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Podcast: Jams and Tea
Episode: How The Velvet Underground Invented Noise Rock: WHITE LIGHT / WHITE HEAT Album Review & Breakdown
Description: This week on Record Club, Jake and Ryley are joined by friend of the podcast Jakob for a discussion of one of the most influential and important bands in rock history, The Velvet Underground. In particular, we zero in on their notorious sophomore record White Light/White Heat, how the conflicting artistic personalities of Lou Reed and John Cale affected the direction of the band on this album, how its troubled production and notoriously loud mix have affected its reputation, and why it stands to date as one of their most daring, thrilling, and vital releases.
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