Title: The Velvet Underground – Loaded
Year/Genre: 1970, Rock
Condition: New

Cultural Facts:

1. Recorded as the band shifted from their downtown New York avant-garde roots toward a more song-focused approach under Atlantic’s Cotillion imprint.

2. Lou Reed left shortly before release, so the album captures his final phase with the original Velvet Underground project.

3. The title nods to label pressure for a record “loaded” with material suited to mainstream rock radio, reflecting tension between art-scene origins and commercial expectations.

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