The Velvet Underground Loaded (Atlantic 75 Series) Hybrid Stereo SACD

Hybrid Stereo SACD!
Final VU Album Featuring Founding Member & Songwriter Lou Reed!
Plays in All CD and SACD Players!
Atlantic 75 Historic Reissue Series from Analogue Productions!
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 242/500!
After the rock band "The Velvet Underground" around frontman Lou Reed had recorded three albums for the jazz-oriented "Verve" label, which brought them a lot of fame but only low sales figures, the band signed with the industry giant "Atlantic Records" in 1970.
"Loaded" is fun from the start, the three opening tracks "Who Loves The Sun", "Sweet Jane" and "Rock & Roll" were praised by critics as one of the best opening series of a rock album. Many fans also appreciate the album because it was the last in the original line-up; Singer Lou Reed left the band shortly before the release, guitarist Sterling Morrison and drummer Maureen Tucker followed in 1971.
Analogue Productions is releasing this classic as part of Atlantic Records' 75th anniversary.
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.
The 75th Anniversary of Atlantic Records
"75 for 75" is a series of 75 vinyl releases from Atlantic Records' storied catalog to celebrate the label's 75th Anniversary. This great label includes some of the best artists and records of all time.

Features:

• Atlantic 75 Series
• Super Audio CD
• SACD Stereo SACD Layer
• This Hybrid SACD contains a 'Red Book' Stereo CD Layer which is playable on most conventional CD Players!

Selections:

1. Who Loves the Sun
2. Sweet Jane
3. Rock & Roll
4. Cool It Down
5. New Age
6. Head Held High
7. Lonesome Cowboy Bill
8. I Found a Reason
9. Train Round the Bend
10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin'