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Velvet Underground & Nico onstage in New York, 1966 Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, Nico, Sterling Morrison and John Cale.

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Adam Ritchie, Lou Reed & John Cale performing at Cafe Bizarre, 1965 Adam Ritchie, John Cale performing at Delmonico's, New York City, 1966 Gerard Malanga, The Velvet Underground, New York City, 1966 Steve Schapiro - Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison & John Cale, Scepter Studios, New York Lisa Law, Nico Performing with the V.U., The Trip, Sunset Strip, West Hollywood, 1966 N.Y. street, 1960s Lou Reed at the luncheonette on the corner of 47th Street and 3rd Avenue, 1967 Steve Schapiro, Velvet Underground performing, 1966 Nico at the Village Voice, February 9 1967 Steve Schapiro, Nico & Lou Reed V. U. at the Factory Steve Schapiro, Andy Warhol & Velvet Underground Billy Name - V. U. , Nico, Andy Warhol, Mary Woronov and Gerard Malanga at Warhol’s Silver Factory, 1966 Joel Meyerowitz, John Cale and Lou Reed, 5th Avenue, N Y, 1968 John Cale and Andy Warhol Velvet Underground at the Factory, 1966 Velvet Underground at The Factory and at Paraphernalia, 1966 Velvet Unergound, 1965 VU & Nico, 1966 John Cale and Nico Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, Nico, Maureen Tucker, and John Cale Paul Morrissey - The Velvet Underground and Nico: A Symphony of Sound. 1966 Velvet Underground at the Factory Andy Warhol, V. U. at the Factory The Velvet Underground and Nico in Long Island, N. Y., as part of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, 1966 The Velvet Underground East Village, New York April 7, 1966 the V.U. & the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, 1966 Lou Reed & John Cale Lou Reed Moe Tucker, John Cale, Lou Reed Velvet Underground Adam Ritchie, Velvet Underground at Delmonico's, 1965-6 Steve Schapiro, Velvet Underground performing, 1966 Exploding Plastic Inevitable, including Andy Warhol's Screen Test with Baby Jane Holzer, 1966 The Factory was Andy Warhol's New York City studio. The original Factory was on the fifth floor at 231 East 47th Street, in Midtown Manhattan. "The Velvets' preterite view of the world, of the present as an assemblage of recent pasts, fusing dimly connected elements (modern jazz, doo-wop, rockabilly - 'Put it all together and you end up with me' - Reed), will remain influential whenever crises in periods of transition lead listeners to dwell in a dark place, a velvet underground perhaps, for the sake of stasis." "will always be examined by those who are out of kilter with contemporary life, and who reject communal counteraction. "They will seek solace in this idiosyncratic clash of creative individuals who only half comprehended their own influences - Reed's Beat poetry, Cale's fusion of LaMonte Young and Phil Spector, Morrison's rock 'n' roll, Tucker's African drumming. "The Velvet Underground is existential proof that four halves make a whole." Richard Witts, The Velvet Underground, 2006 Andy Warhol Velvet Underground debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico, 1967 Verve Records