Analogue Productions Atlantic 75 Audiophile Series created in honor of the 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records. This is not just a product but an experience, a curated collection of 75 premium titles from the historic Atlantic Records' vault. Each title is a testimony to the golden era of music, capturing the essence of some of the greatest artists ever known.

• Analogue Productions Atlantic 75 Audiophile Series
• 2LP 180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl
• Cut at 45rpm for the absolut best sound quality!
• Cut by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound
• Analog cut directly from the Original Master Tape
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings, QRP USA
• Tip-On Old Style Gatefold Cover by Stoughton Printing

Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) - Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records!

Final Velvet Underground album featuring founding member and songwriter Lou Reed

180-gram 45 RPM double LP Mastered directly from the original master tape by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound

Pressed at Quality Record Pressings, Tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jacket by Stoughton Printing

After The Velvet Underground cut three albums for the jazz-oriented Verve label that earned them lots of notoriety but negligible sales, the group signed with industry powerhouse Atlantic Records in 1970.

Label head Ahmet Ertegun supposedly asked Lou Reed to avoid sex and drugs in his songs, and instead focus on making an album "loaded with hits." Loaded was the result. It was the group's swan song, with Reed leaving the group shortly before its release. With John Cale long gone from the band, Doug Yule highly prominent (he sings lead on four of the ten tracks), and Maureen Tucker absent on maternity leave, this is hardly a purist's Velvet Underground album. Still, AllMusic gives the album 5 Stars and Pitchfork calls it a "perfect rock 'n' roll record — 40 minutes long, five songs to a side, and not a single wasted note."

Loaded is the sort of proper album that feels like a greatest hits collection, with each track thoroughly inhabiting and mastering a dominant rock archetype. Although the songs "Sweet Jane" and "Rock & Roll" distinguished the band as a "seminal proto-punk" act, "The trifecta of 'Who Loves the Sun,' 'Sweet Jane' and 'Rock & Roll' is among the best three-song openings on any rock and roll record," wrote Paste contributor Jeff Gonick

Analogue Productions has given Loaded the deserving full reissue treatment: Pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Quality Record Pressings, and housed in a tip-on old style gatefold double pocket jacket by Stoughton Printing.

Musicians:

Drums – Moe Tucker
Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar – Sterling Morrison
Organ, Piano, Bass, Drums, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals – Doug Yule
Percussion – Adrian Barber, Bill Yule, Tommy
Rhythm Guitar, Piano, Vocals – Lou Reed

Track Listing:

01. Who Loves The Sun
02. Sweet Jane
03. Rock & Roll
04. Cool It Down
05. New Age
06. Head Held High
07. Lonesome Cowboy Bill
08. I Found A Reason
09. Train Round The Bend
10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

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