VELVET UNDERGROUND-RARE 3RD DJ LP MGM SE4617 FROM 1969

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VELVET UNDERGROUND-RARE 3RD DJ LP MGM SE4617 FROM 1969!


A MINT- ORIGINAL LP ON MGM SE4617

FROM 1969 IN STEREO WITH YELLOW MGM SPECIAL DISC JOCKEY LABEL AS SHOWN

RECORDED BY VAL VALENTIN

WITH ORIGINAL FULL COLOR MGM INNER SLEEVE AS SHOWN

THIS IS THE ORIGINAL CLOSET MIX. LATER PRESSINGS AFTER 1985 INCLUDING CDS AND VINYL WERE THE SO CALLED VALENTINE MIX EMPHASIZING THE INSTRUMENTS AND NOT THE UNBELIEVEABLE VOCALS OF LOU

10 TRACKS INCLUDING CANDY SAYS, WHAT GOES ON, THE MURDER MYSTERY, BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT ,I'M SET FREE, THAT'S THE STORY OF MY LIFE, JESUS, SOME KIND OF LOVE

COVER STOCK WITH RUB AND RING WEAR AS SHOWN. CORNERS WITH ROUGH SPOTS AS WELL AS THE EDGES. RED DJ LABEL ON FRONT COVER. UPPER RIGHT CORNER WITH BEND MARK.

UNDER BRIGHT ANGLED LIGHT, A STRAY SPINDLE RUB MARK BY THE HOLE EACH SIDE. ALSO UNDER ANGLED LIGHT, A FEW LIGHT SURFACE RUB MARKS MAY BE SEEN AS WELL AS SOME LIGHT PAPER SLEEVE STORAGE IMPRESSIONS. I'VE PLAYED THIS LP ON THE VPI TURNTABLE AND IT IS A WONDERFUL LISTENING EXPERIENCE WITH LOU'S VOICE FULL AND STRONG BODIED. ONCE IN A BLUE MOON SOME LIGHT SURFACE NOISE. GRADED VG+ BECAUSE OF THE COVER CONDITION AND THE SURFACE VINYL DEFECTS MENTIONED.

FROM THE ALLMUSIC.COM WEBSITE:
Review
by Mark Deming
Upon first release, the Velvet Underground's self-titled third album must have surprise d their fans nearly as much as their first two albums shocked the few mainstream music fans who heard them. After testing the limits of how musically and thematically challenging rock could be on Velvet Underground & Nico and White Light/White Heat, this 1969 release sounded spare, quiet, and contemplative, as if the previous albums documented some manic, speed-fueled party and this was the subdued morning after. (The album's relative calm has often been attributed to the departure of the band's most committed avant-gardist, John Cale, in the fall of 1968; the arrival of new bassist Doug Yule; and the theft of the band's amplifiers shortly before they began recording.) But Lou Reed's lyrical exploration of the demimonde is as keen here as on any album he ever made, while displaying a warmth and compassion he sometimes denied his characters. "Candy Says," "Pale Blue Eyes," and "I'm Set Free" may be more muted in approach than what the band had done in the past, but "What Goes On" and "Beginning to See the Light" made it clear the VU still loved rock & roll, and "The Murder Mystery" (which mixes and matches four separate poetic narratives) is as brave and uncompromising as anything on White Light/White Heat. This album sounds less like the Velvet Underground than any of their studio albums, but it's as personal, honest, and moving as anything Lou Reed ever committed to tape.

AND, LASTLY, PLEASE DO REMEMBER SOUND QUALITY IS AFFECTED BY WHAT THE VINYL IS PLAYED ON!!!

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