The Velvet Underground - The Complete Matrix Tapes

Limited edition 8LP Box Set!

Recordings mixed down from the original in-house multi-track tapes

Features previously unreleased performances and tracks from the Super Deluxe Edition!

The Velvet Underground toured extensively in 1969, but set up shop in San Francisco in November and early December for a series of 18 nights over four separate engagements, the first at the Family Dog, the rest at the fabled North Beach club the Matrix.

Throughout the course of their residency, which began November 11th, the club's 4-track recorder was rolling through much of it, capturing the highlights of two nights — November 26 and November 27, Thanksgiving.

Originally released as a LP box set, The Velvet Underground — The Complete Matrix Tapes makes its vinyl debut as a limited edition, 8LP, 43-track box set featuring recordings that have been mixed down directly from the original in-house multi-tracks, including the 18 tracks featured on a Super Deluxe Edition of the Velvets' third album and nine previously unreleased performances marking the first time all the available tapes will be released on vinyl.

Features:
Limited Edition
8LP Box Set
Recordings mixed down directly from the original in-house multi-track tapes
18 tracks featured on a Super Deluxe Edition
Nine previously unreleased performances
Recorded November 26 & 27, 1969
Box with Lift-Off Lid
Made in Germany

Disc 1

Side A

I'm Waiting For The Man (Version 1)

What Goes On (Version 1)

Side B

Some Kinda Love (Version 1)

Heroin (Version 1)

Disc 2

Side A

The Black Angel's Death Song

Venus In Furs (Version 1)

There She Goes Again (Version 1)

We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 1)

Over You (Version 1)

Side B

Sweet Jane (Version 1)

Pale Blue Eyes

After Hours (Version 1)

Disc 3

Side A

I'm Waiting For The Man (Version 2)

Venus In Furs (Version 2)

Some Kinda Love (Version 2)

Over You (Version 2)

Side B

I Can't Stand It (Version 1)

There She Goes Again (Version 2)

After Hours (Version 2)

Disc 4

Side A

We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 2)

Sweet Bonnie Brown (It's Just Too Much)

Heroin (Version 2)

Side B

White Light/White Heat (Version 1)

I'm Set Free

Disc 5

Side A

We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 3)

Some Kinda Love (Version 3)

There She Goes Again (Version 3)

Side B

Heroin (Version 3)

Ocean

Disc 6

Side A

Sister Ray Part 1

Side B

Sister Ray Part 2

Disc 7

Side A

I'm Waiting For The Man (Version 3)

What Goes On (Version 2)

Some Kinda Love (Version 4)

Side B

We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 4)

Beginning To See The Light

Lisa Says

New Age

Disc 8

Side A

Rock & Roll

I Can't Stand It Anymore (Version 2)

Side B

Heroin (Version 4)

White Light/White Heat (Version 2)

Sweet Jane (Version 2)

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