The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico
About this album
Released in 1967. A deluxe 2CD-set was released in 2002. The 2012 45th anniversary box set contains 6 discs.
Tracks:
- Sunday Morning
- I'm Waiting For The Man
- Femme Fatale
- Venus In Furs
- Run Run Run
- All Tomorrow's Parties
- Heroin
- There She Goes Again
- I'll Be Your Mirror
- The Black Angel's Death Song
- European Son
Musicians:
John Cale: bass, keyboards, viola, vocals
Sterling Morrison: bass, guitar
Nico: chanteuse
Lou Reed: guitar, vocals
Maureen Tucker: drums
Other credits:
Norman Dolph: engineer
Omi Haden: engineer
John Licata: engineer
Tom Wilson; producer
Andy Warhol: producer, cover art
Recorded at the Scepter and Mayfair studios in New York, and TTG in Hollywood
All Tomorrow's Parties / I'll Be Your Mirror single
The first single by The Velvet Underground, All Tomorrow's Parties, is released in July 1966, with I'll Be Your Mirror on the B-side. It is a mono mix and All Tomorrow's Parties is edited down to 2:55 (the album version is 5:55) in an attempt to get some traction on the airwaves. It sinks without a trace.
Sunday Morning / Femme Fatale single
A second single, Sunday Morning, is released in November 1966, with Femme Fatale on the B-side. Once again, the record buying people failed to notice it as an essential purchase.