{"product_id":"the-velvet-underground-white-light-white-heat","title":"The Velvet Underground – White Light\/White Heat","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 data-pm-slice=\"1 3 []\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Velvet Underground – White Light\/White Heat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhite Light\/White Heat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is The Velvet Underground at their most uncompromising: a raw, abrasive and wildly influential collision of avant-garde experimentation, distorted rock, free jazz and underground New York attitude. Released on Verve Records in January 1968, the band’s second album pushed far beyond the boundaries of conventional rock, trading much of the debut’s melodic restraint for feedback, dissonance, pounding rhythms and provocative subject matter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRecorded in New York in September 1967 and produced by Tom Wilson, the album features the classic line-up of Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker. Reed’s deadpan vocals and jagged guitar work are set against Cale’s abrasive viola, organ and bass, Morrison’s guitar and Tucker’s distinctive, relentless percussion. The result is a record that feels confrontational, claustrophobic and startlingly modern.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe six tracks each explore a different corner of the group’s singular musical world. The title track opens with a driving, distorted rush; “The Gift” pairs Cale’s coolly delivered spoken-word narration with a lurching instrumental backing; and “Lady Godiva’s Operation” unfolds as a dark, unsettling piece of experimental rock. “Here She Comes Now” offers a brief, deceptively gentle pause before the album’s extraordinary second side.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“I Heard Her Call My Name” is a fierce burst of fractured guitar noise, while the monumental “Sister Ray” closes the record with a seventeen-minute improvisational assault of pounding organ, distorted guitars and relentless rhythm. Its fearless length and intensity make it one of the defining statements of underground rock.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA landmark of proto-punk, noise rock and experimental music, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhite Light\/White Heat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has influenced generations of musicians drawn to its rejection of convention and its uncompromising creative vision. Essential listening for fans of The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, avant-garde rock and the darker, more adventurous edges of 1960s music.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTracklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSide A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col data-spread=\"false\" start=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhite Light\/White Heat (2:44)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Gift (8:14)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLady Godiva's Operation (4:52)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere She Comes Now (2:00)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSide B\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col data-spread=\"false\" start=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI Heard Her Call My Name (4:05)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSister Ray (17:00)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AJy0LP8iYPg?si=muw_axEQSJmAz9w1\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verve Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56612871962966,"sku":"SPELP 73","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/1013\/7686\/files\/1000102982.jpg?v=1794584192","url":"https:\/\/www.sounds-grounds.co.uk\/products\/the-velvet-underground-white-light-white-heat","provider":"Sounds + Grounds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}