The Velvet Underground: Peel Slowly And See (Box Set - Deluxe Edition 1995)

 

Rock 'n' roll group from New York. Known for Andy Warhol's artwork, often cited as one of the more important and influential groups of their era.
Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1996
   

ORIGINAL MEMBERS

            

Lou Reed (b. 2 March 1942 - d. 27 October 2013):
Vocals, Guitar, Piano
John Cale (b. 9 March 1942):
Vocals, Electric Viola, Organ, Bass Guitar
Sterling Morrison (b. 29 August 1942 - d. 30 August 1995):
Vocals, Guitar and Bass Guitar
Maureen Tucker (b. 26 August 1944):
Percussion
           

Peel Slowly and See is a five-disc box set of material by the Velvet Underground. It was released in September 1995 by Polydor. This comprehensive five-disc retrospective of the Velvet Underground chronicles the band from its earliest demo tapes, recorded in 1965, to Lou Reed's final work with band, in 1970. At their notorious peak, Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Mo Tucker epitomized the

sound of intellectual art punks being spontaneously creative in Andy Warhol's Manhattan. Rock & roll has never been the same since Reed's gutter-rock observations and Cale's cool, droning electric viola blanketing the band's mysterious three-chord innovations. It's all here: loads of feedback, classic songwriting, and Reed's transformation from Dylan imitator to sonic-rock auteur. With previously unreleased gems, live performances, and other oddities, this is everything you wanted to know about the Velvets but were afraid to ask.
          

The name of this box set comes from the instruction presented on vinyl copies of the band's debut album to peel back the banana sticker featured on the cover. The set includes all four studio albums by the Lou Reed-era line-ups of the Velvet Underground, alongside demo recordings and live performances, some of which had been previously bootlegged, and some of which had never before been released. Squeeze, recorded after Reed's departure from the band, is not included. The Velvet Underground, the band's self-titled third album, uses the "closet mix", Lou Reed's mix of the album that gives more emphasis to the vocals, and was the mix used on the original release. The band's fourth album, Loaded, is presented with "full-length versions" of three of its tracks, "Sweet Jane", "Rock &

Roll" and "New Age".
CD 1 is a collection of 6 early 1966 Demos recorded at John Cale’s living room.
CD 2 is the entire “The Velvet Underground & Nico” (1967) album plus 2 Nico tunes and an unreleased song.
CD 3 is “White Light/White Heat” (1968) album plus 7 unreleased songs and 2 songs from 1985’s “VU” and one from 1986 “Another View”.
CD 4 is “The Velvet Underground” (1969) album in its ‘Closet Mix’ version plus 5 songs from “VU” and 2 unreleased.
CD 5 is the “Loaded” (1970) album plus 5 unreleased songs, and 2 live songs.
An amazing comprehensive career retrospective from one of the most "underrated" and innovative bands ever to emerge from the 1960’s. The Velvet Underground’s legacy is now a revelation of how minimalism can be the vehicle for great compositions, art, life experiences and decadence all at the same time reflecting what America still is underneath it’s skin. Lou Reed compose a lot of great tunes, melodic, fragile, and strong all at once like a shade in summer.

The Velvet Underground – Peel Slowly And See
Label: Polydor – 31452 7887-2, Chronicles – 31452 7887-2
Format:    Box Set, Compilation, Deluxe Edition
Country: Europe
Released: 1995
Genre: Rock
Style: Classic Rock, Psychedelic Rock 

       

CD1. 1965

 

  
01. Venus In Furs (Demo)   15:33
Written-By – Lou Reed
02. Prominent Men (Demo)   4:53
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale
Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed
03. Heroin (Demo)   13:34
Written-By – Lou Reed
04. I'm Waiting For The Man (Demo)   9:50
Written-By – Lou Reed
05. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Demo)   15:50
Written-By – Lou Reed
06. All Tomorrow's Parties (Demo)   18:26
Written-By – Lou Reed

Flac Size: 312 MB

CD2. 1966 /1967

             

