Download or read book Uptight: The Velvet Underground Story written by Gerard Malanga and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2009-10-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-selling definitive history of The Velvet Underground. Widely acclaimed as one of the greatest rock books ever published, it first appeared in 1983 and has remained in print in several languages ever since. Written and compiled by Victor Bockris and Gerard Malanga, Up-Tight is based on interviews with all four members of the Velvets, as well as others who became part of Andy Warhol’s circle of artistic collaborators.