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The Velvet Underground & Nico [LP] by The Velvet Underground Nico (Vinyl, 1967)

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Title: Velvet Underground and Nico. Artist: Velvet Underground and Nico. Format: Vinyl. Record Label: Vinyl Lovers. Missing Information?. Genre: Rock. Edition: 12" Album (Gatefold Cover). No Of Discs: 1.

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UPC8013252900051

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FormatVinyl

Release Year1967

Number of Audio ChannelsStereo

GenreRock

StyleArt Rock

TypeLP

ArtistThe Velvet Underground, Nico

Release TitleThe Velvet Underground & Nico [LP]

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DistributionForced Exposure

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ReviewsQ (7/96, p.150) - 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...superb..."

Additional informationThe Velvet Underground: Lou Reed (vocals, guitar, piano); Doug Yule (vocals, organ, bass); Maureen Tucker (vocals, percussion); Sterling Morrison (guitar, background vocals). Originally released on MGM (4617). Velvet Underground & Nico: Lou Reed (vocals, guitar); Nico (vocals); Sterling Morrison (guitar, bass, background vocals); John Cale (electric viola, piano, bass, background vocals); Maureen Tucker (percussion, background vocals). Recorded at T.T.G. Studios, Hollywood California; Sceptor Studios and Mayfair Sound Studios, New York, New York in April & November 1966 & April-May 1967. Originally released on Verve (5008). Brian Eno once said that only a hundred people bought Velvet Underground records when they first came out, but those hundred people all went out and formed their own bands. The rest, of course, is history; the Velvet Underground was the catalyst that helped spark punk rock, and began the growth of an alternative branch within rock and roll's grand family tree. VU's was an unparalleled glimpse into the Summer Of Love's alter ego, complete with graphic, unapologetic descriptions of intravenous drug-use and risque sexual situations. Their 1967 debut, VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO, was a tour de force that may never be equaled for its sheer radicalism in the face of rock convention. The Velvet Underground also mapped out unconquered sonic territories. Bassist John Cale was weaned on deconstructing classical theory--the perfect avant-garde foil to help bring Reed's terse songs to life. Even more noticeable when he would switch to electric viola, Cale's sound evoked the terror of Reed's compositions, with the bowed strings screeching like a runaway subway car. Drummer Maureen Tucker played like no one before her. Her frantic swipes could mimic a galloping rush in "Heroin," or work with the delicate, hesitant charm of "All Tomorrow's Parties." Guitarist Sterling Morrison was a master of his craft, ably switching from oddly Middle-Eastern plucking (the eerie "All Tomorrow's Parties") to head-on rock (the ultra-edgy "Waiting For The Man"), always adding just the right element to fatten the cacophony. VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO is one of rock's most significant debuts.

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by ratfi70
30 Jul, 2022
Reed’s first outing- I think, and definitely not Warhol’s first rodeo! Trippy to the extreme!! A blast from the past!
Actually sounds better than the original!
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