The Velvet Underground: Psychiatrist's Convention, NYC, 1966

Overview

The Velvet Underground's first public appearance, filmed in Super 8 at a Psychiatrist's Convention, at the Delmonico Hotel, New York, January 14, 1966. Andy Warhol was invited to speak at the annual banquet of the New York Society for Clinical Psychiatry. He brought along the Velvets and other factory regulars.

Cast

Andy Warhol

Lou Reed

John Cale

Edie Sedgwick

Sterling Morrison

Maureen Tucker

Nico

Gerard Malanga