The Velvet Underground - White Light / White Heat LP

"White Light / White Heat" is The Velvet Underground’s second studio album. Released in 1968, and recorded in only two days, it was to be bassist, and founding member, John Cale’s last with the band.

Lyrical themes throughout the album are an eclectic mix including drug use and sexual references (embodied in White Light/ White Heat and Lady Godiva’s Operation respectively). The album was ranked at number 293 on Rolling Stones '500 Greatest Albums Of All Time'.

This black vinyl version is engineered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road Studios using a half-speed mastering technique which produces a superior vinyl cut.

Tracklist:

1. White Light / White Heat
2. The Gift
3. Lady Godiva's Operation
4. There She Comes Now
5. I Heard Her Call My Name
6. Sister Ray

About this product: this reissue is pressed on 180g black vinyl with half-speed mastering.