  
01. All Tomorrow's Parties (Mono Single Version)   2:49
Written-By – Lou Reed
02. Sunday Morning   2:54
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale
03. I'm Waiting For The Man   4:38
Written-By – Lou Reed
04. Femme Fatale   2:37
Written-By – Lou Reed
05. Venus In Furs   5:10
Written-By – Lou Reed
06. Run Run Run   4:19
Written-By – Lou Reed
07. All Tomorrow's Parties   5:58
Written-By – Lou Reed
08. Heroin   7:10
Written-By – Lou Reed
09.There She Goes Again   2:39
Written-By – Lou Reed
10. I'll Be Your Mirror   2:12
Written-By – Lou Reed
11. The Black Angel's Death Song   3:12
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale
12. European Son   7:47
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale / Sterling Morrison / Maureen Tucker
13. Melody Laughter (Live)   10:43
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale / Sterling Morrison / Maureen Tucker / Christa Paeffgen
14. It Was A Pleasure Then   8:02
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale / Christa Paeffgen
15. Chelsea Girls   7:24
Written By – Lou Reed / Sterling Morrison

Flac Size: 432 MB

CD3. 1967 / 1968

            

  
01. There Is No Reason (Demo)   2:12
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale
02. Sheltered Life (Demo)   2:52
Written-By – Lou Reed
03. It's All Right (The Way That You Live) (Demo)   2:48
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale
04. I'm Not Too Sorry (Now That You're Gone) (Demo)   2:17
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale
05. Here She Comes Now (Demo)   2:46
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale / Sterling Morrison
06. Guess I'm Falling In Love (Live)   4:10
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale / Sterling Morrison / Maureen Tucker
07. Booker T. (Live)   6:30
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale / Sterling Morrison / Maureen Tucker
08. White Light/White Heat   2:45
Written-By – Lou Reed
09. The Gift   8:17
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale / Sterling Morrison / Maureen Tucker
10. Lady Godiva's Operation   4:54
Written-By – Lou Reed
11. Here She Comes Now   2:02
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale / Sterling Morrison / Maureen Tucker
12. I Heard Her Call My Name   4:36
Written-By – Lou Reed
13. Sister Ray   17:27
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale / Sterling Morrison / Maureen Tucker
14. Stephanie Says   2:49
Written-By – Lou Reed
15. Temptation Inside Your Heart   2:30
Written-By – Jimmy Reed
16. Hey Mr. Rain (Version One)   4:40
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale / Sterling Morrison / Maureen Tucker

Flac Size: 381 MB

CD4. 1968 / 1969

                 

  
01. What Goes On (Live)   5:34
Written-By – Lou Reed
02. Candy Says   4:04
Written-By – Lou Reed
03. What Goes On   4:35
Written-By – Lou Reed
04. Some Kinda Love   3:39
Written-By – Lou Reed
05. Pale Blue Eyes   5:42
Written-By – Lou Reed
06. Jesus   3:24
Written-By – Lou Reed
07. Beginning To See The Light   4:47
Written-By – Lou Reed
08. I'm Set Free   4:04
Written-By – Lou Reed
09. That's The Story Of My Life   2:02
Written-By – Lou Reed
10. The Murder Mystery   8:55
Written-By – Lou Reed
11. After Hours   2:09
Written-By – Lou Reed
12. Foggy Notion   6:47
Written By – Sterling Morrison / Maureen Tucker / Douglas Yule / Hy Weiss
13. I Can't Stand It   3:22
Written-By – Lou Reed
14. I'm Sticking With You   2:28
Written-By – Lou Reed
15. One Of These Days   4:00
Written-By – Lou Reed
16. Lisa Says   2:57
Written-By – Lou Reed
17. It's Just Too Much (Live)   2:59
Written-By – Lou Reed
18. Countess From Hong Kong (Demo)   3:17
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale

Flac Size: 410 MB

CD5. 1970

               

 

  

01. Who Loves The Sun   2:45
Written-By – Lou Reed
02.Sweet Jane (Full Length Version)   4:06
Written-By – Lou Reed
03. Rock And Roll   4:43
Written-By – Lou Reed
04. Cool It Down   3:04
Written-By – Lou Reed
05. New Age (Full Length Version)   5:07
Written-By – Lou Reed
06. Head Held High   2:56
Written-By – Lou Reed
07. Lonesome Cowboy Bill   2:43
Written-By – Lou Reed
08. I Found A Reason   4:15
Written-By – Lou Reed
09. Train Round The Bend   3:21
Written-By – Lou Reed
10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin'   7:25
Written-By – Lou Reed
11. Satellite Of Love   2:58
Written-By – Lou Reed
12. Walk And Talk It   2:23
Written-By – Lou Reed
13. Oh Gin   2:44
Written-By – Lou Reed
14. Sad Song   3:30
Written-By – Lou Reed
15. Ocean   5:43
Written-By – Lou Reed
16. Ride Into The Sun   3:20
Written By – Lou Reed / John Cale / Sterling Morrison / Maureen Tucker
17. Some Kinda Love (Live)   10:22
Written-By – Lou Reed
18. I'll Be Your Mirror (Live)   2:06
Written-By – Lou Reed
19. I Love You   2:03
Written-By – Lou Reed

