Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground and Nico (Thirty Three and a Third

Description: A new entry in a series about famous LPs. Harvard seeks not to "'explain' the Velvet Underground, or their first and definitive album" but to share what he finds "interesting about it." Much has been written already about this album and how, while it wasn't a huge commercial success, it inspired many future rock stars. In exploring what early Velvet John Cale called "an almost religious fervor about what we were doing," Harvard evokes the heady days of promise before internal pressures cut the band's career short. Mike TribbyCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved “Author Harvard has succeeded in finding the right mix between objective research and personal connection with his subject.” –Jason Dropor, Record Collector, October 2004 (Jason Dropor)"A bite-sized look at the creation of one of the more seminal albums of our time….well worth dipping into." David Hill, Shredded Paper Magazine, Fall 2004 issue"The splendidly named Harvard sees the Velvets through the eyes neither bleary nor jaded nor excessively worshipful, and among many sharp insights nails the idea that it wasn't just LouLouLou with, oh yeah, John Cale and the chick who split after this debut and the drummer who played standing up and the bass player who moved to Austin. Anybody who's heard "Sunday Morning" as the sun's coming up on a Sunday morning knows the Velvets were a BAND, and for these two sides of vinyl there was no more powerful idea. A-" —Austin American-Statesman, Oct. 17, 2004"[Harvard] has the material as well as the gift of gab." —Robin Vaughan, Boston Herald, 6/6/04

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