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I’ll Be Your Mirror • A Tribute to the Velvet Underground

Verve • released 2021-09-24

There’s good reason the Velvet Underground is one of the most popular topics for tribute recordings, their songs being very open to interpretation. This selection does not shy away from the more uncomfortable VU topics, which makes it a standout.

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