The Velvet Underground |
Nico ♦ John Cale |
Gotta Start Somewhere...
The Primitives
The Ostrich / Sneaky Pete Phillips-Reed-Sims-Vance (2:25) / Phillips-Reed-Sims-Vance (2:15) Pickwick City PC-9001, 1/65 |
Nico
I'm Not Sayin' / The Last Mile Lighfoot (2:45) / Oldham-Page (2:31) Immediate 003, 8/65 [UK] |
Note: Andy Warhol was a major influence on (and in) The Velvet Underground during the early years.
Check the bottom of this page to find a link to a video of Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable.
All Tomorrow's Parties³ / I'll Be Your Mirror Reed (2:55) / Reed (2:16) Verve VK-10427, 7/66 |
Early Velvets recording on The East Village Other ESP album, 9/66 |
Sunday Morning / Femme Fatale Reed (2:51) / Reed (2:35) Verve VK-10466, 12/66 |
& Nico | |
Verve V6-5008 | |
3/12/67 BB RS500 [UK: 10/67] | |
Side One | ||
Sunday Morning | Reed | 2:53 |
I'm Waiting For The Man | Reed | 4:37 |
Femme Fatale | Reed | 2:35 |
Venus In Furs | Reed | 5:07 |
Run Run Run | Reed | 4:18 |
All Tomorrow's Parties | Reed | 5:55 |
Side Two | ||
Heroin | Reed | 7:05 |
There She Goes Again | Reed | 2:36 |
I'll Be Your Mirror | Reed | 2:07 |
The Black Angel's Death Song | Cale-Reed | 3:10 |
European Son To Delmore Schwartz | Cale-Morrison-Reed-Tucker | 7:44 |
Note: Read more about artwork controversy @ wiki
Chelsea Girl | |
Verve V6-5032 | |
10/67 [UK: 9/71] | |
Side One | ||
The Fairest Of The Seasons† | Browne-Copland | 4:06 |
These Days† | Browne | 3:30 |
Little Sister | Cale-Reed | 4:22 |
Winter Song | Cale-Reed | 3:17 |
It Was A Pleasure Then | Cale-Nico-Reed | 8:02 |
Side Two | ||
Chelsea Girls | Morrison-Reed | 7:22 |
I'll Keep It With Mine† | Dylan | 3:17 |
Somewhere There's A Feather† | Browne | 2:16 |
Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams† | Cale-Reed | 5:07 |
Eulogy To Lenny Bruce | Hardin | 3:45 |
Note: Young (and in love) Jackson would become quite the star in a few years.
White Light/White Heat / Here She Comes Now Reed (2:44) / Cale-Morrison-Reed-Tucker (2:00) Verve VK-10560, 12/67 |
White Light/White Heat | |
Verve V6-5046 | |
1/30/68 BB RS500 [UK: 6/68] | |
Side One | ||
White Light/White Heat | Reed | 2:44 |
The Gift | Cale-Morrison-Reed-Tucker | 8:14 |
Lady Godiva's Operation | Reed | 4:52 |
Here She Comes Now | Cale-Morrison-Reed-Tucker | 2:00 |
Side Two | ||
I Heard Her Call My Name | Reed | 4:05 |
Sister Ray | Cale-Morrison-Reed-Tucker | 17:00 |
Note: Early releases misprint: There She Goes Now
Hard to see here, but there's a skull on the front cover—read more @ wiki
John Cale to solo career
The Marble Index | |
Elektra EKS-74029 | |
9/68 [UK: 7/69] | |
Side One | ||
Prelude | Nico | :50 |
Lawns Of Dawns | Nico | 3:12 |
No One Is There | Nico | 3:36 |
Ari's Song† | Nico | 3:20 |
Facing The Wind | Nico | 4:52 |
Side Two | ||
Julius Caesar (Memento Hodie) | Nico | 4:57 |
Frozen Warnings | Nico | 4:00 |
Evening Of Light | Nico | 5:33 |
Velvet Underground | |
MGM SE-4617 | |
4/69 RS500 [UK: 4/69] | |
Side One | ||
Candy Says | Reed | 4:02 |
What Goes On | Reed | 4:52 |
Some Kinda Love | Reed | 4:00 |
Pale Blue Eyes | Reed | 5:38 |
Jesus | Reed | 3:22 |
Side Two | ||
Beginning To See The Light | Reed | 4:38 |
I'm Set Free | Reed | 4:01 |
That's The Story Of My Life | Reed | 1:56 |
The Murder Mystery | Reed | 8:53 |
After Hours | Reed | 2:07 |
What Goes On³ / Jesus Reed (2:40) / Reed (2:55) MGM K-14057, 5/69 |
Toronto Pop Festival(6/21/69) |
Vintage Violence | |
Columbia CS-1037 | |
3/25/70 [UK: 3/71] | |
Side One | ||
Hello There | Cale | 2:48 |
Gideon's Bible | Cale | 3:24 |
Adelaide | Cale | 2:23 |
Big White Cloud | Cale | 3:33 |
Cleo | Cale | 2:36 |
Please | Cale | 4:20 |
Side Two | ||
Charlemagne | Cale | 5:03 |
Bring It On Up | Cale | 2:26 |
Amsterdam | Cale | 3:13 |
Ghost Story | Cale | 3:48 |
Fairweather Friend | Jeffreys | 2:34 |
Lou Reed quits after recording Loaded to persue solo career. Velvets carry on til 73.
