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The Velvet Underground was republished in 1967 in the United Kingdom under the title Bizarre Sex Underground. In 1968, Harry Roskolenko (1907-1980) brought out a sequel, The Velvet Underground Revisited, though it was attributed to Michael Leigh again (Michael Leigh had died in 1965). [1]
The Velvet Underground soon found a more appreciative audience when artist Andy Warhol spotted them and set them up at the Factory, his Manhattan studio-and-happening space.
In 2009 Ozit-Morpheus Records re-released this compilation under the title Unpiecing the Jigsaw: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground which appended two live tracks by Nico ("Femme Fatale" and "All Tomorrow's Parties") to the third disc, and, on a fourth disc, a lengthy interview called 47 Minutes in Depth With Lou Reed. [1] [2]
MacLise was a member of La Monte Young's Theatre of Eternal Music, with John Cale, Tony Conrad, Marian Zazeela [3] and sometimes Terry Riley.He contributed to the early Fluxus newspaper VTre, edited by George Brecht, and was also an early member of the Velvet Underground, [4] having been brought into the group by flatmate John Cale when they were living at 56 Ludlow Street [4] in Manhattan.
Left to right: Director Paul Morrissey, Nico, Andy Warhol, and poet Gerard Malanga attend a ‘Freakout’ party featuring a Velvet Underground and Nico performance in Long Island, New York, 1966.
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After the Velvet Underground disbanded in the early 1970s, she took a hiatus to focus on her marriage and family. She returned in the 1980s, and, until the late 2000s, released four studio albums and performed as a session musician. In 1996, Tucker was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Velvet Underground.
"Here She Comes Now" was recorded during the recording sessions for White Light/White Heat in September 1967 at Scepter Studios in Manhattan. [5] Lou Reed originally intended the song to be sung by Nico, who had sung it on a few occasions during the Exploding Plastic Inevitable events, however her collaboration with the group had ended before recording for White Light/White Heat had begun.