30,000 views on July 14th, 2008! An alternative cover was used for Polydor's mid-1980s reissues. With Nina Iordanova, Corey Lof. The original album cover to White Light/White Heat is a faint image of a tattoo of a skull. It was released in January 1968 on their second studio album, White Light/White Heat. This article is about the 1968 album. Weekly Electronic Music Tips – May#18-21 PICKS OF THE WEEK: SORROW-VOMIT – Synthcast #04                                …. I'd try and edit the release info, but I've never had any luck with that. For its 45th anniversary it's been reissued in expanded, remastered form, and listening to White Light/White Heat now, it doesn't quite fit the template of its legend. Released 30 January 1968 on Verve (catalog no. White Light/White Heat is the story of two teenagers, Sam and Nick, who have just left a house party. White Light/White Heat. Trustpilot. At least they sure look like that to me. Genres: Experimental Rock, Noise Rock, Proto-Punk. 1) White Light/White Heat (2.47) 2) The Gift (8.19) 3) Lady Godiva's Operation (4.56) 4) Here She Comes Now (2.04) 5) I Heard Her Call My Name (4.39) 6) Sister Ray (17.27) Album White Light/White Heat. 6. It was the only single released from their 1969 eponymous third album. Studios in Hollywood. With White Light/White Heat, The Velvet's completely dispose of any sense of accessibility or rock convention that they had even had left with their debut album to create a work of dirty, dark, atonal, alienating, and altogether fascinating and enthralling art rock album. White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground: 2.47: Track 2: The Gift: The Velvet Underground: 8.19: Track 3: Lady Godiva's Operation: The Velvet Underground: 4.56: Track 4: Here She Comes Now: The Velvet Underground: 2.04: Track 5: I Heard Her Call My Name: The Velvet Underground: 4.39: Track 6: Sister Ray: The Velvet Underground : 17.27: Product Details Duration: 40.1 mins: No. It was a hard record, and not hard in a way that is easily identifiable. Although he was not credited for the cover design as with their debut album, it was Warhol's idea to use a black-on-black picture of the tattoo. Your item will be previously owned but still in great condition. "Here She Comes Now" is built around a double-entendre. In 1974, the album was reissued by MGM under the title "Archetypes". Directed by Simone Smith. White Light/White Heat is the second studio album by American rock band the Velvet Underground, released in 1968 on Verve Records. Explicit Lyrics No. [30] British rock band Buzzcocks were formed by Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto out of a shared interest in "Sister Ray".[31]. White Light/White Heat has been added to your Basket Add a gift receipt for easy returns. White Light, White Heat, White Trash is the last Social Distortion studio album to feature guitarist Dennis Danell before his death on February 29, 2000. We may have been dragging each other off a cliff, but we were all definitely going in the same direction."[5]. This, perhaps, is why White Light/White Heat peaked at 199 on the charts. Nothing in their debut could really have prepared fans for the sonic assault the Velvets unleashed in White Light/White Heat. Year: 1983. "White Light/White Heat" was recorded in the course of the recording sessions for White Light/White Heat in September 1967 at Scepter Studios in Manhattan. Main Format CD. The tattoo was that of Joe Spencer, who played the lead role in Warhol's 1967 film Bike Boy. The record's lyrics vary from themes of drug use and sexual references (such as fellatio and orgies), including the song "Lady Godiva's Operation", about a transsexual woman's botched lobotomy,[11][unreliable source?] White Light/White Heat is the second studio album by American rock band the Velvet Underground, released in 1968 by record label Verve. Buy Used: Very Good. All tracks are written by Lou Reed except where noted. Released in March 1969, it was their first record with Doug Yule, who was a replacement for John Cale. £23.02 & FREE Delivery. The album has been described as experimental rock,[6] noise rock,[7][8] proto-punk[9] and art rock[10] by writers and critics. Also available in the iTunes Store More by Puttin' On the Ritz. [29], White Light/White Heat contains distorted, feedback-driven, and roughly recorded sound, which is regarded as influential. Also in January 1968, the song was released as a single with the B-side "Here She Comes Now". 1. David Bowie ‎– White Light/White Heat Genre: Rock. The song's vocals are performed primarily by Lou Reed, with John Cale and Sterling Morrison performing backing vocals. Rated #3 in the best albums of 1968, and #110 of all-time album.. White Light/White Heat is the second studio album by American rock band the Velvet Underground, released in 1968 on Verve Records. The song, much like "I'm Waiting for the Man", features a pounding rock-and-roll Barrelhouse-style piano vamp. 