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VELVET UNDERGROUND  SELF TITLED  THIRD ALBUM MINT VINYL    Upon first release, 's self-titled third album must have surprised their fans nearly as much as their first two albums shocked the few mainstream music fans who heard them. After testing the limits of how musically and thematically challenging rock could be on  and , this 1969 release sounded spare, quiet, and contemplative, as if the previous albums documented some manic, speed-fueled party and this was the subdued morning after. (The album's relative calm has often been attributed to the departure of the band's most committed avant-gardist, , in the fall of 1968; the arrival of new bassist ; and the theft of the band's amplifiers shortly before they began recording.) But 's lyrical exploration of the demimonde is as keen here as on any album he ever made, while displaying a warmth and compassion he sometimes denied his characters. "Candy Says," "Pale Blue Eyes," and "I'm Set Free" may be more muted in approach than what the band had done in the past, but "What Goes On" and "Beginning to See the Light" made it clear  still loved rock & roll, and "The Murder Mystery" (which mixes and matches four separate poetic narratives) is as brave and uncompromising as anything on . This album sounds less like  than any of their studio albums, but it's as personal, honest, and moving as anything  ever committed to tape. ALL RECORDS ARE SHIPPED IN MAILERS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR THAT PURPOSE.