The Velvet Underground Archives
Velvet Underground Live Recordings from 1969 Available on Four-CD Set
Two of the 18 shows The Velvet Underground played in San Francisco in late November/early December 1969 have been captured on The Velvet Underground — The Complete Matrix Tapes. The band played a couple of venues during their San Francisco stint, most notably, The Matrix club. The Complete Matrix Tapes is compiled from four-track recordings made at the club on...
The Velvet Underground’s ‘Loaded’ Released in 45th Anniversary Special Edition
Loaded, The Velvet Underground’s last studio album with Lou Reed, is now available in a deluxe six-disc box set called Loaded: Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition. The set features the original 1970 album, remastered in stereo and mono, demos and alternate mixes, a remastered/re-edited version of Live at Max’s Kansas City (recorded during the band’s stand at the venue, which occurred...
Velvet Underground’s “White Light/White Heat” Gets 45th Anniversary Deluxe Reissue
The Velvet Underground’s original White Light/White Heat release in 1968 included just six songs, including the iconic title track and legendary “Sister Ray.” Raw, loud, and avant-garde for the time, it became a rock classic. Decades later, the of the record features three CDs (one of the CDs is a live show recorded in 1967 in New York) and 30...