blues - Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers 11. Jumpin' With Symphony Sid - Lester Young 12. Chicas Patatas Boogie ( Oh Babe!) - Lalo Guerrero 13. I Met The Grindin' Man - John Lee Hooker 14. Oh, But I Do - King Cole Trio 15. Custard Pie Blues - Sonny Terry 16. He's A Jelly Roll Baker - Lonnie Johnson 17. Ice Man Blues - Big Joe Turner 18. Cryin' Mercy - Charles Brown
trax CD 3:
1. When I' Ve Been Drinking - Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers 2. Baby Let's Be Friends - Jesse Price 3. Decoration Day Blues - Lord Taketh My Baby Away - John Lee Hooker 4. Black Night - Charles Brown 5. Walk On - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 6. Come Back To Me Baby - T-Bone Walker 7. Don't You Remember Me (Can I Say Hello) - John Lee Hooker 8. Bring Another Drink - King Cole Trio 9. Blazers Boogie - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers 10. Stingy Blues - Cootie Williams & His Orch. 11. Two Years Of Torture - Amos Milburn 12. Once There Lived A Fool - Charles Brown 13. Cow Cow Boogie - Ella Mae Morse 14. Baby Don't You Cry - Johnny Moore's Three Blazers 15. Johnny Lee's Original Boogie - John Lee Hooker 16. Fine Brown Frame - Nellie Lutcher 17. Double Trouble Blues - Lowell Fulson 18. Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
trax CD 4:
1. Jump It With A Shuffle - Jesse Price 2. Frankie And Albert - Mississippi John Hurt 3. Whistlin' And Moanin' Blues - John Lee Hooker 4. Hard Workin' Man Blues - Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers 5. Long Skirt Baby Blues - T-Bone Walker 6. Mojo Hand - Lightnin' Hopkins 7. Blowin' Red's Top - Gene Ammons Quintet 8. Dirty Mistreater - Sonny Terry 9. Forgive Me - John Lee Hooker 10. Atomic Baby - Amos Milburn 11. Baby Broke My Heart - T-Bone Walker 12. Loan Me Two Till Tuesday - King Cole Trio 13. No Name Boogie - Joe Lutcher 14. My Silent Love - Charles Brown 15. Need My Help - Smokey Hogg 16. John Lee's House Rent Boogie - John Lee Hooker 17. The Frim Fram Sauce - Nat King Cole Trio 18. Got To Move - Mississippi Fred McDowell

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Blues Connection Vol. 3 - After Midnite

Excellent 76 song collection of Blues and R&B from the 40's and 50's. This is now out of print.

trax CD 1:
1. Three O' Clock Blues - Lowell Fulson 2. Long Way From Home - John Lee Hooker 3. My Baby Left Me - T-Bone Walker 4. It Comes In Like A Lion - Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 5. Hogg Oo-Oo-Wee - Smokey Hogg 6. Mad Blues - Big Joe Turner 7. Early Morning Blues - Sonny Terry 8. Solid Patato Salad - Ella Mae Morse 9. After Midnite - Amos Milburn 10. Long Distance Telephone Blues - Floyd Dixon 11. Walkin' Blues - Jay McShann 12. Baby You Messed Up - Bus Moten & His Men 13. I'm Gonna Get Married - Walter Brown 14. Moon Is Rising - John Lee Hooker 15. Blues At Sundown - Amos Milburn 16. Don't Come Too Soon - Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 17. Baby What You Want Me To Do - Jimmy Reed 18. The Things I Used To Do - Big Joe Turner
trax CD 2:
1. This Joint's Too Hip For Me - Betty Hall Jones 2. She's Going To Ruin Me - T-Bone Walker 3. Gotta Good Reason For Being Bad - Bus Moten & His Men 4. Play The Blues - Walter Brown 5. Wabash Blues - Sidney Bechet 6. Sax-Shack Boogie - Amos Milburn 7. Never Satisfied (Just Like A Woman) - John Lee Hooker 8. Jack's Town - Gene Ammons Quintet 9. Walkin' And Talkin' Blues - Floyd Dixon 10. My Baby's Boogying - Amos Milburn 11. Key To My Door - Smokey Hogg 12. She's Understanding - Floyd Dixon 13. He's A Real Gone Guy - Nellie Lutcher 14. Confessin' The Blues - Kansas City Stompers 15. Leavin' Blues - Sonny Terry 16. Bad Neighborhood - Floyd Dixon 17. Blues For The Lowlands - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee 18. My Babe - Lightnin' Slim
trax CD 3:
1. The Hustle Is On - T-Bone Walker 2. Hot Sauce - Tommy Douglas 3. Lollypop Mama - Clarence Samuels 4. Empty Stockings Blues - Floyd Dixon 5. Sweet Lorraine - King Cole Trio 6. Let's Dance - Floyd Dixon 7. My Baby Done Left Me - Jesse Price 8. Cryin' The Blues - Laura Rucker 9. Luedella - Jimmy Rogers 10. You Played Me For A Fool - Floyd Dixon 11. Little Anna Mae - Muddy Waters 12. New Early In The Morning - Sonny Boy Williamson 13. Miss Eloise - John Lee Hooker 14. Riff And Harmonica Jump - Sonny Terry 15. My Sweet Lovin' Woman - Robert Nighthawk 16. Juice Headed Baby - Cootie Williams 17. On The Sunny Side Of The Street - Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers 18. Chittlin' Ball - King Porter Orchestra
trax CD 4:
1. Wind Blues - Floyd Dixon 2. Amos' Blues - Amos Milburn 3. Nasty Attitude - Walter Brown 4. Bilbo Is Dead - Andrew Tibbs 5. Good Woman Blues - Lowell Fulson 6. Sad Journey - Floyd Dixon 7. All That Wine Is Gone - Big Jay McNeely 8. Easy Listening Blues - King Cole Trio 9. I Want To Be My Guy - Tommy Douglas 10. Real Lovin' Mama - Floyd Dixon 11. Draggin' My Heart Around - Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 12. Best Friend Blues - Bus Moten & His Men 13. If You Don't, Why Don't Ya - Tommy Douglas 14. Crying All Night - John Lee Hooker 15. Trouble In Mind - Jay McSchann's Kansas City Stompers 16. Johnson Machine Gun - Sunnyland Slim 17. We'll Be Together - Floyd Dixon 18. Wrong Neighborhood - Cootie Williams & His Orchestra
...served by Gyro1966...

