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"The Velvet Underground&amp;apos;s masterful second LP, White Light/White Heat, turns 45 this year &amp;#x2013; and to celebrate, Universal Music will release a three-disc anniversary set on December 3rd.\r\nInitially recorded over a few days in New York at the end of the summer of 1967 and released on January 30th, 1968, White Light/White Heat&amp;#xA0;was a stunningly innovative, challenging LP. &amp;quot;No one listened to it,&amp;quot; frontman Lou Reed said in a statement. &amp;quot;But there it is, forever &amp;#x2013; the quintessence of articulate punk. And no one goes near it.&amp;quot;\r\nWhere Does &amp;apos;White Light/White Heat&amp;apos; Place on Our List of the Greatest Albums of All Time?\r\nReed and John Cale, the Velvet&amp;apos;s former bassist/organist/violist, helped curate the&amp;#xA0;White Light/White Heat 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition. Remastered versions of the original record in both mono and stereo will appear on the set, as well as a slew of bonus material, including alternate versions of tracks like &amp;quot;Hey Mr. Rain,&amp;quot; new mixes of &amp;quot;Beginning to See the Light&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Guess I&amp;apos;m Falling in Love,&amp;quot; and previously unreleased vocal and instrumental versions of &amp;quot;The Gift.&amp;quot; Tracks cut during Cale&amp;apos;s last studio session with the Velvet Underground will also appear.\r\nIn addition, fans will be treated to a never-before-heard live set recorded at the Gymnasium in New York on April 30th, 1967; the setlist from that show includes favorites like &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m Waiting for the Man,&amp;quot; &amp;quot;Sister Ray&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;Run Run Run.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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