THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO‘S 50th ANNIVERSARY UMe celebrates 50th anniversary of the classic debut LP with vinyl reissue including a limited-edition colored-vinyl special edition, out on June 30 On November 16-18 John Cale celebrates the Velvets’ 50th anniversary by curating three nights of special performances in New York “I wanted to cross-pollinate rock with the avant-garde, and […]
The inveterate experimentalist who melded rock with the avant-garde, John Cale (Paris 1919 and A Tribute to Nico, 2012 Next Wave) has exerted an incalculable influence on the last half-century of popular music, from punk to noise to chamber pop. He returns to BAM for a three-night celebration of his life and art. For the first two nights, Cale is […]
John Cale offers his memories of recording each song on the iconic Velvet Underground debut. Read the full story on People.com.
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Only European show 26th May 2017 at Liverpool’s iconic docklands Global music legend John Cale has announced Liverpool as his only European show to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the revolutionary The Velvet Underground & Nico album. Already doyens of New York’s burgeoning art rock scene, the first Velvet Underground album in 1967 represented the zenith of the movement and […]
The Velvet Underground toured extensively in 1969, but set up shop in San Francisco in November and early December for a series of 18 nights over four separate engagements, the first at the Family Dog, the rest at the fabled North Beach club the Matrix, opened in a one-time pizza parlor by Jefferson Airplane’s Marty Balin in 1965. Over the […]
The 64-track six-CD package on Polydor/UMe includes legendary 1969 album, featuring several different mixes, live recordings from The Matrix in San Francisco, case-bound book and liner notes by David Fricke Pre-Order Now Available! Super Deluxe http://smarturl.it/VU45thSuperDeluxe Deluxe http://smarturl.it/VU45thDeluxe Standard http://smarturl.it/VelvetUnderground45 iTunes http://smarturl.it/TVU45thiTunes Google Play http://smarturl.it/TVU45thGoogle The Velvet Underground’s classic self-titled third album, released in March 1969, by MGM, was a departure […]
When The Velvet Underground & Nico album was released in March 1967 on Verve Records, with its Andy Warhol-designed, peel-off banana cover, it was far from a chart-topper. In fact, as the famed quote attributed to Brian Eno famously put it, the album may not have sold many copies, “but everyone who bought it formed a band.” And its reputation […]
Universal Music Enterprises and Castle Face Records have joined forces for the release of the 45th Anniversary of The Velvet Underground & Nico with a tribute album featuring indie artists Ty Segall (“Femme Fatale”), Thee Oh Sees (“European Son”), White Fence (“Run Run Run), The Fresh and Onlys (“All Tomorrow’s Parties”) among others. Brian Eno famously said “the album may […]
