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Contains 40 Results:

Letter from Dave Marsh at Creem Magazine to Danny Fields and "Dead Lie the Velvets Underground" by Lester Bangs, 1971

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 13
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"Typed letter signed (with ms. corrections) from Dave [Marsh] to Danny Fields. [N.d., 1971.] 1 p. Enclosed with a photocopied facsimile of Lester Bangs’ typescript essay “Dead Lie the Velvets Underground” (32 p.)."

Dates: 1971

Press release for "The Plastic Inevitable", Spring 1966

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28
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Typescript flier soliciting performers to participate in “The Exploding Plastic Inevitable.” Reads in full: “Andy Warhol, The Velvet Underground and Nico / “The Plastic Inevitable” / Apply to: The Factory, 231 E. 47th St., New York, N.Y.” Only known copy.

Dates: Spring 1966

"The Velvet Underground: A Biography", 1974

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 14
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"“Biography: The Velvet Underground.” Promotional text, 2 p. Chicago: Phonogram Inc./Philips/Mercury/Vertigo. Promotional biography issued for the 1974 album 1969: The Velvet Underground Live (here called The Velvet Underground Live—With Lou Reed)."

Dates: 1974

Handwritten set-list from Poor Richard’s, Chicago, June 1966

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 28
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Set list hand-written in red pen in Sterling Morrison’s hand on the verso of a page of stationary from Maxim’s de Paris, a Chicago restaurant.

Dates: June 1966

Ticket and Original Set-list for Velvet Underground performance at the Hamburg Sporthalle, June 11, 1993

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 36
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Set list is written on the verso of a photocopied map of Hamburg.

Dates: June 11, 1993

Invitation to "The Nation's First Mod Wedding" November 18-20, 1966 (Facsimile), 2009

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 17
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At the Michigan State Fair Grounds/Carnaby Street Fun Festival. Laser-printed facsimile.

Dates: 2009

"Sunn Amps in Action: Velvet Underground", Undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 34
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Promotional flier for Sunn amplifiers

Dates: Undated