Flac Size: 459 MB

LINE - UP

Organ, Viola – John Cale (tracks: 5-15)
Guitar – Lou Reed (tracks: 2-14, 2-15), Sterling Morrison (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 3-1 to 3-7, 3-16, 4-1, 4-17, 4-18, 5-1 to 5-19)
Guitar, Backing Vocals – Sterling Morrison (tracks: 3-14, 3-15, 4-12 to 4-16)

Lead Vocals – Doug Yule (tracks: 4-2), Maureen Tucker (tracks: 4-11), Nico (3) (tracks: 2-4, 2-7, 2-10, 2-14, 2-15)
Lead Vocals, Guitar, Backing Vocals – Lou Reed (tracks: 4-2 to 4-11)
Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar, Guitar [Ostrich] – Lou Reed (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)
Percussion – Maureen Tucker (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12, 3-1 to 3-16, 4-1 to 4-18)
Bass – Doug Yule (tracks: 4-1, 4-17, 4-18)
Bass, Backing Vocals – Doug Yule (tracks: 4-12 to 4-16)
Bass, Organ, Backing Vocals – Doug Yule (tracks: 4-2 to 4-11)
Bass, Vocals – Doug Yule (tracks: 5-17, 5-18)
Drums – Billy Yule (tracks: 5-1 to 5-19)
Rhythm Guitar, Bass, Backing Vocals – Sterling Morrison (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)
Viola [Electric] – John Cale (tracks: 2-14, 2-15)
Viola [Electric], Bass – John Cale (tracks: 3-16)
Viola [Electric], Piano, Celesta [Celeste], Bass, Backing Vocals – John Cale (tracks: 2-1 to 2-12)
Viola, Bass – John Cale (tracks: 3-1 to 3-7)
Viola, Bass, Celesta [Celeste], Backing Vocals – John Cale (tracks: 3-14 to 3-16)

Vocals [Co-Vocal] – Doug Yule (tracks: 4-10), Maureen Tucker (tracks: 4-10), Sterling Morrison (tracks: 4-10)
Vocals, Guitar – Lou Reed (tracks: 3-1 to 3-7, 3-14 to 3-16, 4-1, 4-12 to 4-17, 5-17, 5-18), Sterling Morrison (tracks: 4-2 to 4-11)
Vocals, Guitar, Bass – Sterling Morrison (tracks: 3-8 to 3-13)
Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica – Lou Reed (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 4-18)
Vocals, Guitar, Piano – Lou Reed (tracks: 3-8 to 3-13, 5-1 to 5-16, 5-19)
Vocals, Organ, Piano, Guitar, Bass – Doug Yule (tracks: 5-1 to 5-16, 5-19)
Vocals, Viola [Electric], Organ, Bass – John Cale (tracks: 3-8 to 3-13)
Vocals, Viola, Other [Sarinda] – John Cale (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6)

NOTES

    

Five compact disc, over six hours of music, featuring:
NEWLY DIGITALLY REMASTERED VERSIONS OF THE BAND'S FOUR ORIGINAL ALBUMS
The Velvet Underground And Nico
White Light/White Heat
The Velvet Underground
(presented in its rare "closet mix" alternate version)
Loaded
(featuring restored versions of "Sweet Jane" and "New Age").
25 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDINGS
12 historic demos, 7 Loaded-session out-takes and 6 live performances

The Velvet Underground on Urban Aspirines HERE

The Velvet Underground & Nico: The Velvet Underground & Nico 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition 2012

 

The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1964. It originally

comprised singer and guitarist Lou Reed, Welsh multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise. In 1965, MacLise was replaced by Moe Tucker, who played on most of the band's recordings. Too far ahead of their time for pop music's mainstream, the VU made a profound impression on thoughtful listeners, many of whom would go on to make groundbreaking music of their own, and they would belatedly be acknowledged as one of rock's most important groups.
                   

The Velvet Underground were largely ignored during heir original run from the mid-'60s into the early '70s, but few bands would cast as long a shadow in terms of innovation and influence. Though their

integration of rock and the avant-garde resulted in little commercial success, they became one of the most influential bands in rock, underground, experimental, and alternative music. Their provocative subject matter, musical experiments, and nihilistic attitude was also instrumental in the development of punk rock, new wave and several other genres.
                 

