The Velvet Underground have announced the release of a limited vinyl edition of The Matrix Tapes on July 12th. The collection was captured on a tape deck during The VU's 18 date residency at The Matrix in San Francisco in November 1969. The eight LP, 43 track box set features recordings that have been mixed down directly from the original in-house multi-tracks and will be the first time all the available tapes will be released on vinyl (CD + digital format was released previously in 2015).
Head here to pre-order and view the tracklisting for the boxset below.
LP #1
Side 1
I'm Waiting For The Man (Version 1)
What Goes On (Version 1)
Side 2
Some Kinda Love (Version 1)
Heroin (Version 1)
LP #2
Side 1
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 2
Sweet Jane (Version 1)
Pale Blue Eyes
After Hours (Version 1)
LP #3
Side 1
I'm Waiting For The Man (Version 2)
Venus In Furs (Version 2)
Some Kinda Love (Version 2)
Over You (Version 2)
Side 2
I Can't Stand It (Version 1)
There She Goes Again (Version 2)
After Hours (Version 2)
LP #4
Side 1
We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 2)
Sweet Bonnie Brown (It's Just Too Much)
Heroin (Version 2)
Side 2
White Light/White Heat (Version 1)
I'm Set Free
LP #5
Side 1
We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 3)
Some Kinda Love (Version 3)
There She Goes Again (Version 3)
Side 2
Heroin (Version 3)
Ocean
LP #6
Side 1
Sister Ray Part 1
Side 2
Sister Ray Part 2
LP #7
Side 1
I'm Waiting For The Man (Version 3)
What Goes On (Version 2)
Some Kinda Love (Version 4)
Side 2
We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 4)
Beginning To See The Light
Lisa Says
New Age
LP #8
Side 1
Rock & Roll
I Can't Stand It Anymore (Version 2)
Side 2
Heroin (Version 4)
White Light/White Heat (Version 2)
Sweet Jane (Version 2)
Published June 30th, 2019