All Yesterdays' Parties: The Velvet Underground in Print, 1966-1971

The Velvet Underground, widely recognised as one of the most influential bands of all time, are credited with forging a streetwise, pre-punk sensibility that has become inextricably linked with the popular image of downtown New York. "Discovered" by Andy Warhol in 1966, the VU – with their original lineup of Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Mo Tucker – swiftly became the house band of the avant-garde. They composed songs simultaneously fierce in their abrasiveness and beautiful in their pathos, standing in stark contrast to the prevailing flower power ethos of the era.

All Yesterdays' Parties gathers together, for the first time, almost all of the published writings contemporary with the band's existence – drawing from sources as mainstream as the New York Times to long-vanished voices of the counterculture such as Oz, Fusion, and Crawdaddy!. The book provides a revealing snapshot of an era through the insightful words of trailblazing rock writers such as Lester Bangs, Robert Greenfield, and Paul Williams. Enhanced with photographs, posters, and other visual evocations of the period throughout, All Yesterdays' Parties serves as an invaluable resource, a rich trove of lore for anyone with an interest in the VU, their origins, and their enduring legacy.