1969: The Velvet Underground Live

1969: The Velvet Underground Live
Live album by
the Velvet Underground
ReleasedSeptember 1974 (1974-09)
RecordedOctober 19 and November 25, 1969
VenueEnd of Cole Ave (Dallas, Texas)
The Matrix (San Francisco)
GenreRock
Length114:43
LanguageEnglish
LabelMercury
ProducerThe Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground chronology
Squeeze
(1973) 		1969: The Velvet Underground Live
(1974) 		VU
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
OverdoseB+[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide10/10[7]

1969: The Velvet Underground Live is a live album by the Velvet Underground. It was originally released as a double album in September 1974 by Mercury Records. The September 1988 CD re-release was issued as two separate single CD volumes, with one extra track per disc. Since many of the band's studio albums were out of print in the United States from the early 1970s through the mid-1980s, 1969 was one of the more popular albums by the band,[citation needed] and is a fan favorite.[citation needed] Spin magazine's Alternative Record Guide included it in the top 100 alternative albums of all time in 1995.

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  2. ^ Kot, Greg (January 12, 1992). "Lou Reed's Recordings: 25 Years Of Path-Breaking Music". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "V". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor and Fields. ISBN 0-89919-026-X – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  5. ^ Hull, Tom (April 1975). "The Rekord Report: First Card". Overdose. Retrieved June 26, 2020 – via tomhull.com.
  6. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "The Velvet Underground". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 847–848. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  7. ^ Weisbard, Eric (1995). "Velvet Underground". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 425–427. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.