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Also, this is my 5th video. [13] It is difficult to distinguish the tattoo, as the image is black, printed on a slightly lighter black background. The second one was consciously anti-beauty. Tracklist . The song was recorded in 1968 at T.T.G. It was the band's last studio recording of new material with bassist and founding member John Cale. [15] The album briefly appeared on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 199. 3. • UK Pre … They toured throughout most of 1967. This edition was developed in conjunction with Lou Reed and John Cale. referencing White Light/White Heat, LP, Album, Mono, Promo, Eas, V-5046. Please check out my others. White Light / White Heat Lyrics: White light, White light goin' messin' up my mind / White light / And don't you know its gonna make me go blind / White heat, aww white heat it … There also exists a unique MGM Records UK cover, produced from 1976 until the early 1980s, featuring a white background and abstract toy soldiers. A studio engineer was so put off by “Sister Ray” that he actually left the studio while it was being … The world of pop music was hardly ready for The Velvet Underground's first album when it appeared in the spring of 1967, but while The Velvet Underground and Nico sounded like an open challenge to conventional notions of what rock music could sound like (or what it could discuss), 1968's White Light/White Heat was a no-holds-barred frontal assault on cultural and aesthetic propriety. White Light/White Heat, an Album by The Velvet Underground. This cover had a completely black background, without the arm in the background. 5. On the album's last track, "Sister Ray", Lou Reed tells a tale of debauchery involving drag queens having a failed orgy, while the band plays an improvised seventeen-minute jam around three chords. About White Light/White Heat "White Light/White Heat" is a song recorded by the American rock band the Velvet Underground. White Light, White Heat, White Trash is the fifth album by American punk rock band Social Distortion, released on September 17, 1996, by 550 Music/Epic Records.The album was produced by Michael Beinhorn. Style: Pop Rock, Glam, Classic Rock. Freed from Andy Warhol's patronage (and Nico's vocals), Lou Reed and company strip production values to a minimum and turn out a primitive rock & roll masterpiece: Everything on this record sounds distorted and abrasive. Bangin' Your Way Into the Future … "[4] Sterling Morrison said: "We were all pulling in the same direction. 2:39 PREVIEW The Gift. Spencer starred as a hustler in a motorcycle gang and is seen taking a shower in the movie. 4. and the title track "White Light/White Heat", which describes intravenous use of methamphetamine.[12]. The hard bound book was a particular highlight last year, and the shape and size look to have been repeated for the White Light / White Heat Super Deluxe. [2] The band fired Warhol, parted ways with Nico,[3] and recorded their second album with Tom Wilson credited as producer. The cover of this version features two men wearing helmets standing in front of a Woolworth's. [26][27][28] It was voted number 309 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000). Mike Moran (7) Producer, Mixed By. Pretty sure the matrixes are Side1 and Side2, not S1021 and S1022. Expedited shipping available on this item. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat. "White Light/White Heat" (1968) "What Goes On" (1969) "Who Loves The Sun" (1971) "What Goes On" is a song by the Velvet Underground. The first one had some gentility, some beauty. 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V6-5046; Vinyl LP). 3:47 PREVIEW Sister Ray. Year: 1974 135 Views. White Light/White Heat. On this version, the album name, Verve logo, and band name are printed on three separate lines. White light, Aww white heat tickle me down to my toes White light, Aww white light I tell you now goodness knows, now work it Hmm hmm, White light Aww she surely do moves me Hmm hmm, White light Watch that speed freak, watch that speed freak everybody gonna go and make it every week Hmm hmm, White heat Aww sputter mutter everybody gonna go kill their mother Hmm hmm, White light … 7:06 PREVIEW Lady Godiva's Operation. Within the pages will be plenty of the rare photos, pictures of memorabilia and a David Fricke Essay/interview with John Cale and Lou Reed from 2013. RELEASED JUNE 15, 2010 ℗ 2010 HOT CUP. 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