When VU and Another View came out in 1985 and 1986, I assumed that these strong albeit brief outtakes collections represented all that remained to be discovered in the Velvet Underground archives. By then, the group had been broken up for more […]
When VU and Another View came out in 1985 and 1986, I assumed that these strong albeit brief outtakes collections represented all that remained to be discovered in the Velvet Underground archives. By then, the group had been broken up for more […]
The Velvet Underground’s eponymous third album is also the third record from the group to be the subject of a “super deluxe” 45th anniversary reissue. Like its predecessors, this six-CD edition offers upgraded sound, several mixes of the original LP […]
The Velvet Underground and Nico, the group’s magnificent March 1967 debut album, was a million miles from the popular music of the time, which largely explains why it sold only about 5,000 copies (including one to me) in the first […]
For those who might wonder what place the Velvet Underground in a country-oriented magazine, the answer is in the music. Would “Pale Blue Eyes” sound foreign in the hands of George Jones or Lefty Frizzell? Absolutely not. A good part […]
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