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White Light White Heat

United States · Arts / Music. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1968

Lou Reed30 January 1968

New York · Arts / Popular Music

Releases White Light White Heat, pushing the Velvet Underground toward a harsher experimental rock sound.

Names involved

Lou Reed

Provenance

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