     
The group performed under several names before settling on the Velvet Underground in 1965, taken

from the title of a 1963 book on atypical sexual behavior. In 1966, the pop artist Andy Warhol became their manager. They served as the house band at Warhol's studio, the Factory, and his traveling multimedia show, the Exploding Plastic Inevitable, from 1966 to 1967.
                   

Their debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico, featuring the German singer and model Nico, was released in 1967 to critical indifference and poor sales but later drew widespread acclaim. They

released three more albums: the abrasive White Light/White Heat (1968), and the more accessible albums The Velvet Underground (1969) and Loaded (1970), with Doug Yule replacing Cale for the latter two. None performed to the expectations of record labels or Reed, the band's leader. However, like the band's debut, all albums later achieved critical acclaim.
               

One would be hard-pressed to name a rock album whose influence has been as broad and pervasive as The Velvet Underground & Nico. While it reportedly took over a decade for the album's sales to crack six figures, glam, punk, new wave, goth, noise, and nearly every other left-of-center rock movement

owes an audible debt to this set. While The Velvet Underground had as distinctive a sound as any band, what's most surprising about this album is its diversity. Here, the Velvets dipped their toes into dreamy pop ("Sunday Morning"), tough garage rock ("Waiting for the Man"), stripped-down R&B ("There She Goes Again"), and understated love songs ("I'll Be Your Mirror") when they weren't busy creating sounds without pop precedent.
               

Lou Reed's lyrical exploration of drugs and kinky sex (then risky stuff in film and literature, let alone

"teen music") always received the most press attention, but the music Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker played was as radical as the words they accompanied. The bracing discord of "European Son," the troubling beauty of "All Tomorrow's Parties," and the expressive dynamics of "Heroin" all remain as compelling as the day they were recorded.
                   

While the significance of Nico's contributions have been debated over the years, she meshes with the

band's outlook in that she hardly sounds like a typical rock vocalist, and if Andy Warhol's presence as producer was primarily a matter of signing the checks, his notoriety allowed The Velvet Underground to record their material without compromise, which would have been impossible under most other circumstances. Few rock albums are as important as The Velvet Underground & Nico, and fewer still have lost so little of their power to surprise and intrigue more 50 years after first hitting the racks.

           

The Velvet Underground is regarded as one of the most influential bands in rock history. In 1996 they

were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Critic Robert Christgau considers them to be "the number three band of the '60s, after the Beatles and James Brown and His Famous Flames". AllMusic wrote that "Few rock groups can claim to have broken so much new territory, and maintain such consistent brilliance on record, as the Velvet Underground during their brief lifespan.
                  

On August 30, 1995, Sterling Morrison died of non-Hodgkin lymphoma after returning to his

hometown of Poughkeepsie, New York, at age 53. On October 27, 2013, Lou Reed died at his home in Southampton, New York, aged 71. He had undergone a liver transplant earlier in the year. John Cale responded to Reed's passing by saying, "The world has lost a fine songwriter and poet…I've lost my 'school-yard buddy'"
                   

VENUS IN FURS LYRICS

            

"Venus in Furs" is a song by the Velvet Underground, written by Lou Reed and originally released on the band's 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico. Inspired by the book of the same name by LEOPOLD VON SACHER-MASOCH, the song includes sexual themes of sadomasochism and bondage.

Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girl child in the dark
Comes in bells, your servant, don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart

Downy sins of streetlight fancies
Chase the costumes she shall wear
Ermine furs adorn the imperious
Severin, Severin awaits you there

I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears

Kiss the boot of shiny, shiny leather
Shiny leather in the dark
Tongue of thongs, the belt that does await you
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart

Severin, Severin, speak so slightly
Severin, down on your bended knee
Taste the whip, in love not given lightly
Taste the whip, now bleed for me

I am tired, I am weary
I could sleep for a thousand years
A thousand dreams that would awake me
Different colors made of tears

Shiny, shiny, shiny boots of leather
Whiplash girl child in the dark
Severin, your servant comes in bells, please don't forsake him
Strike, dear mistress, and cure his heart.