Cleo / Fairweather Friend Cale (2:38) / Jeffreys (2:45) Columbia 4-45154, 10/70 |
Big White Cloud / Gideon's Bible Cale (3:31) / Cale (3:19) Columbia 4-45266, 11/70 |
Loaded | |
Cotillion SD-9034 | |
11/70 RS500 [UK: 4/71] | |
Side One | ||
Who Loves The Sun† | Reed | 2:50 |
Sweet Jane | Morrison-Reed-Yule | 3:55 |
Rock & Roll | Morrison-Reed-Yule | 4:47 |
Cool It Down | Morrison-Reed-Yule | 3:05 |
New Age† | Morrison-Reed-Yule | 5:20 |
Side Two | ||
Head Held High | Morrison-Reed-Yule | 2:52 |
Lonesome Cowboy Bill† | Morrison-Reed-Yule | 2:48 |
I Found A Reason | Morrison-Reed-Yule | 4:15 |
Train Round The Bend | Morrison-Reed-Yule | 3:20 |
Oh! Sweet Nuthin'† | Morrison-Reed-Yule | 7:23 |
Desertshore | |
Reprise RS-6424 | |
12/70 [UK: 1/71] | |
Side One | ||
Janitor Of Lunacy | Nico | 4:01 |
The Falconer | Nico | 5:39 |
My Only Child | Nico | 3:27 |
Le Petit Chevalier | Nico | 1:12 |
Side Two | ||
Abscheid | Nico | 3:02 |
Afraid | Nico | 3:27 |
Mutterlein | Nico | 4:38 |
All That Is My Own | Nico | 3:54 |
Note: Abschied and Mütterlein and cover photographs are from the film "La Cicatrice Interieure", directed by Philippe Garrel
John Cale & Terry Riley Church Of Anthrax | |
Columbia C-30131 | |
2/71 [UK: 4/71] | |
Side One | ||
Church Of Antrax | Cale-Riley | 9:00 |
The Hall Of Mirrors In The Palace At Versailles | Cale-Riley | 7:55 |
Side Two | ||
The Soul Of Patrick Lee | Cale | 2:47 |
Ides Of March | Cale-Riley | 11:03 |
The Protege | Cale-Riley | 2:47 |
Who Loves The Sun / Oh! Sweet Nuthin' Reed (2:50) / Morrison-Reed-Yule (7:23) Cotillion 44107, 3/71 |
10/5/71: Palais Dance Hall, Polytechnic, Leicester, England Willie Alexander led version—only Moe left from core group |
One Last Stand Rumour has it that the Velvets were much, much better live than on the albums that nobody bought at the time, yet vividly remember listening to. There are crude videos around of Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable (Youtube link), but recordings of them live (during our time-frame) were non-existant. Then this little cheapo record (legit boot?) came out in the spring of 72. Hmm, warm breezes, leaves budding, birds frolicking, and The Velvets at Max's Kansas City. While the last best incarnation of the Velvets were working on Loaded, they played a nine-week engagement at Max's whilst they worked things out. Recorded by Brigid Polk on a muggy August night in 1970 on a cassette recorder in mono on a table-top thru a hand-held mic, which was in the hand of Jim Carroll. Good times! |
Live At Max's Kansas City | |
Cotillion SD-9500 | |
5/30/72 [UK: 8/72] | |
Side One | ||
I'm Waiting For The Man | Reed | 4:00 |
Sweet Jane | Reed | 4:52 |
Lonesome Cowboy Bill | Reed | 3:41 |
Beginning To See The Light | Reed | 5:00 |
Side Two | ||
I'll Be Your Mirror | Reed | 1:55 |
Pale Blue Eyes | Reed | 5:38 |
Sunday Morning | Cale-Reed | 2:43 |
New Age | Reed | 5:58 |
Femme Fatale | Reed | 2:29 |
After Hours | Reed | 2:05 |
Note: Recorded August 23, 1970. A CD released in 2004 doubled the content.