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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).
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.
Transformer was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, both of whom had been strongly influenced by Reed's work with the Velvet Underground.Bowie had obliquely referenced the Velvet Underground in the cover notes for his album Hunky Dory and regularly performed both "White Light/White Heat" and "I'm Waiting for the Man" in concerts and on the BBC during 1971–1973.
The discography of the American rock band The Velvet Underground consists of five studio albums, six live albums, 14 compilation albums, six box sets and eleven singles.. The first line-up was formed in New York City consisting of Lou Reed on vocals and guitar, John Cale on several instruments (viola, keyboards and bass), Sterling Morrison on guitar and bass and Angus MacLise on percussion ...
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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Nico was forced out of the group, and began a career as a solo artist. Her debut solo album, Chelsea Girl, was released in October 1967, featuring some songs written by Velvet Underground members. [91] Tom Wilson continued working with the Velvet Underground, producing their 1968 album White Light/White Heat [92] and Nico's Chelsea Girl. [93]
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]