The Velvet Underground
White Light/White Heat
About this album
Released in 1968.
Tracks:
- White Light/White Heat
- The Gift
- Lady Godiva's Operation
- Here She Comes Now
- I Heard Her Call My Name
- Sister Ray
Musicians:
John Cale: vocals, electric viola, Vox Continental organ, bass, medical sound effects
Sterling Morrison: bass, guitar
Lou Reed: guitar, vocals
Maureen Tucker: drums
Other credits:
Gary Kellgren: recording engineer
Bob Ludwig: mastering
Val Valentin: director of engineering
Tom Wilson: production
Billy Name: cover photo
Cale in UP-TIGHT: The Velvet Underground Story, the book by Victor Bockris & Gerard Malanga:
"Most of the recording was done straight through; Sister Ray was one piece. I Heard Her Call My Name and Here She Comes Now evolved in the studio. We never performed them live. The Gift was a story Lou had written a long time ago when he was at Syracuse University. It was my idea to do it as a spoken-word thing. We had this piece called 'Booker T' that was just an instrumental, so instead of wasting it, we decided to combine them."
Cale debuts as a singer on record, reciting The Gift and Lady Godiva's Operation. This is the last original Velvets album with Cale.