The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film By Todd Haynes – Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack

The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground: A Documentary Film By Todd Haynes – Music From The Motion Picture SoundtrackDouble Black Vinyl This soundtrack is curated by the documentarys director, Todd Haynes, and music supervisor Randall Poster. It includes well known and rare tracks from the band as well as songs and performances that influenced The Velvet Underground, including the doo wop of The Diablos, the groundbreaking rock and roll of Bo Diddley, and the avant garde compositions of La Monte Young. Its booklet also features exclusive liner notes by Haynes.

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the stirring folk of Anne Briggs and the atmospheric waves of Harmonia

videographer Jordan Hemingway and Loverboy designer Charles Jeffrey

capturing their spirit over the course of five intense and unforgettable days

when the Skatalites developed a new sound of Ska in 1962 up until today

There’s also guest features from Earl Sweatshirt

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they’d play their latest creations while a hardware store disco ball spun overhead and slowed-down music videos from megastars spooled silently on YouTube

from their original characteristics of stripped-down melodic garage rock to a fresh sonic perspective

The flames of this deliciously varied musical palette were further stoked by trips to record shops in Soho with her brother (Soul Jazz was a particular obsession)