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CLEAN 1968 Orig VELVET UNDERGROUND ~ White HEAT 69 Garage WARHOL REED ACID PSYCH

Sold Date: April 30, 2017
Start Date: April 25, 2017
Final Price: $100.00 (USD)
Bid Count: 18
Seller Feedback: 17440
Buyer Feedback: 1

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     pirate insignia on front cover = 1968 first press!

                     1968 CRUDE & RAW 2nd LP

            ... DOWN IN THE GUTTER BUT FREE !

  

                             
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     The VELVET UNDERGROUND

       " White Light White Heat "

   

                                      

         USA -blue & silver VERVE RECORDS - V6 5046 - STEREO

47+ years old!

PLAYS MINTY CLEAN !!! (see full details below)

Legendary 1968 FIRST PRINTING of the 2nd VELVET UNDERGROUND album, and hard to find with a clean cover...the black cover never held up and most all old copies are well worn by now

*** Contains the skull and crossbones logo within the front cover


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After the disappointing sales of the Velvet Underground's first album, The Velvet Underground & Nico, the band's relationship with Andy Warhol deteriorated. They toured throughout most of 1967. Many of their live performances featured noisy improvisations that would become key elements in White Light/White Heat. The band eventually fired Warhol and parted ways with Nico; and ultimately went on to record their second album with a new producer. The album was recorded in just two days, and with a noticeably different style than The Velvet Underground & Nico. John Cale described White Light/White Heat as "a very rabid record...The first one had some gentility, some beauty. The second one was consciously anti-beauty." Sterling Morrison said, "We were all pulling in the same direction. We may have been dragging each other off a cliff, but we were all definitely going in the same direction. In the White Light/White Heat era, our lives were chaos. That’s what’s reflected in the record."

 Nearly every song on the album contains some sort of experimental or avant-garde quality. "The Gift", for example, contains a recital of a short story and a loud instrumental rock song playing simultaneously in two separate stereo channels. "I Heard Her Call My Name" is distinguishable for its distorted guitar solos and prominent use of feedback. The record's lyrics vary from themes of drug use and sexual innuendo, including the song "Lady Godiva's Operation", about a transsexual's botched lobotomy, and the title track "White Light/White Heat", which describes the use of amphetamine. On the album's last track, "Sister Ray", Reed tells a tale of debauchery, while the band plays an improvised 17 minute jam around three chords.     SIDE ONE WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT THE GIFT LADY GODIVA'S OPERATION HER SHE COMES NOW   SIDE TWO I HEARD HER CALL MY NAME SISTER RAY


CONDITION: The Cover: rated: solid VG++ front which has some minor small scuffs evident but nowhere near the kind of wear this prone to wear cover gets usually after 47+ years. Contains the ( '68 first print) pirate insignia ...has a small circle delete at top left ...all solid otherwise and back cover is "EX" (excellent) (see photo #2) .., No split seams, no bends, no writing ...

The Vinyl: rated: M- lots of clean shine on both sides. plays outstanding & enjoyable without surface problems ... both Verve labels are clean








 

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