Richie Unterberger on the making of White Light/White Heat*

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Richie Unterberger on the making of White Light/White Heat*

Post by Sheila Klein » 16 Sep 2020 18:14

*The book of that name, that is.

Dynamite Hemorrhage online has published my interview with Richie Unterberger about his wonderful, essential Velvet Underground day-by-day book:

https://dynamitehemorrhage.com/2020/09/ ... hite-heat/

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Re: Richie Unterberger on the making of White Light/White Heat*

Post by schnittstelle » 16 Sep 2020 19:46

Nice!

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Post by taxine » 16 Sep 2020 20:17

Nice interview,many thanks for posting !!
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Re: Richie Unterberger on the making of White Light/White Heat*

Post by iaredatsun » 16 Sep 2020 21:04

Really informative and insightfully conducted interview. Thank-you. I enjoyed it.
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Re: Richie Unterberger on the making of White Light/White Heat*

Post by peppergomez » 17 Sep 2020 00:44

Fantastic. Many thanks.

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Post by lurid » 18 Sep 2020 17:35

yes that's a really interesting interview - thanks. I go back regularly to Richie's book, not just because it's a tremendous reference work, but because he often offered very pertinent and accurate insights as a background. I always wondered why Hans Onsager didn't appear - I don't believe that he has ever been interviewed about his work with the Velvets.

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Re: Richie Unterberger on the making of White Light/White Heat*

Post by peppergomez » 18 Sep 2020 23:39

I bought the print copy when it first came out but have since sold it since I rarely re-read books.
I heard he's been adding more to the e-version. Does anyone who has owned both versions know if there's enough new content to make a re-purchase worth it?

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Re: Richie Unterberger on the making of White Light/White Heat*

Post by Sheila Klein » 19 Sep 2020 01:01

There is quite a bit more in the ebook version.

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Re: Richie Unterberger on the making of White Light/White Heat*

Post by hkmartin » 19 Sep 2020 02:15

Didn't Richie say there was something like 3 times the content in the eBook? He said a lot of people approached him after the book came out in print.

I haven't read either yet, though I have the printed book. At this point, I'll probably get the eBook and read that. It's not very expensive. The print edition is out of print, though.

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Re: Richie Unterberger on the making of White Light/White Heat*

Post by iaredatsun » 19 Sep 2020 14:14

On Amazon it says 40,000 words of new information.

I'm not clear how you get an eBook that is not tied to the amazon kindle system.
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