The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico
Label: UMe – B0016946-02, Polydor – B0016946-02
Series: 45th Anniversary Edition
Format: Box Set, Limited Edition, 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition
Country: UK, Europe & US
Released: Oct 30, 2012
Genre: Rock
Style: Art Rock, Avantgarde,Rock & Roll
                 

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO (STEREO VERSION)        

                 

  
01. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Sunday Morning   2:55
Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed
02. The Velvet Underground & Nico – I'm Waiting For The Man   4:39
Written-By – Lou Reed
03. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Femme Fatale   2:38
Written-By – Lou Reed
04. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Venus In Furs   5:12
Written-By – Lou Reed
05. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Run Run Run   4:23
Written-By – Lou Reed
06. The Velvet Underground & Nico – All Tomorrow's Parties   5:59
Written-By – Lou Reed
07. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Heroin   7:13
Written-By – Lou Reed
08. The Velvet Underground & Nico – There She Goes Again   2:41
Written-By – Lou Reed
09. The Velvet Underground & Nico – I'll Be Your Mirror   2:14
Written-By – Lou Reed
10. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Black Angel's Death Song   3:12
Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed
11. The Velvet Underground & Nico – European Son   7:47
Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, Sterling Morrison

ALTERNATE VERSIONS        

    
12. The Velvet Underground & Nico – All Tomorrow's Parties (Alternate Single Voice Version)   5:57
Written-By – Lou Reed
13. The Velvet Underground & Nico – European Son (Alternate Version)   9:06
Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, Sterling Morrison
14. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Heroin (Alternate Version)   6:17
Written-By – Lou Reed
15. The Velvet Underground & Nico – All Tomorrow's Parties (Alternate Instrumental Mix)   5:51
Written-By – Lou Reed
16. The Velvet Underground & Nico – I'll Be Your Mirror (Alternate Mix)   2:20
Written-By – Lou Reed

Flac Size: 434 MB

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO (MONO VERSION)        

                  

  
01. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Sunday Morning   2:55
Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed
02. The Velvet Underground & Nico – I'm Waiting For The Man   4:46
Written-By – Lou Reed
03. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Femme Fatale   2:38
Written-By – Lou Reed
04. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Venus In Furs   5:13
Written-By – Lou Reed
05. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Run Run Run   4:24
Written-By – Lou Reed
06. The Velvet Underground & Nico – All Tomorrow's Parties   5:59
Written-By – Lou Reed
07. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Heroin   7:14
Written-By – Lou Reed
08. The Velvet Underground & Nico – There She Goes Again   2:41
Written-By – Lou Reed
09. The Velvet Underground & Nico – I'll Be Your Mirror   2:14
Written-By – Lou Reed
10. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Black Angel's Death Song   3:12
Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed
11. The Velvet Underground & Nico – European Son   7:57
Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, Sterling Morrison

THE SINGLES:        

    
12. The Velvet Underground & Nico – All Tomorrow's Parties   2:49
Written-By – Lou Reed
13. The Velvet Underground & Nico – I'll Be Your Mirror (Alternate Ending)   2:17
Written-By – Lou Reed
14. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Sunday Morning (Alternate Mix)   2:56
Written-By – Lou Reed
15. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Femme Fatale   2:37
Written-By – Lou Reed

Flac Size: 202 MB

NICO - CHELSEA GIRL        

                

  
01. Nico – The Fairest Of The Seasons   4:10
Written-By – Gregory Copeland, Jackson Browne
02. Nico – These Days   3:34
Written-By – Jackson Browne
03. Nico – Little Sister   4:27
Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed
04. Nico – Winter Song   3:20
Written-By – John Cale
05. Nico – It Was A Pleasure Then   8:06
Written-By – Christa Paeffgen, John Cale, Lou Reed
06. Nico – Chelsea Girls   7:27
Written-By – Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison
07. Nico – I'll Keep It With Mine   3:21
Written-By – Bob Dylan
08. Nico – Somewhere There's A Feather   2:20
Written-By – Jackson Browne
09. Nico – Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams   5:10
Written-By – Lou Reed
10. Nico – Eulogy To Lenny Bruce   3:46
Written-By – Tim Hardin

Flac Size: 244 MB

DISC 4. SCEPTER STUDIOS SESSIONS        

           

  
01. The Velvet Underground & Nico – European Son (Alternate Version)   9:02
Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, Sterling Morrison
02. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Black Angel's Death Song (Alternate Mix)   3:16
Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed
03. The Velvet Underground & Nico – All Tomorrow's Parties (Alternate Version)   5:53
Written-By – Lou Reed
04. The Velvet Underground & Nico – I'll Be Your Mirror (Alternate Version)   2:11
Written-By – Lou Reed
05. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Heroin (Alternate Version)   6:16
Written-By – Lou Reed
06. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Femme Fatale (Alternate Mix)   2:36
Written-By – Lou Reed
07. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Venus In Furs (Alternate Version)   4:29
Written-By – Lou Reed
08. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Waiting For The Man (Alternate Version)   4:10
Written-By – Lou Reed
09. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Run Run Run (Alternate Mix)   4:23
Written-By – Lou Reed