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Blues Connection Vol. 4 - Guitar In My Hand

Excellent 76 song collection of Blues and R&B from the 40's and 50's. This is now out of print.

trax CD 1:
1. Jumpin' Jack - Ella Mae Morse 2. McShann's Boogie Blues - Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers 3. Crow Jane Blues - Sonny Terry 4. Let's Rock Awhile - Amos Milburn 5. Lights Out - Tommy Douglas 6. It's Hard To Laugh Or Smile - Bus Moten & His Men 7. Evil Hearted Woman - T-Bone Walker 8. Guitar In My Hand - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 9. Beer Garden Blues - Sonny Terry 10. Amos' Boogie - Amos Milburn 11. Lou Cindy Lou - Walter Brown 12. Evil Lover Blues - Floyd Dixon 13. No Mortgage On My Soul - John Lee Hooker 14. What Evil Have I Done - Walter Brown 15. Ugly Papa - Julia Lee And Her Boyfriends 16. All Alone Blues - Sonny Terry 17. Come On Over To My House - Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers 18. I'm So Worried - Floyd Dixon
trax CD 2:
1. All Through My Dreams - Lighnin' Hopkins 2. Money Hustlin´Woman - Amos Milburn 3. The Lady With The Red Dress On - Tiny Kennedy 4. Operation Blues - Amos Milburn 5. Supressin´The Blues - Walter Brown 6. Decent Woman Blues - Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 7. She Left Me By Myself - John Lee Hooker 8. On The Gravy Ttrain - Bus Moten & His Men 9. Rockin´At Home - Floyd Dixon 10. Everything Will Be Allright - Jay McSchann 11. It May Be Easy, But I´m Not A Fool - Cootie Williams & His Orchestra 12. Slow Down Baby - Walter Brown 13. Mizzou - Tommy Douglas 14. Sad And Blue - Amos Milburn 15. The Story Of A Married Woman - John Lee Hooker 16. Married Woman - Floyd Dixon 17. I Ain´t Gonna Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll - Bus Moten & His Men 18. After Hours Waltz - Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
trax CD 3:
1. Ticket Agent Blues - Lil' Son Jackson 2. You Need Me Now - Floyd Dixon 3. She Ain´t Nowhere - Sunnyland Slim 4. Hot Headed Woman - Sonny Terry 5. That´s What Really Hurts - Big Joe Turner 6. Mean Woman - Amos Milburn 7. Four Years - Floyd Dixon 8. New Ooh Wee Baby Blues - Big Joe Turner 9. Let Your Daddy Ride - John Lee Hooker 10. Pic´s Boogie - Jay McSchann 11. Do You Want It - Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 12. Douglas Boogie - Tommy Douglas 13. Pleasure Days - Floyd Dixon 14. After Sunset - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 15. Cinch Blues - Amos Milburn 16. Sugar Daddy Blues - Bus Moten & His Men 17. Florida Hurricane - St. Louis Jimmy 18. Turnin´Gray Blues - John Lee Hooker
trax CD 4:
1. Tears Tears Tears - Amos Milburn 2. Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk 3. Great Big Mama - Smokey Hogg 4. I Want A Little Girl - Floyd Dixon 5. That Did It - Bus Moten & His Men 6. Rock-O-Gibraltar - Joe Turner 7. Well I Got To Leave - John Lee Hooker 8. Let´s Love Awhile - Walter Brown 9. Scotty's - Jay McSchann 10. Gone - Bus Moten & His Men 11. My Man Stands Out - Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 12. Everything I Do Is Wrong - Amos Milburn 13. Jackson's Country Romp - Tommy Douglas 14. Screamin' And Cryin' Blues - Sonny Terry 15. Lord What Can I Do - John Lee Hooker 16. Telephone Blues - Floyd Dixon 17. Tonky Boogie - Forrest Sykes 18. T-Bone Shuffle - T-Bone Walker

