File:Velvet Underground WLWH publicity photo.jpg

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English: A publicity photo of the American rock band The Velvet Underground circa 1968, promoting their second album White Light/White Heat. The band members are positioned around a copy of the album, with the text of the title visible against a black background. From left to right: Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, John Cale, and Maureen Tucker.
Date Circa 1967–68 (the album was recorded in September 1967 and released January 30, 1968.)
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Author Photographer unknown. Published by Verve Records, at that time a subsidiary of MGM Records.
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