The Velvet Underground "White Light / White Heat" alternative 1988 through Nettwerk

1988 through Nettwerk

with songs like “Echoes From The Sky’s” epic sung vocals and zig zagging slabs of juggernaut riffing

which were previously released on the limited-edition Super Deluxe 9-LP and 5 CD formats of 2020’s Wildflowers & All The Rest

each album peeling back a layer of the onion to glimpse at past and future alike

2013 at Third Man Records in the Blue Room

The Velvet Underground "White Light / White Heat" alternative 1988 through NettwerkRecorded without the input of either Nico or Andy Warhol, White Light White Heat was the purest and rawest document of the key Velvets lineup of Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker, capturing the group at their toughest and most abrasive. The album opens with an open and enthusiastic endorsement of amphetamines (startling even from this group of noted drug enthusiasts), and side one continues with an amusing shaggy dog story set