THE VELVET UNDERGROUND "WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT" V6-5046 VG+/VG VERVE BLACK LABLE

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ARTIST- THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

TITLE- “WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT

TRACK LISTING- SEE PHOTOS & BELOW

Companies, etc.

• Published By – Three Prong Music
• Record Company – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
• Manufactured By – MGM Records Division
• Pressed By – MGM Records Division

Credits

• Concept By [Cover Concept] – Andy Warhol
• Design [Cover] – Acy R. Lehman*
• Engineer [Director Of] – Val Valentin
• Engineer [Recording] – Gary Kellgren
• Percussion – Maureen Tucker*
• Photography By [Cover] – Billy Name
• Photography By [Liner] – Mario Anniballi
• Producer – Tom Wilson (2)
• Vocals, Guitar, Bass – Sterling Morrison
• Vocals, Lead Guitar, Piano – Lou Reed
• Vocals, Viola [Electric], Organ, Bass – John Cale

Notes

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: BMI
• Matrix / Runout (A-SIde Label): MGS-1258
• Matrix / Runout (B-Side Label): MGS-1259
• Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout Etching): V6-5046 SIDE 1 MGS-1258 11 [block-shaped 'S']
• Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout Etching): V6-5046 SIDE 2 MGS-1259 11 [block-shaped 'S']

YEAR OF RELEASE- 1968

LABEL- VERVE RECORDS

CAT.#- V/5046 (MG-1250

RECORD CONDITION- VG+ NICE SHINEY BLACK LUSTER, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SMALL “LINES” ON SIDE 1, VERY VERY LIGHT DOESN'T AFFECT PLAY AT ALL. VERLY LIGHT SURFACE NOISE ON THE LEAD IN GROOVES. ONCE SONGS KICK IN SOUNDS VERY CLEAN.

JACKET CONDITION- VG CONDITION, LIGHT RING WEAR AS WELL AS SOME EDGE & CORNER WEAR, NO SEAM SPLITS, OR WRIGIN ON THE COVER.

ADDITIONAL INFO: THIS RECORD IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. VERVE LABELS SILVER INK ON A BLACK BACKGROUND. HAS A MOTOWN INNER SLEEVE....

MORE INFO ON THE ARTIST & RELEASE-

The Velvet Underground was a rock band formed in 1964 in New York City by singer/guitarist Lou Reed, multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise (replaced by Moe Tucker in 1965). The group's integration of rock and the avant-garde achieved little commercial success during their existence, but they are now recognized as one of the bands most influential to rock, underground, experimental, and alternative music. The provocative subject matter, musical experimentation, and often nihilistic attitudes explored in the band's work would prove influential in the development of punk rock and new wave music.

The band was initially active between 1965 and 1973, and was briefly managed by the pop artist Andy Warhol, serving as the house band at the Factory and Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable events from 1966 to 1967. Their debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico (with German born singer and model Nico), was released in 1967 to critical indifference and poor sales, but over time has been critically acclaimed; it was called the "most prophetic rock album ever made" by Rolling Stone in 2003. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the band No. 19 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 by Patti Smith. 

White Light/White Heat is the second studio album by American rock band the Velvet Underground, released in 1968 by record label Verve. It was the band's last studio recording of new material with bassist and founding member John Cale.

Background

After the disappointing sales of the Velvet Underground's first album, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967), 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 on White Light/White Heat. The band fired Warhol, parted ways with Nico, and recorded their second album with Tom Wilson credited as producer.

Recording

The album was recorded in just two days, and with a noticeably different style from that of 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.

Cover

The album cover to White Light/White Heat is a faint image of a tattoo of a skull. The tattoo was that of Joe Spencer, who played the lead role in Warhol's 1967 film Bike Boy. Spencer starred as a hustler in a motorcycle gang and is seen taking a shower in the movie. Although he wasn't credited for the cover design as with their debut album, it was Warhol's idea to use a black-on-black picture of the tattoo. Reed selected the image from the negatives from the film, and it was enlarged and distorted by Billy Name, one of the members of the Factory. It is difficult to distinguish the tattoo, as the image is black, printed on a slightly lighter black background. On this cover, the album name, the Verve logo, and the band name are all on one line.

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