The Velvet Underground & Nico gets deluxe six-disc treatment

The Velvet Underground's seminal (no, it really is – truly seminal)1967 debut The Velvet Underground & Nico receives the super-duper deluxe box set treatment from Universal on October 1st.

The six-disc set mops up just about every artifact relating to the album and the band's first two years together that you could hope for, including the original album in both mono and stereo versions, piles of alternate versions, Nico's entire Chelsea Girls album, rare and unreleased acetates and demos dating back as far as a January ’66 Factory rehearsal tape, and two discs covering the much-bootlegged Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus, Ohio show recorded live on November 4th ’66.

Below is the complete tracklist:

DISC ONE.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO V6-5008 (stereo version)
Originally issued as Verve V6-5008, March 1967.
1. SUNDAY MORNING 2.54
2. I’M WAITING FOR THE MAN 4.37
3. FEMME FATALE 2.37
4. VENUS IN FURS 5.10
5. RUN RUN RUN 4.20
6. ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES 5.58
7. HEROIN 7.10
8. THERE SHE GOES AGAIN 2.38
9. I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR 2.12
10. THE BLACK ANGEL’S DEATH SONG 3.12
11. EUROPEAN SON 7.46
ALTERNATE VERSIONS:
12 . ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES (alternate single voice version) 5.58
13. EUROPEAN SON (alternate version) 9.06
14. HEROIN (alternate version) 6.15
15. ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES (alternate instrumental mix) 5.58
16. I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR (alternate mix) 2.16

DISC TWO.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO V-5008 (mono version)
Originally issued as Verve V-5008, March 1967.
1. SUNDAY MORNING 2.55
2. I’M WAITING FOR THE MAN 4.46
3. FEMME FATALE 2.38
4. VENUS IN FURS 5.13
5. RUN RUN RUN 4.24
6. ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES 5.59
7. HEROIN 7.14
8. THERE SHE GOES AGAIN 2.41
9. I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR 2.14
10. THE BLACK ANGEL’S DEATH SONG 3.12
11. EUROPEAN SON 7.57
THE SINGLES:
12. ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES 2.49
13. I’LL BE YOUR MIRROR (alternate ending) 2.17
Mono single, issued as Verve VK-10427, July 1966.
14. SUNDAY MORNING (alternate mix) 2.56
15. FEMME FATALE 2.37
Mono single, Verve VK-10466, released December 1966.

DISC THREE.
NICO: CHELSEA GIRL
Originally issued as Verve V6-5032, October 1967.
1. THE FAIREST OF THE SEASONS 4.10
2. THESE DAYS 3.34
3. LITTLE SISTER 4.27
4. WINTER SONG 3.20
5. IT WAS A PLEASURE THEN 8.06
6. CHELSEA GIRLS 7.27
7. I’LL KEEP IT WITH MINE 3.21
8. SOMEWHERE THERE’S A FEATHER 2.20
9. WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS 5.10
10. EULOGY TO LENNY BRUCE 3.46

DISC FOUR / DISC TWO DELUXE EDITION.
SCEPTER STUDIOS SESSIONS:
Acetate cut on April 25, 1966
1. EUROPEAN SON (alternate version) 9.03 *
2. THE BLACK ANGEL'S DEATH SONG (alternate mix) 3.18 *
3. ALL TOMORROW'S PARTIES (alternate version) 5.57 *
4. I'LL BE YOUR MIRROR (alternate version) 2.11 **
5. HEROIN (alternate version) 6.17 *
6. FEMME FATALE 2.36 (alternate mix) **
7. VENUS IN FURS (alternate version) 4.39 **
8. WAITING FOR THE MAN (alternate version) 4.15 **
9. RUN RUN RUN 4.23 (alternate mix) **
* from tape / ** from acetate
THE FACTORY REHEARSALS:
January 1966 rehearsal, previously unreleased.
10. WALK ALONE 3.28
11. CRACKING UP / VENUS IN FURS 3.52
12. MISS JOANIE LEE 11.49
13. HEROIN 6.17
14. THERE SHE GOES AGAIN (with NICO) 2.09
15. THERE SHE GOES AGAIN 2.56

DISC FIVE.
LIVE AT VALLEYDALE BALLROOM, COLUMBUS, OHIO:
1. MELODY LAUGHTER 28.26
2. FEMME FATALE 2.37
3. VENUS IN FURS 4.45
4. THE BLACK ANGEL’S DEATH SONG 4.49
5. ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES 5.03
(Lou Reed)

DISC SIX.
LIVE AT VALLEYDALE BALLROOM, COLUMBUS, OHIO:
1. WAITING FOR THE MAN 4.50
2. HEROIN 6.42
3. RUN RUN RUN 8.43
4. THE NOTHING SONG 27.56