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Velvet Underground: 1969 Velvet Underground Live (Mercury)

Paul Morley, NME, 3 March 1979

THE VELVETS, specifically Lou Reed – maybe even this 'invisible' live double – say more about rock'n'roll, its implications and complications, than anyone else.

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