The Velvet Underground

VU tracks on various records

Various records with VU tracks | Promo records with VU tracks | CD-ROM with VU tracks

Various records with VU tracks
	THE EAST VILLAGE OTHER - ELECTRIC NEWSPAPER - HIROSHIMA DAY LP, ESP-Disk 1034, USA, 1966 VU track: Noise (1:47) Side 1: Lucy's Wedding by Plastic Clock Radio / If I Had A Mind by Steve Weber / Gossip by Gerard Malanga and Ingrid Superstar / Noise by The Velvet Underground / Jazz Impro by Marion Brown, Scott Holt, and Ron Jackson / Mantra by Allen Ginsberg and Peter Orlowsky. Side 2: Lucy's Wedding by Plastic Clock Radio / Love And Ashes by Tuli Kupferberg sung by Kupferberg and Viki Pollon with Peter Rawson on guitar / The Free Lance Pall Bearers c copyright 1966 Ishmael Reed / Silence by Andy Warhol c copyright 1932 / Interview with Hairy by Ken Weaver and Ed Sanders. Cover: Walter Bowart. Edited by Richard Alderson, Allen Katzman, Betsy Klein, and Walter Bowart. This album was recorded in August 1966 by a group of NY arts people asociated with the underground newspaper The East Village Other (e.g. Ed Sanders, Tuli Kupferberg of the Fugs). The bulk of the album consists of chanting, poetry and sounds. The Velvet Underground contribution is an instrumental well-hiden behind the voice of Lyndon Johnson's daughter Lucy Byrd being interviewed on her wedding day. Reissues: LP bootleg, USA, 1980 (in neutral sleeve) CD, ESP Disk-ZYX Music ESP 1034-2, Germany, 1992 LP, Get Back Records/Abraxas, GET1012, Italy, 1998 (180 gram virgin vinyl edition) CD, Get Back Records, GET1012cd, Italy, 2000 (limited numbered edition of 1000 in card sleeve)

	NICO - CHELSEA GIRL LP, Verve V/V6-5032, USA, October 1967 Side 1 : 1. The Fairest Of The Seasons (4:05) / 2. These Days (3:25) / 3. Little Sister (4:20) / 4. Winter Song (3:15) / 5. It Was A Pleasure Then (8:00). Side 2 : 6. Chelsea Girls (7:25) / 7. I'll Keep It With Mine (3:20) / 8. Somewhere There's A Feather (2:15) / 9. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (5:15) / 10. Eulogy To Lenny Bruce (3'45). Nico's first solo album includes five songs written by Velvet Underground members: Little Sister (Cale/Reed), Winter Song (Cale), It Was A Pleasure Then (Nico/Cale/Reed), Chelsea Girls (Reed/Morrison), and Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Reed). Though those are not properly VU tracks, they were performed with the backing of Lou Reed, John Cale and Sterling Morrison. The LP appears in "Album Reviews" section of Cash Box, October 28, 1967 (p. 38). Other editions: LP, Verve MGM, 2353 025, UK, October 1971 LP, MGM Polydor 2303 034, France, 1971 (in glossy cover and blue/gold MGM label. Matrix #: MPO PYR 2303034 A / MPO PYR 2303034 A) CD, Polydor Polygram 835 209-2, USA CD, Verve Polypop POCY-9006, Japan, 2000 (in deluxe cardboard sleeve replica of US original cover)

	JOHN CALE - PARIS S'EVEILLE - SUIVI D'AUTRES COMPOSITIONS CD, Les Disques Du Crépuscule TWI 952, France, December 1991 CD, Victor Musical Industries, Inc., VICP-5146, Japan, February 1992 VU track: Booker T. (edited version) (3:02) This John Cale's film soundtrack CD includes an edited version (first minutes of the track edited out) of Booker T., an instrumental track performed live by the Velvet Underground at the Gymnasium in April 1967. The liner notes erroneously say "of Velvet Underground recorded live at The Gymnasium, New York City 1968". The Japanese edition includes the long version of Booker T. as bonus track.

	JOHN CALE - PARIS S'EVEILLE CDEP, Les Disques Du Crépuscule/Delabel/Virgin DE 035080, France, December 1991 VU track: Booker T. (long version) (6:39) Includes the unedited version of the track mentioned above. This "long version" appears in 1994 on a Lou Reed bootleg CD called A True Rock 'n Roller. Booker T. will finally get a larger and official exposure with its inclusion on the 1995 Peel Slowly And See box set but with the first seconds edited out.

Promo records/cassettes/CDs with VU tracks

THE MUSIC FACTORY

2 LPs promo, MGM MFRS-3, stereo, USA, 1968

Side 1: MFRS-3 S-1
Side 2: MFRS-3 S-2
Side 3: MFRS-3 S-3
Side 4: MFRS-3 S-4

VU tracks: The Gift [excerpt], White Light/White Heat, Lady Godiva's Operation, I'll Be Your Mirror

Plain white cardboard jacket with a small promo stamp on the cover and separated cue sheet with tracklist. White label (possibly exists as yellow label, though existence is unconfirmed).

A 2-LP set of interviews and music from Verve/MGM artists produced for underground FM radio stations. It has producer Tom Wilson chatting with John Cale and Lou Reed. There is also an ad for Nico's Chelsea Girl LP.

Part of the Reed/Cale interview by Tom Wilson is available on the unofficial picture disc An Interview With The Velvet Underground. The Australian What Goes On 3-CD set and the Screen Test bootleg LP have also excerpts of the interview.

