The expanded edition of the Velvet Underground's classic 1970 album 'Loaded' is to be released on vinyl for the first time as a 9-record set.
'Lou Reed: Caught Between the Twisted Stars' took seven years to prepare and will shine a light on the fact that Lou was a multifaceted artist and person.
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.ย Here's the 20 best of the year.
Lou Reed took centerstage in Brooklyn for a 5-night theatrical run of 'Berlin' and the resulting concert film will be streaming for free until November 29th.
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 monophonic reel-to-reel ยผโ tapes contain alternative versions and mixes of the nine initial songs that formed the foundation of 1967's 'The Velvet Underground & Nico.'
During the holidays, a 17-track album of demos recorded by Lou Reed titled 'Iโm So Free: The 1971 RCA Demos' was briefly released for two days only.
Tom Wilson produced both Bob Dylan and Velvet Underground, among other big names, but remained relatively unknown... until now.
The long-gestating documentary about the legendary band is finally set to see the light of day and will premiere on Apple TV+.