CD Import

Velvet Underground & Nico

The Velvet Underground

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Item Details

Genre
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Catalogue Number
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531250
Number of Discs
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1
Label
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Original Release Year
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1976
Format
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CD
Other
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Studio Recording, Remaster,Import

Product Description

The digitally remastered VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO is also included in its entirety on the 5 disc set PEEL SLOWLY AND SEE.
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 & 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 drug use and risque sexual situations. Their classic 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 Lou Reed's terse songs to life. Even more noticeable when he switched 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.

Track List   

  • 01. Sunday Morning
  • 02. I'm Waiting For The Man
  • 03. Femme Fatale
  • 04. Venus In Furs
  • 05. Run Run Run
  • 06. All Tomorrow's Parties
  • 07. Heroin
  • 08. There She Goes Again
  • 09. I'll Be Your Mirror
  • 10. "Black Angel's Death Song, The"
  • 11. European Son

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有名なアンディ・ウォーホルのバナナジャケ...

投稿日:2021/07/07 (水)

有名なアンディ・ウォーホルのバナナジャケット。音楽好きなら手元に持っておきたい一枚です。とにかくルーリードの気だるいヴォーカルがとても魅力的です。

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1967年にこれが作られたんだね。後追い...

投稿日:2021/03/10 (水)

1967年にこれが作られたんだね。後追いで世に名盤と呼ばれるアルバムは聴きまくった。この力の抜けたようなヴォーカルがまた魅力。バナナが一本描かれているジャケが印象的。そして、復刻帯というのも味があっていい。

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このアルバムを聴いている自分、かっこいい...

投稿日:2021/03/09 (火)

このアルバムを聴いている自分、かっこいいな。 と、自己陶酔できるニューヨークの名盤。 ルー・リードの声って、かっこいいんだよなー、改めて。 ハードボイルドに浸れるのもまた良い。 なんやかんやで、THE VELVET UNDERGROUNDはいろんなバンドの源流となるバンドなので、必聴です。

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