The Velvet Underground - Loaded- Fully Re-Loaded Edition

Loaded (Fully Re-Loaded Edition) by The Velvet Underground!

Numbered edition contains nine LPs and four 45 RPM 7" singles

Includes three versions of the original studio album: remastered stereo and mono mixes, plus a full-length version boasting extended takes of "Sweet Jane," "Rock & Roll" and "New Age"

Limited to 1,970 copies

Includes cover art poster and illustrated booklet and liner notes

Lou Reed sang about the lifesaving powers of "Rock & Roll" on Loaded, his fourth and final studio album with The Velvet Underground. Since it arrived in November 1970, generations have been shaking to the album's "fine, fine music," experiencing their own kinds of musical salvation thanks to songs such as "Sweet Jane," "Head Held High," and "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'."

Rhino spotlights Loaded with a new vinyl box set that includes nearly all the music from its expansive 2015 CD reissue, Loaded: Re-Loaded 45TH Anniversary Edition. The forthcoming collection, Loaded (Fully Re-Loaded Edition), features nine LPs with stereo, mono, and "Full-Length" mixes of the original album along with a generous selection of demos, studio outtakes, and live recordings. Several tracks from the set will be available on vinyl for the first time.

Loaded (Fully Re-Loaded Edition) is limited to 1,970 numbered copies and will be available on March 24. The set  comes in a deluxe, foil-wrapped slipcase containing the vinyl, a poster of the album's cover art, and an illustrated booklet with liner notes by Lenny Kaye that appeared in Loaded: Re-Loaded 45TH Anniversary Edition.

In addition to the nine LPs, the set also comes with four 7-inches that reproduce the official singles and B-sides released from Loaded. "Rock & Roll" and "Who Loves The Sun" both come in the generic record sleeves used at the time by Cotillion, the band's label. The former is being reissued for the first time ever, as the original release was cancelled in 1970, while the latter is being reissued for the first time since 1970. The other two singles come in picture sleeves originally released in Europe: "Head Held High" in France and "Sweet Jane" in Germany.

Loaded (Fully Re-Loaded Edition) opens with three different versions of the original studio album: remastered stereo and mono mixes, plus a "Full-Length" version that boasts extended takes of "Sweet Jane," "Rock & Roll" and "New Age."

More than two dozen recordings from the making of Loaded appear on vinyl for the first time in the new collection. The music explores the creative process behind the album with early versions of "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'" and "Lonesome Cowboy Bill" and alternate mixes for "Rock & Roll" and "Train 'round The Bend." Songs that would eventually appear on Reed's 1972 solo debut make appearances as well, with early versions of "Ocean," "I Love You," and "Ride Into The Sun."

Those studio recordings are bolstered by a selection of live performances recorded before Loaded debuted in November 1970. A few weeks into making the album, on May 9, 1970, the band played at the Second Fret in Philadelphia. Bob Kachnycz, a fan, hitchhiked to the show and recorded the show on reel-to-reel. The band was down to a trio that night: Reed, Sterling Morrison, and Doug Yule, who alternated between bass and drums to fill in for Moe Tucker, who was pregnant then. This show, available for the first time on vinyl, uncovers early performances of several songs destined for the album: "Cool It Down," "Rock & Roll," and "New Age."

The second performance was recorded in New York City at Max's Kansas City nightclub on August 23, 1970, the day Reed left The Velvet Underground. Several songs from the show were released in 1972 as the live album, Live At Max's Kansas City. In 2004, Rhino released a remastered version of the live album that was expanded to include both sets the band played that night. Featured on two LPs in the new collection, the recordings touch on all the band's past albums with live versions of "I'm Waiting For The Man," "White Light/White Heat," "Pale Blue Eyes," and "Sweet Jane."

 

Disc 1

Side A

Who Loves the Sun (2015 Remaster)

Sweet Jane

Rock & Roll

Cool It Down (2015 Remaster)

New Age

Side B

Head Held High (2015 Remaster)

Lonesome Cowboy Bill (2015 Remaster)

I Found a Reason (2015 Remaster)

Train Round the Bend (2015 Remaster)

Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (2015 Remaster)

Disc 2

Side A

Who Loves the Sun (Mono) [2015 Remaster]

Sweet Jane (Mono) [2015 Remaster]

Rock & Roll (Mono) [2015 Remaster]

Cool It Down (Mono) [2015 Remaster]

New Age (Mono) [2015 Remaster]

