Yes, it's true I should know these things but I didn't, so I'm thrilled 'cause I just found out Andy Warhol was manager and self proclaimed PRODUCER! of The Velvet Underground. Can you imagine? I knew the sixties where surrealistic but this is just too much. Warhol got the Velvets a deal with Verve records and he was labeled as their producer,liberating the band so they could explore their raw sound.
Now, lets go back.
By 1965 Warhol was VU's manager and he also suggested that the band featured the german-born singer Nico, so the Velvets recorded in three days in New York City their debut album "The Velvet Underground and Nico" which was released in May 1967.
The symbiosis between Warhol and VU is shown in "a symphony of sound" a video that captured a rehearsal of the band at The Factory in NYC with Nico and her son Ari which off course was filmed by Warhol.
Here's the Youtube video for you to watch
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Si señora, produjo el primer disco y después los dejó. También hizo la carátula para ese disco, la del banano.
Los conciertos de VU eran conceptuales. Estaban ellos tocando, nico cantando y sobre ellos se proyectaban imágenes. También tenían un par de bailarines muy particulares en el escenario.
POr lo que me acuerdo de la peli de the doors, también tuvo algo que ver con jim morrison.
The Plastic Exploding Inevitable se llamaba ese montaje multimedia.
Que bueno no? yo sabía que trabajaban juntos pero que Warhol era el productor no tenía ni idea, que tal ese cuento? parece mentira...
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