- Who Loves the Sun [Alternate Mix] [2015 Remaster]
- Sweet Jane [Early Version Remix] [2015 Remaster]
- Rock & Roll [Demo Version] [2015 Remaster]
- Cool It Down [Early Version Remix] [2015 Remaster]
- New Age [Full Length Version] [2015 Remaster]
- Head Held High [Early Version Remix] [2015 Remaster]
- Lonesome Cowboy Bill [Early Version Remix] [2015 Remaster]
- I Found a Reason [Demo Version] [2015 Remaster]
- Train Round the Bend [Alternate Mix] [2015 Remaster]
- Oh! Sweet Nuthin' [Early Version Remix] [2015 Remaster]
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0603497822638
Doug Yule Bass,Drums,Organ,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Billy Yule Drums
John Cale Organ
Lou Reed Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica,Keyboards,Guitar (Rhythm)
Moe Tucker Bass,Drums,Vocals,Percussion
Adrian Barber Drums
Sterling Morrison Lead,Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm)
Tommy Castanaro Drums
Bill Yule Drums
Doug Yule Composer,Lyricist
Billy Yule Percussion Assistant
John Cale Composer,Lyricist
John Strother Mixing
Lou Reed Composer,Lyricist
Rick Derringer Composer
Moe Tucker Composer
Adrian Barber Engineer,Producer,Remixing,Percussion Assistant
Brigid Polk Engineer
Shel Kagan Producer
Sterling Morrison Composer
Tommy Castanaro Percussion Assistant
Johnny Winter Composer
The Velvet Underground Arranger,Producer
Mark Meyerson Coordination
Heather Harris Art Direction
Stanislaw Zagorski Design,Illustrations,Cover Illustration
Richard Mantel Design,Art Direction
Fred Lombardi Photography
Henri Ter Hall Photography
Doug Johnson Illustrations
Bill Yule Percussion Assistant
Bob Kachnycz Engineer,Liner Notes
Bill Inglot Mixing
Kevin Reeves Mixing,Editing,Mastering
Loaded [Alternate Version] [Ultra Clear Vinyl]
by The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
Loaded [Alternate Version] [Ultra Clear Vinyl]
by The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground
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Overview
After The Velvet Underground cut three albums for the jazz-oriented Verve label that earned them lots of notoriety but negligible sales, the group signed with industry powerhouse Atlantic Records in 1970; label head Ahmet Ertegun supposedly asked Lou Reed to avoid sex and drugs in his songs, and instead focus on making an album "loaded with hits." Loaded was the result, and with appropriate irony it turned out to be the first VU album that made any noticeable impact on commercial radio -- and also their swan song, with Reed leaving the group shortly before its release. With John Cale long gone from the band, Doug Yule highly prominent (he sings lead on four of the ten tracks), and Maureen Tucker absent on maternity leave, this is hardly a purist's Velvet Underground album. But while Lou Reed always wrote great rock & roll songs with killer hooks, on Loaded his tunes were at last given a polished but intelligent production that made them sound like the hits they should have been, and there's no arguing that "Sweet Jane" and "Rock and Roll" are as joyously anthemic as anything he's ever recorded. And if this release generally maintains a tight focus on the sunny side of the VU's personality (or would that be Reed's personality?), "New Age" and "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" prove he had hardly abandoned his contemplative side, and "Train Around the Bend" is a subtle but revealing metaphor for his weariness with the music business. Sterling Morrison once said of Loaded, "It showed that we could have, all along, made truly commercial sounding records," but just as importantly, it proved they could do so without entirely abandoning their musical personality in the process. It's a pity that notion hadn't occurred to anyone a few years earlier. ~ Mark Deming
Product Details
Release Date: | 10/18/2024 |
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Label: | Atlantic |
UPC: | 0603497822638 |
Rank: | 9051 |
Tracks
Album Credits
Performance Credits
The Velvet Underground Primary ArtistDoug Yule Bass,Drums,Organ,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Guitar (Bass),Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Billy Yule Drums
John Cale Organ
Lou Reed Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Harmonica,Keyboards,Guitar (Rhythm)
Moe Tucker Bass,Drums,Vocals,Percussion
Adrian Barber Drums
Sterling Morrison Lead,Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm)
Tommy Castanaro Drums
Bill Yule Drums
Technical Credits
Geoffrey Haslam Remixing,Production Supervisor,Mixing,Editing,Engineer,ProducerDoug Yule Composer,Lyricist
Billy Yule Percussion Assistant
John Cale Composer,Lyricist
John Strother Mixing
Lou Reed Composer,Lyricist
Rick Derringer Composer
Moe Tucker Composer
Adrian Barber Engineer,Producer,Remixing,Percussion Assistant
Brigid Polk Engineer
Shel Kagan Producer
Sterling Morrison Composer
Tommy Castanaro Percussion Assistant
Johnny Winter Composer
The Velvet Underground Arranger,Producer
Mark Meyerson Coordination
Heather Harris Art Direction
Stanislaw Zagorski Design,Illustrations,Cover Illustration
Richard Mantel Design,Art Direction
Fred Lombardi Photography
Henri Ter Hall Photography
Doug Johnson Illustrations
Bill Yule Percussion Assistant
Bob Kachnycz Engineer,Liner Notes
Bill Inglot Mixing
Kevin Reeves Mixing,Editing,Mastering
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