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The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground & Nico

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:

  1. Sunday Morning
  2. I'm Waiting For The Man
  3. Femme Fatale
  4. Venus In Furs
  5. Run Run Run
  6. All Tomorrow's Parties
  7. Heroin
  8. There She Goes Again
  9. I'll Be Your Mirror
  10. The Black Angel's Death Song
  11. 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

Sunday Morning / Femme Fatale single

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.


© 1999- Hans Werksman