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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