THE FACTORY REHEARSALS        

    
10. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Walk Alone   3:27
Written-By – James N. Smith*, Jerry Pellegrino, Jr., Lou Reed, Terry Philips
11. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Crackin' Up / Venus In Furs   3:52
Written-By [Crackin' Up] – Bo Diddley
Written-By [Venus In Furs] – Lou Reed
12. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Miss Joanie Lee   11:49
Written-By – Lou Reed
13. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Heroin   6:14
Written-By – Lou Reed
14. The Velvet Underground & Nico – There She Goes Again   2:09
Performer [With] – Nico
Written-By – Lou Reed
15. The Velvet Underground & Nico – There She Goes Again   2:56
Written-By – Lou Reed

Flac Size: 372 MB

DISC 5. LIVE AT VALLEYDALE BALLROOM, COLUMBUS, OHIO, NOVEMBER 4, 1966        

                 

  
01. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Melody Laughter   28:26
Written-By – Christa Päeffgen, John Cale, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker
02. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Femme Fatale   2:37
Written-By – Lou Reed
03. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Venus In Furs   4:45
Written-By – Lou Reed
04. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Black Angel's Death Song   4:49
Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed
05. The Velvet Underground & Nico – All Tomorrow's Parties   5:03
Written-By – Lou Reed

Flac Size: 154 MB

DISC 6. LIVE AT VALLEYDALE BALLROOM, COLUMBUS, OHIO, NOVEMBER 4, 1966

        

01. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Waiting For The Man   4:50
Written-By – Lou Reed
02. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Heroin   6:42
Written-By – Lou Reed
03. The Velvet Underground & Nico – Run Run Run   8:43
Written-By – Lou Reed
04. The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Nothing Song   27:56
Written-By – Christa Päeffgen, John Cale, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker

Flac Size: 152 MB

Velvet Underground - Loaded Deluxe Edition on Urban Aspirines HERE
Nico - Drama On Exile on Urban Aspirines HERE

The Velvet Underground: Loaded 1970 (Re - Loaded 45 th Anniversary Edition) Box Set (5 CD) - Deluxe Edition 2015

 

The Velvet Underground was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1964. The original

line-up consisted of singer/guitarist Lou Reed, multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and drummer Angus MacLise. MacLise was replaced by Moe Tucker in 1965, who played on most of the band's recordings.
                                

             

Their integration of rock and the avant-garde achieved little commercial success during the group's

existence, but they are now recognized as one of the most influential bands in rock, underground, experimental, and alternative music. The group's provocative subject matter, musical experiments, and often nihilistic attitudes also proved influential in the development of punk rock and new wave music.
             

In 1965, after being introduced to the Velvet Underground by filmmaker Barbara Rubin, Andy Warhol

became the band's manager and suggested they use the German-born singer Nico (born Christa Päffgen) on several songs. Warhol's reputation helped the band gain a higher profile. He helped the band secure a recording contract with MGM's Verve Records, with himself as nominal "producer", and gave the Velvets free rein over the sound they created.
                          

During their stay with Andy Warhol, the band became part of his multimedia roadshow, Exploding Plastic Inevitable, which combined Warhol's films with the band's music, which made use of minimalist

devices, such as drones. Warhol included the band with his show in an effort to "use rock as a part of a larger, interdisciplinary-art work based around performance" (McDonald). They played shows for several months in New York City, then traveled throughout the United States and Canada until its last installment in May 1967. During a short period in September 1966, when Cale was ill, the avant-garde musician Henry Flynt and Reed's friend Richard Mishkin took turns to cover for him.
                        

Their four studio albums -- 1967's The Velvet Underground & Nico, 1968's White Light/White Heat, 1969's The Velvet Underground, and 1970's Loaded -- are all essential documents, and 2015's The

Complete Matrix Tapes is superb evidence of their power as a live act. After The Velvet Underground cut three albums for the jazz-oriented Verve label that earned them lots of notoriety but negligible sales, the group signed with industry powerhouse Atlantic Records in 1970; label head Ahmet Ertegun supposedly asked Lou Reed to avoid sex and drugs in his songs, and instead focus on making an album "loaded with hits." Loaded was the result, and with appropriate irony it turned out to be the first VU album that made any noticeable impact on commercial radio -- and also their swan song, with Reed leaving the group shortly before its release.
                         

