NOTE: This was first published in the USA by Macfadden-Bartell in 1963, when it was known by the far more evocative title The Velvet Underground. When it came to Britain in 1967, the cover design remained but evidently the title was considered too subtle for us illiterate Brits. More recently it's been republished here under the original title, though that of course is simply a cash-in on the band whose name it inspired.