Side B

Head Held High (Mono) [2015 Remaster]

Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Mono) [2015 Remaster]

I Found a Reason (Mono) [2015 Remaster]

Train Round the Bend (Mono) [2015 Remaster]

Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (Mono) [2015 Remaster]

Disc 3

Side A

Who Loves the Sun (2015 Remaster)

Sweet Jane (Full Length Version) [2015 Remaster]

Rock & Roll (Full Length Version; 2015 Remaster)

Cool It Down (2015 Remaster)

New Age (Full Length Version) [2015 Remaster]

Side B

Head Held High (2015 Remaster)

Lonesome Cowboy Bill (2015 Remaster)

I Found a Reason (2015 Remaster)

Train Round the Bend (2015 Remaster)

Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (2015 Remaster)

Disc 4

Side A

Ride into the Sun (Session Outtake) [2015 Remaster]

Ocean (Session Outtake) [2015 Remaster]

I Love You (Session Outtake) [2015 Remaster]

I'm Sticking With You (Session Outtake) [2015 Remaster]

Rock & Roll (Demo Version) [2015 Remaster]

Sad Song (Demo Version) [2015 Remaster]

Side B

I Found a Reason (Demo Version) [2015 Remaster]

Satellite of Love (Demo Version) [2015 Remaster]

Oh Gin (Demo Version) [2015 Remaster]

Walk and Talk (Demo Version) [2015 Remaster]

Ocean (Demo Version) [2015 Remaster]

I Love You (Demo Version) [2015 Remaster]

Love Makes You Feel Ten Feet Tall (Demo Remix) [2015 Remaster]

Disc 5

Side A

Cool It Down (Early Version Remix) [2015 Remaster]

Sweet Jane (Early Version Remix) [2015 Remaster]

Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Early Version Remix) [2015 Remaster]

Head Held High (Early Version Remix) [2015 Remaster]

Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (Early Version Remix) [2015 Remaster]

Who Loves the Sun (Alternate Mix) [2015 Remaster]

Side B

Sweet Jane (Alternate Mix) [2015 Remaster]

Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Alternate Mix) [2015 Remaster]

Train Round the Bend (Alternate Mix) [2015 Remaster]

Cool It Down (Alternate Mix) [2015 Remaster]

Head Held High (Alternate Mix) [2015 Remaster]

Rock & Roll (Alternate Mix) [2015 Remaster]

Disc 6

Side A

I'm Waiting for the Man (Live at Max's Kansas City) [2015 Remaster]

White Light / White Heat (Live at Max's Kansas City) [2015 Remaster]

I'm Set Free (Live at Max's Kansas City) [2015 Remaster]

Sweet Jane (Live at Max's Kansas City) [2015 Remaster]

Side B

Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Live at Max's Kansas City) [2015 Remaster]

New Age (Live at Max's Kansas City) [2015 Remaster]

Beginning to See the Light (Live at Max's Kansas City) [2015 Remaster]

I'll Be Your Mirror (Live at Max's Kansas City) [2015 Remaster]

Disc 7

Side A

Pale Blue Eyes (Live at Max's Kansas City) [2015 Remaster

Candy Says (Live at Max's Kansas City) [2015 Remaster]

Sunday Morning (Live at Max's Kansas City) [2015 Remaster]

After Hours (Live at Max's Kansas City) [2015 Remaster]

Side B

Femme Fatale (Live at Max's Kansas City) [2015 Remaster]

Some Kinda Love (Live at Max's Kansas City) [2015 Remaster]

Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Version 2 Live at Max's Kansas City) [2015 Remaster]

Disc 8

Side A

I'm Waiting for the Man (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)

What Goes On (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)

Cool It Down (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9,1970)

Side B

Sweet Jane (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)

Rock & Roll (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)

Some Kinda Love (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)

Disc 9

Side A

Some Kinda Love (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)

Candy Says (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)

Head Held High (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)

Side B

Train Round the Bend (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)

Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, May 9, 1970)

7 Inch #1

Side A

Who Loves the Sun (Mono) [2015 Remaster Single]

Side B

Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (Mono) [2015 Remaster Single]

7 Inch #2

Side A

Rock & Roll (Mono)

Side B

Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Mono) [2015 Remaster]

7 Inch #3

Side A

Head Held High (2015 Remaster)

Side B

Train Round the Bend (2015 Remaster)

7 Inch #4 Side A

Sweet Jane

Side B

Rock & Roll

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