The Velvet Underground and Nico

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Another chance to hear this, over on our sister station Absolute Radio 60s. Brian Eno once said 'the first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band'. Lou Reed and multi-instrumentalist John Cale regale the hedonistic tales of Andy Warhol and the mid-sixties New York art scene. Reed, Cale, David Byrne and Blondie's Debbie Harry and Chris Stein talk about the one of the most influential bands ever. Find out more