The Velvet Underground & Nico

Velvet Underground and Nico

Summary


Hughesy's assessment:

Iconic     

Track listing: Sunday MorningI'm Waiting for the ManFemme FataleVenus in FursRun Run RunAll Tomorrow's Parties; HeroinThere She Goes AgainI'll Be Your MirrorThe Black Angel's Death SongEuropean Son

2012 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe 6-CD Edition features the previously available mono and stereo mixes on discs 1 and 2 . 

Disc 1 bonus tracks: Alternate versions of All Tomorrow's Parties. , European Son, Heroin, All Tomorrow's Parties (alternate instrumental version), and I'll Be Your Mirror

Disc 2 bonus tracks: All Tomorrow's Parties (Verve single); I'll Be Your Mirror (Verve single); Sunday Morning (Verve single); Femme Fatale (Verve single)

Disc 3: Nico's Chelsea Girl 

Disc 4: The Scepter Studios acetate: European Son (Alternate version); The Black Angel's Death SongAll Tomorrow's PartiesI'll Be Your MirrorHeroin (Alternate version); Femme FataleVenus in Furs; I'm Waiting for the Man (Alternate version, listed as Waiting for the Man); Run Run Run (Alternate mix)

3 January 1966 Factory rehearsals: Walk AloneCrackin' Up/Venus in Furs; Miss Joanie LeeHeroinThere She Goes Again (with Nico); There She Goes Again

Discs 5 and 6: A previously unreleased live performance from Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus, Ohio, 4 November 1966 : Melody Laughter (Instrumental jam); Femme Fatale; Venus in FursThe Black Angel's Death SongAll Tomorrow's PartiesI'm Waiting for the ManHeroinRun Run Run; The Nothing Song (Instrumental jam)

Classics:I'm Waiting for the ManFemme FataleVenus in FursHeroin

Almost there: Sunday MorningAll Tomorrow's Parties;  I'll Be Your Mirror

Worthwhile: Run Run RunThere She Goes AgainThe Black Angel's Death SongEuropean Son 

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