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Book Synopsis33 1/3 is a new series of short books about critically acclaimed and much-loved albums of the last 40 years. Each focuses on one album rather than an artist's entire output. Velvet Underground's first album - with the Andy Warhol banana cover - introduced, along with 'Sgt. Pepper', a new form of rock music: the artsy concept album.
Trade ReviewAuthor Harvard has succeeded in finding the right mix between objective research and personal connection with his subject. -- Jason Dropor * Record Collector, October 2004 *
A bite-sized look at the creation of one of the more seminal albums of our time....well worth dipping into. -- David Hill * Shredded Paper Magazine, Fall 2004 issue *
The splendidly named Harvard sees the Velvets through the eyes neither bleary nor jaded nor excessively worshipful, and among many sharp insights nails the idea that it wasn't just LouLouLou with, oh yeah, John Cale and the chick who split after this debut and the drummer who played standing up and the bass player who moved to Austin. Anybody who's heard "Sunday Morning" as the sun's coming up on a Sunday morning knows the Velvets were a BAND, and for these two sides of vinyl there was no more powerful idea. A- * Austin American-Statesman *
[Harvard] has the material as well as the gift of gab. -- Robin Vaughan * Boston Herald *
