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All Yesterdays' Parties
Clinton Heylin
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Description for All Yesterdays' Parties
Paperback. An invaluable resource, a trove of lore for anyone interested in The Velvet Underground, their roots, and legacy. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
The Velvet Underground, among the most influential bands of all time, are credited with creating a streetwise, pre-punk sensibility that has become inseparable from the popular image of downtown New York. "Discovered" by Andy Warhol in 1966, the VU - with their original line-up of Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Mo Tucker - would soon become the house band of the avantgarde, composing songs simultaneously furious in their abrasiveness and beautiful in their pathos, standing in striking contrast to the prevailing flower power of the era. All Yesterdays' Parties gathers for the first time almost all ... Read more
The Velvet Underground, among the most influential bands of all time, are credited with creating a streetwise, pre-punk sensibility that has become inseparable from the popular image of downtown New York. "Discovered" by Andy Warhol in 1966, the VU - with their original line-up of Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Mo Tucker - would soon become the house band of the avantgarde, composing songs simultaneously furious in their abrasiveness and beautiful in their pathos, standing in striking contrast to the prevailing flower power of the era. All Yesterdays' Parties gathers for the first time almost all ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306814778
SKU
V9780306814778
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99-1
About Clinton Heylin
Clinton Heylin is the author of Despite the System: Orson Welles Versus the Hollywood Studios, Can You Feel the Silence?: Van Morrison-A New Biography, Bob Dylan: Behind the Shades, From the Velvets to the Voidoids, and many other books. He lives in Somerset, England.
Reviews for All Yesterdays' Parties
"They make for fascinating reading, these dispatches from the front line... as a chronicle of the beginning, and continuing relevance of the Velvet Underground, Clinton Heylin marshals a thorough an diligent case for the defence." Record Collector Magazine"