'The Velvet Underground' is an assembly of rare objects and artworks and a book of its scale to document the formative years of this band. From never-before-seen photographs of the band’s first live show in New York to Andy Warhol’s cover and poster designs, Lou Reed’s handwritten music and lyrics, underground press clippings and controversial reviews, flyers, handbills, and posters, the materials here comprise a comprehensive survey of the rock group that transcended the genre and embrace underground popular culture. Including a conversation recorded for the book between founding members Lou Reed and Maureen Tucker, this illustrated book presents a definitive picture of the band’s genesis and development in the New York scene of the mid- to late-1960s.