With John Cale long gone from the band, Doug Yule highly prominent (he sings lead on four of the ten

tracks), and Maureen Tucker absent on maternity leave, this is hardly a purist's Velvet Underground album. But while Lou Reed always wrote great rock & roll songs with killer hooks, on Loaded his tunes were at last given a polished but intelligent production that made them sound like the hits they should have been, and there's no arguing that "Sweet Jane" and "Rock and Roll" are as joyously anthemic as anything he's ever recorded.
                        

And if this release generally maintains a tight focus on the sunny side of the VU's personality (or would that be Reed's personality?), "New Age" and "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" prove he had hardly abandoned his

contemplative side, and "Train Around the Bend" is a subtle but revealing metaphor for his weariness with the music business. Sterling Morrison once said of Loaded, "It showed that we could have, all along, made truly commercial sounding records," but just as importantly, it proved they could do so without entirely abandoning their musical personality in the process. It's a pity that notion hadn't occurred to anyone a few years earlier.

The Velvet Underground – Loaded (Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition)
Label:    Cotillion – 081227953737, Rhino Records  – 081227953737, Atlantic – 081227953737
Series:    45th Anniversary Edition
Format:    CD, Reissue, Remastere, DVD, DVD-Audio, Box Set, Deluxe Edition
Country: Europe
Released: 2015
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Rock, Garage Rock, Ballad

CD1. LOADED (REMASTERED)       

                          

  
01. Who Loves The Sun   2:46
Drums – Adrian Barber/Written-By – Lou Reed
02. Sweet Jane (Full-Length Version)   4:06
Written-By – Lou Reed
03. Rock & Roll (Full-Length Version)   4:43
Written-By – Lou Reed
04. Cool It Down   3:05
Drums – Tommy Castanaro/Written-By – Lou Reed
05. New Age   5:10
Written-By – Lou Reed
06. Head Held High   2:57
Drums – Tommy Castanaro/Written-By – Lou Reed
07. Lonesome Cowboy Bill   2:44
Drums – Bill Yule/Written-By – Doug Yule, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison
08. I Found A Reason   4:16
Written-By – Lou Reed
09. Train Round The Bend   3:21
Drums [Maybe] – Adrian Barber, Bill Yule/Written-By – Lou Reed
10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin'   7:29
Drums – Bill Yule/Written-By – Lou Reed

SESSIONS OUTTAKES       

                                 

  
11. I'm Sticking With You (Remix)   2:53
Vocals – Maureen Tucker/Written-By – Lou Reed
12. Ocean
Drums – Bill Yule   5:45
Written-By – Lou Reed
13. I Love You 2:54
Written-By – Lou Reed
14. Ride Into The Sun   3:26
Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, Sterling Morrison

MP3 @ 320 Size: 136 MB
Flac  Size: 358 MB

CD2. LOADED (PROMOTIONAL MONO VERSION) (REMASTERED)           

                                 

01. Who Loves The Sun   2:45
Drums – Adrian Barber/Written-By – Lou Reed
02. Sweet Jane   3:15
Written-By – Lou Reed
03. Rock & Roll   4:38
Written-By – Lou Reed
04. Cool It Down   3:03
Drums – Tommy Castanaro/Written-By – Lou Reed
05. New Age   4:46
Written-By – Lou Reed
06. Head Held High   2:55
Drums – Tommy Castanaro/Written-By – Lou Reed
07. Lonesome Cowboy Bill   2:42   
Drums – Bill Yule/Written-By – Doug Yule, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison
08. I Found A Reason    4:14
Written-By – Lou Reed
09. Train Round The Bend   3:18
Drums [Maybe] – Adrian Barber, Bill Yule/Written-By – Lou Reed
10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin'   7:24
Drums – Bill Yule/Written-By – Lou Reed

MONO SINGLE COTILLION 45-44107, RELEASED MARCH 1971       

                           

  
11. Who Loves The Sun   2:48
Written-By – Lou Reed
12. Oh! Sweet Nuthin'   7:26
Drums – Bill Yule//Written-By – Lou Reed

MONO SINGLE COTILLION 45-44133, UNISSUED       

                               

