Squeeze (The Velvet Underground album)

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Squeeze is the fifth and final studio album by the Velvet Underground, recorded in the autumn of 1972 and released in February 1973 by Polydor Records. By this time, Doug Yule was the only remaining member of the group; he wrote and recorded the album almost entirely by himself. Yule had joined the Velvet Underground (replacing founding member John Cale) in October 1968, prior to the band recording their self-titled third album in Nov 68' to which Yule contributed vocals and all bass & organ duties. Yule had also contributed significantly to the band's 1969 live and studio recordings, as well as the fourth album Loaded. Following the departures of the remaining founding members (Lou Reed (in Aug. 1970 before the Nov. 1970 release of Loaded) and Sterling Morrison (following a show in Austin, Texas in Aug 1971), Yule took over guitar & vocal duties in the band and performed with new members alongside longtime drummer Maureen Tucker (who was slated to appear on Squeeze by Yule), but she...

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