The Velvet Underground - Peel Slowly and See
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Artist: The Velvet UndergroundEdition: Music CD
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 1995-09-26
Music Label: Polydor / Umgd
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Venus In Furs (Demo)
- Prominent Men (Demo)
- Heroin (Demo)
- I'M Waiting For The Man (Demo)
- Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Demo)
- All Tomorrows Parties (Demo)
- All Tomorrow's Parties (Single Version)
- Sunday Morning
- I'm Waiting For The Man
- Femme Fatale
- Venus In Furs
- Run Run Run
- All Tomorrow's Parties
- Heroin
- There She Goes Again
- I'll Be Your Mirror
- The Black Angel's Death Song
- European Son
- Melody Laughter (Live)
- It Was A Pleasure Then
- Chelsea Girls
- There Is No Reason (Demo)
- Sheltered Life (Demo)
- It's All Right (The Way That You Live) (Demo)
- I'm Not Too Sorry (Now That You're Gone) (Demo)
- Here She Comes Now (Demo)
- Guess I'm Falling In Love (Live)
- Booker T. (Live)
- White Light/White Heat
- The Gift
- Lady Godiva's Operation
- Here She Comes Now
- I Heard Her Call My Name
- Sister Ray
- Stephanies Says
- Temption Inside Your Heart
- Hey Mr. Rain (Version One)
- What Goes On (Live)
- Candy Says (Closet Mix)
- What Goes On (Closet Mix)
- Some Kinda Love (Closet Mix)
- Pale Blue Eyes (Closet Mix)
- Jesus (Closet Mix)
- Beginning To See The Light (Closet Mix)
- I'm Set Free (Closet Mix)
- That's The Story Of My Life (Closet Mix)
- The Murder Mystery (Closet Mix)
- After Hours (Closet Mix)
- Foggy Notion
- I Can't Stand It
- I'm Sticking With You
- One Of These Days
- Lisa Says
- It Just Too Much (Live)
- Countess From Hong Kong (Demo)
- Who Loves The Sun
- Sweet Jane (Full Length Version)
- Rock And Roll
- Cool It Down
- New Age (Full Length Version)
- Head Held High
- Lonesome Cowboy Bill
- I Found A Reason
- Train Round The Bend
- Oh! Sweet Nuthin
- Satellite Of Love
- Walk And Talk
- Oh Gin
- Sad Song
- Ocean
- Ride Into The Sun
- Some Kinda Love (Live)
- I'll Be Your Mirror (Live)
- I Love You
Free Music Notes for Peel Slowly and See
Free Music Review: Great music with questionable track listings & packaging
Hit: 4 Stars
Hard to criticize the great music on this box set, but there are some missteps in the track listings and packaging. You would expect the demos, live tracks, & extras from the respective time periods to be at the end of the official releases, right? Not so. It's also disappointing that this isn't the box set that includes everything that is commercially available.
On disc 1 there are demo versions exclusive to this release. We are all excited to hear new Velvet's material, but it's mostly Cale singing the same verse over and over accompanied by Reed on acoustic guitar. Interesting, but you won't be anxious to hear this more than a couple of times.
On disc 2 there's the short version of All Tomorrow's Parties (Single Version) which is before The Velvet Underground & Nico. There is no reason for this to start the disc; it's the shorter, lesser version of the song. The huge bonus on this disc is the live track Melody Laughter, which is VU live w/Nico; wish there was more tracks like this on here.
Disc 3 features demos and live tracks before the main release that is White Light/White Heat. Again, all of these tracks should be at the end of the official release. The live tracks Guess I'm Falling In Love and Booker T. are particularly noteworthy, but are awkward listens before the showcase release.
Disc 4 has a live version of What Goes On and you get to hear the "closet" version 2 tracks later. A minor annoyance, but still. The live and bonus tracks on this are outstanding.
Disc 5 I have little to complain about. Loaded precedes all of the great extras.
On to the packaging. Comes in a great book shelf worthy cardboard case w/a vinyl peel off banana that encloses the discs themselves which are in plastic cases as opposed to the annoying cardboard digipacks that are customary these days. There is also the awesome 80 page booklet w/musings from the Velvets as reported by David Fricke. What is disappointing about the packaging is that the original LP covers are reduced to thumbnails on the back of the cds. These are replaced, on the front cd cover, by scans of the analog tape cases w/hand written notes; very cool, but not worthy enough to replace the original covers.
In conclusion, lots to like here, but my big gripe is I wanted an all inclusive box set w/track listings that were suitable to my tastes.
Peel Slowly and See Poster
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 MyersAlternative Rock Music CDs
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