  
13. Rock & Roll   3:05
Written-By – Lou Reed
14. Lonesome Cowboy Bill   2:40
Drums – Bill Yule/Written-By – Lou Reed

MP3 @ 320 Size: 134 MB
Flac  Size: 204 MB

CD3. LOADED (DEMOS, EARLY VERSIONS AND ALERNATE MIXES)         
    
DEMOS:       

                          

  
01. Rock & Roll (Demo)   4:42
Written-By – Lou Reed
02. Sad Song (Demo)   3:31
Written-By – Lou Reed
03. Satellite Of Love (Demo)   3:00
Written-By – Lou Reed
04. Walk And Talk (Demo)    2:25
Written-By – Lou Reed
05. Oh Gin (Demo)   2:45
Written-By – Lou Reed
06. Ocean (Demo)   6:05
Organ – John Cale/Written-By – Lou Reed
07. I Love You (Demo)   2:09
Written-By – Lou Reed
08. Love Makes You Feel Ten Feet Tall (Demo) (Remix)   4:15
Written-By – Lou Reed
09. I Found A Reason (Demo)   3:17
Percussion – Maureen Tucker/Written-By – Lou Reed

EARLY VERSIONS      

                            

10. Cool It Down (Early Version) (Remix)   4:20
Written-By – Lou Reed
11. Sweet Jane (Early Version) (Remix)   5:31
Written-By – Lou Reed
12. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Early Version) (Remix)   3:19
Written-By – Doug Yule, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison
13. Head Held High (Early Version) (Remix)    2:56
Written-By – Lou Reed
14. Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (Early Version) (Remix)   4:04
Written-By – Lou Reed

ALTERNATE MIXES       

                             

  
15. Who Loves The Sun (Alternate Mix)   3:05
Written-By – Lou Reed
16. Sweet Jane (Alternate Mix)   4:23
Written-By – Lou Reed
17. Cool It Down (Alternate Mix)   3:28
Written-By – Lou Reed
18. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Alternate Mix)   2:42
Written-By – Doug Yule, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison
19. Train Round The Bend (Alternate Mix)   4:39
Written-By – Lou Reed
20. Head Held High (Alternate Mix)   2:15
Written-By – Lou Reed
21. Rock & Roll (Alternate Mix)   4:40
Written-By – Lou Reed

MP3 @ 320 Size: 184 MB
Flac  Size: 487 MB

CD4. LIVE AT MAX'S KANSAS CITY (REMASTERED)           

                                     

01. I'm Waiting For The Man   4:44
Written-By – Lou Reed
02. White Light/White Heat   5:15
Written-By – Lou Reed
03. I'm Set Free   6:27
Written-By – Lou Reed
04. Sweet Jane   6:17
Written-By – Lou Reed
05. Lonesome Cowboy Bill   4:20
Written-By – Doug Yule, Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison
06. New Age   6:38
Written-By – Lou Reed
07. Beginning To See The Light   5:42
Written-By – Lou Reed
08. I'll Be Your Mirror   3:27
Written-By – Lou Reed
09. Pale Blue Eyes    6:01
Written-By – Lou Reed
10. Candy Says   5:50
Written-By – Lou Reed
11. Sunday Morning   3:39
Written-By – John Cale, Lou Reed
12. After Hours   2:58
Written-By – Lou Reed
13. Femme Fatale   3:09
Written-By – Lou Reed
14. Some Kinda Love   11:03
Written-By – Lou Reed
15. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Version 2)    4:17
Written-By – Lou Reed

MP3 @ 320 Size: 192 MB
Flac  Size: 273 MB

CD5. LIVE AT SECOND FRET, PHILADELPHIA, 1970 (PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)       

                             

  
01. I'm Waiting For The Man   6:12
Written-By – Lou Reed
02. What Goes On   5:26
Written-By – Lou Reed
03. Cool It Down   6:06
Written-By – Lou Reed
04. Sweet Jane   7:08
Written-By – Lou Reed
05. Rock & Roll   7:31
Written-By – Lou Reed
06. Some Kinda Love   4:24
Written-By – Lou Reed
07. New Age   7:29
Written-By – Lou Reed
08. Candy Says    5:05
Lead Vocals – Doug Yule/Written-By – Lou Reed
09. Head Held High   4:15
Written-By – Lou Reed
10. Train Round The Bend   8:51
Written-By – Lou Reed
11. Oh! Sweet Nuthin'   7:36
Written-By – Lou Reed

MP3 @ 320 Size: 169 MB
Flac  Size: 282 MB