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The Velvet Underground
last updated 2026-09-11 11:26
The Velvet Underground
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Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (2015 Remaster) — played 2026-08-13
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The Velvet Underground — Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (2015 Remaster)
Played: 2026-08-13
The Velvet Underground, from New York City, were active 1964–1973 (original lineup). "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" (7:25), written by Lou Reed, closes Loaded, the band's fourth studio album, released November 1970 on Cotillion Records (an Atlantic Records subsidiary), recorded April–August 1970 at Atlantic Studios, New York; produced by Geoff Haslam, Shel Kagan, and The Velvet Underground. The guitar solo was played by Doug Yule, who also handled bass, piano and organ on the album along with some lead vocals. Discogs lists the track at 7:27 as the final track on the original LP.
Sources: Wikipedia · Discogs
The Velvet Underground
Origin: New York City, USA · formed 1964 · active 1964–1973 (original run), reunions 1990/1992–93/1996, final performance 2017
Members: Lou Reed (vocals, guitars, piano), John Cale (viola, bass, keyboards, vocals; left 1968), Sterling Morrison (guitars, bass, backing vocals), Maureen "Moe" Tucker (drums, percussion, vocals), Angus MacLise (percussion/drums, 1964–66, left before first recordings), Doug Yule (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards; joined 1968), plus later-era members Billy Yule, Walter Powers, and Willie Alexander
Genre: Rock, proto-punk, art rock, experimental rock, pop
Discography:
The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) — Verve Records — with Nico and Andy Warhol as credited producer
White Light/White Heat (1968) — Verve Records
The Velvet Underground (1969) — MGM/Verve
Loaded (1970) — Cotillion/Atlantic Records
Facts:
The band's name comes from a 1963 pulp paperback about deviant sexual subcultures — the members liked that it evoked "underground cinema" and paired well with Reed's already-written "Venus in Furs."
Brian Eno's oft-quoted line — that everyone who bought one of the debut's first 30,000 copies started a band — has become the standard shorthand for the group's outsized influence relative to their negligible commercial success at the time.