The Velvet Underground - Peel Slowly and See (1995)

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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. --Mitch Myers
Product Description
Japanese limited edition reissue of the classic 1967 album with a miniature LP sleeve reproduction of the original artwork. Tracks include 'Sunday Morning', 'I'm Waiting For The Man' & 'Femme Fatale'. 2000 release. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.



The Velvet Underground:

John Cale – bass guitar, viola, keyboards (discs 1–3); lead vocal on "The Gift" and "Lady Godiva's Operation"; organ and viola on disc 5, track 15
Sterling Morrison – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals, co-vocal on "The Murder Mystery"
Lou Reed – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
Maureen Tucker – percussion (discs 2–5), lead vocal on "After Hours" and "I'm Sticking with You", co-vocal on The Murder Mystery.
Doug Yule – bass guitar, keyboards, guitars, drums (disc 4–5); lead vocal on "Candy Says", "Who Loves the Sun", "New Age", "Lonesome Cowboy Bill", "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'", "Ride into the Sun" and "I'll Be Your Mirror" (live).

Additional musicians:
Nico – lead vocal on "All Tomorrow's Parties" (both single and LP versions), "Femme Fatale", "I'll Be Your Mirror", "Melody Laughter", "It Was a Pleasure Then" and "Chelsea Girls"; backing vocals on "Sunday Morning"
Adrian Barber – drums on "Who Loves the Sun" and "I Found a Reason"
Tommy Castanaro – drums on "Cool It Down" and "Head Held High"
Billy Yule – drums on "Lonesome Cowboy Bill", "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'", "Ocean", "Some Kinda Love" (live) and "I'll Be Your Mirror" (live).

Box Set includes complete and digitally remastered versions of all four of the band's studio albums, plus 25 previously unreleased tracks.

*Disc One: 1965

01. Venus In Furs (Demo)
02. Prominent Men (Demo)
03. Heroin (Demo)
04. I'm Waiting For The Man (Demo)
05. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Demo)
06. All Tomorrow's Parties (Demo)

(1–6) first appearance.

*Disc Two: 1966-67

01. All Tomorrow's Parties (Single Version)
02. Sunday Morning
04. Femme Fatale
05. Venus In Furs
06. Run Run Run
07. All Tomorrow's Parties
08. Heroin
09. There She Goes Again
10. I'll Be Your
11. The Black Angel's Death Song
12. European Son
13. Melody Laughter (Live)
14. It Was A Pleasure Then
15. Chelsea Girls

(1) taken from the "All Tomorrow's Parties" single;
(2–12) taken from The Velvet Underground & Nico (entire album);
(13) first appearance; (14–15) taken from Chelsea Girl.

*Disc Three: 1967-68

01. There Is No Reason (demo)
02. Sheltered Life (demo)
03. It's All Right (The Way That You Live) (demo)
04. I'm Not Too Sorry (Now That You're Gone) (demo)
05. Here She Comes Now (demo)
06. Guess I'm Falling In Love (live)
07. Booker T. (live)
08. White Light/White Heat
09. The Gift
10. Lady Godiva's Operation
11. Here She Comes Now
12. I Heard Her Call My Name
13. Sister Ray
14. Stephanie Says
15. Temptation Inside Your Heart
16. Hey Mr. Rain (Version One)

(1–7) first appearance; (8–13) taken from White Light/White Heat (entire album);
(14–15) taken from VU; (16) taken from Another View.

*Disc Four: 1968-69

01. What Goes On (Live)
02. Candy Says (Closet Mix)
03. What Goes On (Closet Mix)
04. Some Kinda Love (Closet Mix)
05. Pale Blue Eyes (Closet Mix)
06. Jesus (Closet Mix)
07. Beginning To See The Light (Closet Mix)
08. I'm Set Free (Closet Mix)
09. That's The Story Of My Life (Closet Mix)
10. The Murder Mystery (Closet Mix)
11. After Hours (Closet Mix)
12. Foggy Notion
13. I Can't Stand It
14. I'm Sticking With You
15. One Of These Days
16. Lisa Says
17. It's Just Too Much (Live)
18. Countess From Hong Kong (Demo)

(1, 17–18) first appearance; (2–11) taken from The Velvet Underground (entire album);
(12–16) taken from VU.

*Disc Five: 1970

01. Who Loves The Sun
02. Sweet Jane (Full Length Version)
03. Rock And Roll
04. Cool It Down
05. New Age (Full Length Version)
06. Head Held High
07. Lonesome Cowboy Bill
08. I Found A Reason
09. Train Round The Bend
10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin'
11. Satellite Of Love
12. Walk And Talk
13. Oh Gin
14. Sad Song
15. Ocean
16. Ride Into The Sun
17. Some Kinda Love (Live)
18. I'll Be Your Mirror (Live)
19. I Love You

(1–10) taken from Loaded (entire album; first appearance of 2, 5 in "original" versions);
(11–17, 19) first appearance; (18) taken from Live at Max's Kansas City.