Words & Music, May 1965 - Standard Black LP**Pardon our dust as we are in the process of moving our warehouse. Some titles may experience delays. We apologize for the inconvenience.** **PLEASE NOTE, IF YOUR ORDER CONTAINS PREORDER ITEMS, THE ORDER WILL BE HELD TO SHIP UNTIL ALL ITEMS ARE IN STOCK** To hear a tape containing their earliest demos, recorded on May 11, 1965 and locked away until now, is to hear traces of things rarely associated with The Velvet Underground: blues and folk, earthy

Housed inside are two 45-RPM 12-inch LPs

and depression

The album has been remastered by the GRAMMY®-nominated engineer John Baldwin with vinyl pressed at Record Technology Inc

and pressed at Fidelity Record Pressing

Launched in 2022 in tandem with the late artist’s 80th birthday

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Words & Music Black T-Shirt printed on Comfort Colors featuring album artwork and cloth tag designed by multi-GRAMMY®-winning artist Masaki Koike

2xLP (pressed on Glacial Blue Wax) of the album Hudson River Wind Meditations

'' that life is snuffed out

Reed got his start as an in-house songwriter (and occasional session guitarist/vocalist) for Pickwick Records—a label specializing in sound-alike recordings that emulated the major pop hits of the day

and sorrow in the questions and statements he issues in the persona of the protagonist Jim — as well as the empathy