Compilation carrying five cuts from their debute LP "Velvet Underground & Nico" https://monolover.blogspot.com/2012/04/velvet-underground-nico-vlp-9184.html , three from the second album"White Light/White Heat" https://monolover.blogspot.com/2012/04/velvet-underground-white-lightwhite.html and one from the eponimuos third. Not the only collection of tracks from the band issued after they quit, but a good one and valuable for those who want a taste of this legendary combo on vinyl, close to the fact, without paying a fortune for the originals. "That's The Story Of My Life" sounds clear and well balanced so I guess it's from the at the time very rare "Valentine" mix of the third album, initially only issued in UK and Canada. The rest sounds like the common stereo mixes - raw and quite low-fi. But that's how it was - lyrics telling tales about drug addiction, sado-masochism, death and other tabooed subjects to hard-core garage backing. Still uniqe and as such still burning. Hard for me to pick out favorites, but why not the classics "Heroin" and "White Light/White Heat". 1971 issues in UK and Germany only, also on cassette and 8-track. Later in the seventies also released in Spain, Italy and a couple of South American countries, but to my knowledge never in US or on CD. Premiere UK on MGM (2315258). First German had label as shown here in a fully laminated cover. (GÖXÄ*) (NÖC*)
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