The monophonic reel-to-reel ¼” tapes contain alternative versions and mixes of the nine initial songs that formed the foundation of 1967's 'The Velvet Underground & Nico.'
Archival research at the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh led to the discovery of 12 rough versions of previously unreleased songs by Lou Reed that had been recorded for Andy Warhol on cassette.
The Go-Betweens produced some of the most mutant, evocative intellectual pop, that never succeeded at the time it was made, but lingers on til this day.
The second pandemic year of 2021 featured a wide variety of fantastic music documentaries. Some gave us better understandings of artists we've known for a long time, while others re-contextualized great performances in a new light. Here's the 20 best of the year.
The Lou Reed Archive, which contains approximately 3,600 audio and 1,300 video recordings all donated by his late wife, has officially opened at the New York Public Library and is available to the masses.
