The book is a collection of Velvet Underground ephemera: posters, screen prints, photographs, ticket stubs, record covers, alternative record covers, film stills, letters and lyric sheets - essentially a lavishly printed and protracted set of liner notes.
As could be expected for a volume commemorating perhaps the first and definitely the ur-art rock band, it’s handsome and heavy and comes in a limited edition of 400, complete with a seven-inch 45, for $300. "The Velvet Underground is now the subject of a hefty coffee table book from Rizzoli. The book, published by Italian book house Rizzoli, also contains a recorded conversation between Reed and Tucker, as well as contributions from former Czech president Vaclav Havel and author Jon Savage.” ~Billboard “The reunion of the legendary New York band comes on the heels of the publication of The Velvet Underground: New York Art, a compendium of previously unseen photographs, poster and cover designs by Andy Warhol, Lou Reed's handwritten music and lyrics, underground press clippings and other reviews, flyers, handbills and posters. The new hardcover tome was lovingly and exhaustingly compiled by Johannes Kugelberg who managed to unearth a staggering amount of never-before-scene images.” ~ VMAN “ The Velvet Underground: New York Art is the ultimate visual biography of the greatest rock band in history. The wraparound-sunglasses, all-black amphetamine cool of their early days as Andy Warhol's house band, to the bell-bottom jamming of their swan song period." ~ Raw
It visually traces the narrative of the group, and of the '60s era itself. The strength lies in the knockout imagery. "The book has minimal text (including an exclusive interview between bandmates Lou Reed and Maureen Tucker). If you dig on The Velvets, you should buy it." ~ Dazed & Confused "This is a handsome book with more full-color images than a strong acid trip. Jon Savage is the author of several books, including England’s Dreaming. Vaclav Havel is a playwright and author, and was the first president of the Czech Republic. Johan Kugelberg is the author of Born in the Bronx, also published by Rizzoli. To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.Lou Reed, and Maureen Tucker were key members of the Velvet Underground.
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