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Blues Connection Vol. 5 - Hard Luck Blues

Excellent 76 song collection of Blues and R&B from the 40's and 50's. This is now out of print.

trax CD 1:
1. Whoopin' The Blues - Sonny Terry 2. Without Me Baby - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown 3. Gonna Play With Your Woman - Walter Brown 4. Don't Cry Now Baby - Floyd Dixon 5. Mean And Evil Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins 6. Hard Luck Blues - Amos Milburn 7. Don't Save It Too Long (The Money Song) - Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 8. No Friend Around - John Lee Hooker 9. Sister Flat-Top - Tiny Kennedy 10. Blues For Cuba - Floyd Dixon 11. You'll Wind Up On Top - Bus Moten & His Men 12. No Reason - T-Bone Walker 13. Milk And Butter Blues - Big Joe Turner 14. Hello And Goodbye - Walter Brown 15. Wellfare Blues - John Lee Hooker 16. Alladin Boogie - Amos Milburn 17. Chuck With The Boys - Lowell Fulson 18. Cover Up - Jay McShann
trax CD 2:
1. Baby Please Don't Go / I Was Beggin' My Baby - John Lee Hooker 2. He Should Flip'd When He Flop'd - Johnny Mercer & Cootie Williams 3. Train Whistle Blues - Amos Milburn 4. Up Today, Down Tomorrow - Smokey Hogg 5. You AIn't Got It No More - Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends 6. Time And Place - Floyd Dixon 7. Airplane Blues - Sonny Terry 8. Goosed - Tommy Douglas 9. Bad Bad Whiskey - Amos Milburn 10. Work Don't Bother Me - Walter Brown 11. I Don't Be Welcome Here - John Lee Hooker 12. I Gotta Ride - Smokey Hogg 13. Too Lazy - T-Bone Walker 14. Look Me In The Eye - T-Bone Walker 15. Inform Me Baby - Walter Brown 16. Hamp's Gumbo - Floyd Dixon 17. Oo-Pa-Pa-De - Babs' Three Bips & A Bop 18. Kickapoo - Tommy Douglas
trax CD 3:
1. Gatemouth Boogie - Clarence Gatemouth Brown 2. Moten Swing - Jay McShann's Kansas City Stompers 3. Tonight's The Night - Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 4. Sometime - John Lee Hooker 5. Pretty Baby - Floyd Dixon 6. It Ain't No Use - Tiny Kennedy 7. Squabblin' Woman - Walter Brown 8. You Gotta Reap - Lowell Fulson 9. Snap Them Fingers Boogie - John Lee Hooker 10. When Your Lover Has Gone - Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends 11. Sad Feeling - Floyd Dixon 12. Mad Man Blues - Sonny Terry 13. When You Want Chili - Bus Moten & His Men 14. Nickel Plated Baby - Amos Milburn 15. Marihuana Boogie - Lalo Guerrero 16. I Rule My Den - John Lee Hooker 17. Lyin' Woman Blues - Walter Brown 18. Tea For Tommy - Tommy Douglas
trax CD 4:
1. Sonny's Blues - Floyd Dixon 2. Throw This Old Dog A Bone - John Lee Hooker 3. Jumpin' Little Woman - Tiny Kennedy 4. Turn It Over - Bus Moten & His Men 5. Oh Chuck It (In A Bucket) - Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends 6. Broken Hearted Traveller - Floyd Dixon 7. Real Gone - Amos Milburn 8. My Baby She's Long & Tall - John Lee Hooker 9. Leavin Town Blues - Tommy Douglas 10. Come Back Baby - John Lee Hooker 11. Daybreak - Pee Wee Crayton 12. New Style Baby - Walter Brown 13. Miss Brown Blues - Big Joe Turner 14. Rainy Weather Blues - Amos Milburn 15. Mean Papa Blues - Floyd Dixon 16. Peace Of Mind - Smokey Hogg 17. Insect Ball - Big Jay McNeely 18. Bring Another Drink - King Cole Trio