Andy warhol was invited to speak at the annual banquet of the new york society for clinical psychiatry. With john cale, gerard malanga, sterling morrison, nico. Even though its original intention was to be wall paper unedited, moving images of the velvet underground, projected onto themselves as they actually played live, it still managed to take me though just about my entire range of emotions. New album releases download full albums, daily updates. Accompanied by vocalist nico, the album was recorded in 1966 while the group were featured on andy warhols exploding plastic inevitable multimedia event tour, which gained attention for its experimental performance sensibilities. English 16mm, black and white even ardent fans of the velvet underground will probably move uneasily in their. At the same time, she started a solo career and released chelsea girl. It exists as the perfect timecapsule of 1966 in the warhol factory and completely lacks pretension. Femme fatale the velvet underground song wikipedia. Lou reeds description of the colourful characters at andy warhols factory at the time. The velvet underground was an american rock band formed in 1964 in new york city by singerguitarist lou reed, multiinstrumentalist john cale, guitarist ste. The record is inside the left page of the fold out sleeve. Recorded live in cleveland the 4th of november 1966. Nico is famous as a face a tragic beauty, the junkie dietrich or as the singer of three songs on the velvet undergrounds first album.
In particular a beautiful petite blonde named darryl who hung out there. Vhs pal, rarovideo rvb 20069, italy, december 2002. The velvet underground and nico 3 down for you is up. Italian album certifications velvet underground velvet underground. The velvet underground the norman dolph acetate scepter. Velvet underground underground all tomorrows parties by lunaimee. The velvet underground and nico 1966 plot keywords imdb.
The velvet underground and nico on rai tre italian television in 1966, mainly a long instrumental. It was recorded in 1966 while the band were featured on andy warhols exploding plastic inevitable tour, which gained attention for its experimental performance sensibilities and controversial lyrical topics, including drug abuse, prostitution, sadomasochism. Factory and the subsequent rare april 1966 scepter studios recordings captured on acetate. Released in march 1969, it was their first record with doug yule, who was a replacement for john cale. It is essentially a one long loose improvisation including some private conversations and a brief visit from the nypd. The velvet underground and nico 1966 release info imdb. Velvet undergrounds notorious 1967 album mostly recorded in april 1966.
There are three versions of the back cover of the original american release. Femme fatale was recorded at the scepter studios in new york in april 1966 while the studio was still under construction. A ccording to the director of a daring new movie about nico, the most notable aspects of the late singers life had nothing to do with the velvet underground, andy warhol, or her glamorous roles. It was released as a bside to sunday morning in december 1966. Velvet undergrounds the velvet underground and nico. It is 67 minutes long and was filmed in 16mm black and white. The velvet underground and nico 1966 plot keywords.
Velvet underground peel slowly and see jetzt kaufen. The right page reads down for you is up, tracklist, and for promotional use. Melody laughter live at valleydale ballroom, columbus, ohio1966 nico. The velvet underground and nico is an essential part of a vinyl collectors library, a truly seminal and unique protopunknoise rock album. It would be hard to believe that gus van sant hadnt seen the velvet underground and nico, andy warhols landmark recording of an hourlong performance by the band, before he made last days. Iraq, ireland, isle of man, israel, italy, jamaica, japan, jersey, jordan, kazakhstan, kenya.
Last weekend we asked our readers to select the best album covers of all time. The film depicts a rehearsal of the velvet underground and nico, and is essentially one long loose improvisation. It was recorded in 1966 while the band were featured on andy warhols exploding plastic inevitable tour, which gained attention for its experimental performance sensibilities and controversial lyrical topics, including drug abuse. The velvet undergrounds first album only sold a few thousand copies, but everyone who bought one formed a band. I said, nico, hey, its my title, ill pronounce it my way. The velvet underground, nico licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of polydor. The internal struggles within the band surfaced, and as a result, manager andy warhol had been fired and nico and john cale had left the group. The velvet underground and nico, circa 1966 youtube. The first version has an image of actor eric emerson projected upsidedown on the wall behind the band. Not sure if its already up there but another copy cant hurt. I am not making any money from this, as with all else i have uploaded to this account in the past. A symphony of sound depicts a rehearsal of the velvet underground and nico at the factory, 231 east 47th st.
It was recorded in 1966 while the band were featured on andy warhols. I am not responsible for it being put on utube, it was in creative commons and deserves to be seen by more people. It offers part of the famous 1966 epi show recorded in columbus this is the barking version with about. The velvet underground the velvet underground and nico 45th anniversary 2012 wednesday, april 22, 2020. Newlyremastered from original tapes, original artwork the velvet undergrounds classic selftitled third album, originally released in march 1969, by mgm, was a departure from the bands first two albums in more ways than one. The velvet undergrounds first public appearance, filmed in super 8 at a psychiatrists convention, at the delmonico hotel, new york, january 14, 1966.
It has been a long time since we had the pleasure of watching this priceless footage of the velvet underground and nico shot at the factory and designed to be screened during one of andy warhols exploding plastic inevitable events in new york in the summer 1966. Acclaimed as the th best album ever by rolling stone, the velvet underground and nico showed the darker side of the counterculture. The velvet underground is the selftitled third studio album by american rock band the velvet underground. Reissued in 1992 with the same cover only differences are the production date and the disc which reads made in italy instead of eec. An intimate of bob dylan, jackson browne, the velvet underground, the stones, jim morrison, iggy pop, and others, her fascinating story is recounted in the biography nico. A symphony of sound is an american film by andy warhol and paul morrissey. To look at the way music was evolving at the time must be addressed. The 1967 debut from the velvet underground didnt sell many records, but arguably no album in the past half century has had a greater influence on rock music. Velvet undergrounds the velvet underground and nico thirty three and a third series joe harvard, joseph incagnoli on. Pet sounds, the velvet underground and nico, pauls boutique and more classics that werent immediate commercial successes. Rock and roll came out of memphis, tennessee and in particular sun studios led by the revolutionary producer.
With songs like heroin, european son, and femme fatale, its easy to see why it is described as the best american album of the 60s. Recorded in 1968 at ttg studios in hollywood, california, the albums soundconsisting largely of ballads and straightforward rock songsmarked a notable shift in. With john cale, gerard malanga, sterling morrison, billy name. Its not exactly a simple answer, but ill try my best to explain it. Garage rock, art rock, experimental, psychedelic rock. This is a classic video from 1966, featuring the velvet underground and nico. Velvet undergrounds the velvet underground and nico thirty three and a third series.