The Verve/MGM Albums

~ Release by The Velvet Underground (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Includes the rare mono versions of the VU’s first three albums, the superior mono version of Nico’s Chelsea Girl (featuring Reed, Cale & Morrison) and a definitive edition of the band’s unfinished fourth album!
Housed in a beautiful deluxe box with all original LP artwork along with two bonus poster inserts!
Introduction by Rolling Stone senior editor/MOJO contributor David Fricke.
Sourced from the original Verve/MGM analog reels and mastered by Bob Irwin.

Remastered versions of the following records:
Barcode (The Velvet Underground & Nico): 0 90771-5412-1 5
Barcode (White Light/White Heat): 0 90771-5413-1 4
Barcode (The Velvet Underground): 0 90771-5414-1
Barcode (1969): 0 90771-5415-1 2
Barcode (Nico - Chelsea Girl): 0 90771-5416-1 1

Annotation last modified on 2022-07-30 13:13 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl: The Velvet Untergound & Nico (Mono)
#TitleRatingLength
A1Sunday Morning
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
background vocals:
Nico (Christa Päffgen, German singer, fashion model, actress)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 1967)
recording of:
Sunday Morning
lyricist:
Lou Reed
composer:
John Cale (The Velvet Underground founder) and Lou Reed
publisher:
Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd.
4.152:58
A2I’m Waiting for the Man
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 81) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 159)
recording of:
I’m Waiting for the Man
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Oakfield Avenue Music, Screen Gems and Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI)
3.654:42
A3Femme Fatale
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
lead vocals:
Nico (Christa Päffgen, German singer, fashion model, actress)
recording of:
Femme Fatale
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
writer:
Nico (Christa Päffgen, German singer, fashion model, actress)
publisher:
Sunbury Music Ltd.
3.552:41
A4Venus in Furs
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
recording of:
Venus in Furs
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
4.455:11
A5Run Run Run
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
recording of:
Run Run Run
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
3.854:25
A6All Tomorrow’s Parties
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
lead vocals:
Nico (Christa Päffgen, German singer, fashion model, actress)
part of:
Pitchfork: The Story of Goth in 33 Songs
recording of:
All Tomorrow’s Parties
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Oakfield Avenue Music
3.86:02
B1Heroin
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
PolyGram Records, Inc. (not for release label use! US division of PolyGram) (in 1967)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 448)
recording of:
Heroin
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Oakfield Avenue Music
4.27:15
B2There She Goes Again
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
recording of:
There She Goes Again
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
3.52:43
B3I’ll Be Your Mirror
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
vocals:
Nico (Christa Päffgen, German singer, fashion model, actress)
recording of:
I’ll Be Your Mirror
lyricist and composer:
Lou Reed
publisher:
Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd.
3.92:16
B4The Black Angel’s Death Song
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
recording of:
The Black Angel’s Death Song
lyricist and composer:
John Cale (The Velvet Underground founder) and Lou Reed
3.153:14
B5European Son
recording engineer:
Omi Haden
producer:
Andy Warhol (American artist)
recording of:
European Son
lyricist and composer:
John Cale (The Velvet Underground founder), Sterling Morrison, Lou Reed and Moe Tucker
3.157:47
2▶12" Vinyl: Nico - Chelsea Girl (Mono)
3▶12" Vinyl: White Light/White Heat (Mono)
4▶12" Vinyl: The Velvet Underground (Mono)
5▶12" Vinyl: 1969 (The Lost album)

Credits

Release group

includes:Chelsea Girl by Nico (Christa Päffgen, German singer, fashion model, actress)
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground (Lou Reed’s seminal rock band) & Nico (Christa Päffgen, German singer, fashion model, actress)
White Light/White Heat