Classic Album Sundays is the world’s most popular listening experience and Kansas City is proud to be part of it. Classic Album Sundays provides an immersive experience where you will not only hear the story behind the album but will also hear it in a way you never have before on world-class hi-fi equipment.
The Velvet Underground & Nico is the debut album by American rock band the Velvet Underground, released in March 1967. Accompanied by vocalist Nico, the album was recorded in 1966 while the group were featured on Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable multimedia event tour.
Though the record was a commercial failure upon release and was almost entirely ignored by contemporary critics, The Velvet Underground & Nico is now widely recognized as one of the greatest and most influential albums in the history of popular music. It ranked 13th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and was added to the 2006 National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress. In 1982, musician Brian Eno famously stated that while the album initially only sold 30,000 copies, "everyone who bought one of those 30,000 copies started a band."
Join us for Sunday lunch, order a pizza, maybe a beer, and listen to music that either inspired or was relevant to this classic LP, then the lights go down, the volume goes up and we play the featured album from beginning to end on vinyl over a world-class sound system. You won’t believe what you can hear!
Audio Menu: Audio Note Turntable setup - TT1 Turntable, Deluxe Arm 3, IQ3 cartridge; Audio Note Ankoru Amplifiers and M5 Phono pre-amplifier; Audio Note interconnects and cabling, Klipsch La Scala II loudspeakers, Klipsch R-115SW subwoofers
Classic Album Sundays - Kansas City
Blackbird Home Theater, The Tap Room @ Waldo Pizza, Klipsch, and Audio Note UK.
Tickets $5 in Advance - $8 at the door (if available)