JUNE SAMPLER - MGM & Verve

LP promo, MGM/Verve MVP 2, stereo, UK, 1968

Side 1: MVP2A-1
Side 2: MVP2B-2

VU track: Here She Comes Now

Side 1: 1. The Shadow Of Your Smile - The Amazing Dancing Band (2:47) / 2. Poetry In Motion - Johnny Tillotson (2:32) / 3. Sportin' Life - The Beacon Street Union (2:05) / 4. My Buckets Got A Hole In It - Hank Williams (2:34) / 5. Here She Comes Now - The Velvet Underground (2:44) / 6. Funny Freak Parade - Ultimate Spinach (2:36) / 7. Up Up And Away - The Amazing Dancing Band (2:24).

Side 2: 1. What Is Happy? - The Cowsills (2:29) / 2. Will You Love Me Tomorrow - Sandy Posey (2:32) / 3. I've Never Seen Love Like This - Orpheus (2:36) / 4. Country Boy - The Righteous Brothers (2:43) / 5. If I Ruled The World - The Righteous Brothers (2:48) / 6. Monterey - Eric Burdon & The Animals (4:21) / 7. A Penthouse Down - Jazz Interactions Orchestra (2:05).


	'NOT FOR SALE' LP promo, Polydor SPECIAL 1A, UK, 1974 or 75 (?) VU tracks: Run Run Run, Beginning To See The Light The record came in a "stand up" sleeve - no picture however - so that it could be displayed in record shops.

	EDITION COLECCIONISTAS - RADIO ESPECIAL LP promo, Polydor, Spain, 1977 VU tracks: Heroin Spanish promo compilation of 60's and 70's songs by Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall, Pink Floyd... and Loud Reed. Yes - LOUD REED!! The track is actually "The Velvet Underground & Nico" version.

	POLYGRAM IN-STORE SAMPLER LP promo, Polygram SA-057, 1985 VU tracks: Stephanie Says, Foggy Notion Neutral white sleeve with title sticker on front. This Polygram Records 1985 in-store play sampler LP including six songs - two each by Van Morrison, Velvet Underground, and Richard Thompson. Van Morrison: Tore Down A La Rimbaud and If You Only Knew, Richard Thompson: When the Spell is Broken, You Don't Say.

	SOUND SAMPLER 7 inch EP, Polydor SOUND 4, UK, October 1986 VU track: Stephanie Says Free with the October 1986 issue of Sounds magazine.

	THE VOX BOX Cassette, Vox GIVIT2, UK, February 1992 VU track: Sweet Jane (from Loaded) Notes: free with March 1992 issue of Vox magazine.

	ZOUNDS - DAS MUZIKMAGAZIN CD, Germany, February 1992 VU track: I'm Waiting For The Man, Pale Blue Eyes. Notes: free sampler with Zounds magazine.

	ROCK COMPACT DISC ISSUE 10 CD, RCD 10, UK, 1993 VU track: I Can't Stand It.

	HARD ROCK 1960'S ESSENTIALS CD, Rebound Records 314 520 277-2, USA, 1994 VU track: White Light/White Heat

	BURNING HEART CD, Spectrum Music 550 640-2, UK, 1994 VU track: Run Run Run
PAST FORWARD Cassette, Polydor NME/POLY 95, UK, May 6, 1995 VU track: I'm Waiting For The Man (re mastered). Notes: free with New Musical Express magazine. "Taken from forthcoming 4 C.D. Box Set".
HEAD TRIPP CD/CD-ROM, Atlas/Polydor/Ultimate/Polygram PRSAD 00039, USA, 1995 VU track: Sweet Jane Notes: Sweet Jane is the version from the Peel Slowly CD box set. The CD-ROM part includes VU bio and photos.
TURN IT UP & PASS IT ON VOLUME 4 CD, Free Alternate Music Sampler, AIM Marketing TIU-9504, USA, 1995 VU track: Sweet Jane Notes: given away free in record stores. Sweet Jane is the version from the Peel Slowly CD box set.
VIRTUALLY ALTERNATIVE· 61 2-CD, Virtually Alternative, USA, October 12, 1995 VU track: I Can't Stand It Notes: promo CD with I Can't Stand It from the Peel Slowly CD box set.
CMJ VOLUME 28 CD, DIDX018179 CMJ-NMM028, USA, December 1995 VU track: Ocean Notes: promo CD with CMJ New Music Monthly magazine with Ocean from the Peel Slowly CD box set.
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME CD, Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Foundation, Inc. DPRO-10467, USA, 1996 VU tracks: Rock & Roll, I'm Waiting For The Man, Sweet Jane Notes: given away to the NYC $1500 a plate induction banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria, NYC on January 17, 1996. Rock & Roll and Sweet Jane are the Loaded versions.
ESTA NOCHE CRUZAMOS EL MISSISSIPPI Leyendas del Rock CD, Virgin 842 7602, Spain/Holland, 1996 VU track: Sweet Jane (from Loaded)
CLASSIC ROCK - The Chronicles Classic In-Store Sampler CD, SACD 1261, USA, 1996 VU track: Beginning To See The Light (from Peel Slowly And See)
MONTHLY SAMPLER ... MAY CD, A&M Records AMSAD 00193, USA, 1996 VU tracks: I'm Waiting For The Man, Pale Blue Eyes Notes: promo CD. Pale Blue Eyes is the "Val Valentin" mix version.