Label: UMC
Release date: 15.10.2021
Curated by director Todd Haynes, the official soundtrack to his feature documentary (out Oct 15 on Apple TV+) about the highly influential, iconic New York band, The Velvet Underground. 16 tracks over the 2CD set. An LP version will come but not until 2022.
This week sees the release of the vinyl version of the soundtrack to Todd Hayes’ documentary about the incomparable New York innovators, The Velvet Underground. The compilation features some of the Velvets’ finest tracks as well as music from other artists that had a huge impact on the band, including the doo wop track ‘The Wind’ by Nolan Strong and the Diablos which haunted Lou Reed since he was a teen.
FFO: The Velvet Underground, The Theatre of Eternal Music, Bo Diddley, The Primitives.