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Some versions of these performances, taken from soundboard mixes, were first issued in 1974 by Mercury Records as part of a double LP, 1969 The Velvet Underground Live, while other audience recorded versions released were taken from cassette tapes made by the late Bob Quine.

These shows, taped several months after the release of the third, self-titled Velvet Underground album earlier that year and before heading to the studio to record Loaded the following spring, featured the post-John Cale incarnation of the band, with newest member Doug Yule on bass and keyboards joining Lou Reed and remaining members guitarist Sterling Morrison and percussionist Maureen Tucker. Out on 12 July and exclusively available in the US through. Originally released as a CD box set, The Velvet Underground – The Complete Matrix Tapes (Polydor/UME) makes its vinyl debut as a limited edition 8LP, 43-track box set. The Complete Matrix Tapes captures the highlights of two nights – 26 & 27 November. Over the course of their residency, which began 11 November, the club’s four-track recorder, manned by owner Peter Abram from a booth at the side of the stage, was rolling through much of it.

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The Velvet Underground toured extensively in 1969 but set up shop in San Francisco in November and early December for a series of 18 nights over four separate engagements, the first at the Family Dog, the rest at the North Beach club the Matrix, opened in a one-time pizza parlour by Jefferson Airplane’s Marty Balin in 1965.

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This new box set features eight pieces of vinyl plus an 18 page booklet, all contained in a drop-top box The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 by Patti Smith.Pressed on vinyl for the first time. In 2017, a study of AllMusic's catalog indicated the Velvet Underground as the fifth most frequently cited artist influence in its database. 19 on its list of the '100 Greatest Artists of All Time'. In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the band No.

The provocative subject matter, musical experiments and often nihilistic attitudes explored in the band's work proved influential in the development of punk rock and new wave music.

The band's integration of rock and the avant-garde achieved little commercial success during their existence but they are now recognized as one of the most influential bands in rock, underground, experimental and alternative music. Their debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico (with German-born singer and model Nico), was released in 1967 to critical indifference and poor sales but has become critically acclaimed it was called the 'most prophetic rock album ever made' by Rolling Stone in 2003. The band was initially active between 19, and was briefly managed by the pop artist Andy Warhol, serving as the house band at the Factory and Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable events from 1966 to 1967. The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in 1964 in New York City by singer/guitarist Lou Reed, multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise (replaced by Moe Tucker in 1965).

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