Gold (2005)

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Product Summary UPC: 00602498806043 Release Date: 6/14/2005 Buy.com Sku: 63981531 Item#: M2DEMT Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. I'm Waiting For The Man ~ The Velvet Underground 2. Femme Fatale ~ The Velvet Underground 3. Venus In Furs ~ The Velvet Underground 4. Run Run Run ~ The Velvet Underground 5. All Tomorrow's Parties ~ The Velvet Underground 6. Heroin ~ The Velvet Underground 7. There She Goes Again ~ The Velvet Underground 8. I'll Be Your Mirror ~ The Velvet Underground 9. Sunday Morning ~ The Velvet Underground 10. Chelsea Girls - (with Nico) ~ The Velvet Underground 11. It Was A Pleasure Then - (with Nico) ~ The Velvet Underground 12. White Light/White Heat ~ The Velvet Underground 13. I Heard Her Call My Name ~ The Velvet Underground 14. Sister Ray ~ The Velvet Underground Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Temptation Inside My Heart ~ The Velvet Underground 2. Stephanie Says ~ The Velvet Underground 3. Hey Mr. Rain - (version one) ~ The Velvet Underground 4. Candy Says ~ The Velvet Underground 5. What Goes On ~ The Velvet Underground 6. Some Kinda Love ~ The Velvet Underground 7. Pale Blue Eyes ~ The Velvet Underground 8. Beginning To See The Light ~ The Velvet Underground 9. Foggy Notion ~ The Velvet Underground 10. I Can't Stand It ~ The Velvet Underground 11. One Of These Days ~ The Velvet Underground 12. Lisa Says ~ The Velvet Underground 13. New Age - (Live) ~ The Velvet Underground 14. Rock and Roll - (Live) ~ The Velvet Underground 15. Ocean - (Live) ~ The Velvet Underground 16. Sweet Jane - (Live) ~ The Velvet Underground (P) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. (C) 2005 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info The Velvet Underground: Nico (vocals); Doug Yule (bass violin, bass guitar); John Cale (viola); Maureen Tucker (drums); Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison. Personnel: Lou Reed (vocals, guitar, electric guitar, piano, background vocals); Sterling Morrison (vocals, guitar, bass guitar, background vocals); John Cale (vocals, electric viola, piano, celesta, organ, bass guitar, background vocals); Doug Yule (vocals, piano, organ, background vocals); Maureen Tucker (percussion). Audio Mixer: Gary Kellgren. Audio Remixers: Tom Wilson; David Greene; Gene Radice. Liner Note Author: Scott Schinder. Recording information: A&R Studios, New York, NY (04/1966-10/1969); Mayfair Sound Studios, NY (04/1966-10/1969); Record Plant Studios, NY (04/1966-10/1969); Sceptor Studios, New York, NY (04/1966-10/1969); Sigma Sound Studios, NY (04/1966-10/1969); T.T.G. Studios, Hollywood, CA (04/1966-10/1969); The End Of Cole Ave., Dallas, TX (04/1966-10/1969); The Matrix, San Francisco, CA (04/1966-10/1969). Editors: Tom Wilson; David Greene; Gene Radice. Photographer: Billy Name. Arrangers: Larry Fallon; The Velvet Underground. At this point in music history, it's become a given that the Velvet Underground were one of the most important and innovative rock bands of their era, and that the four albums they released during their lifespan rank with the most challenging and satisfying work in the rock canon. For beginners and dabblers, though, this invites the question of where to start exploring the group's catalog, an especially vexing question since each of the Velvets' albums has a very distinct musical personality, from the approachable and upbeat surfaces of Loaded to the all-out assault of White Light/White Heat. While Gold, an installment in Universal's ongoing series of "best-of" albums, was doubtless intended as "the Velvet Underground's Greatest Hits Writ Large" (an ironic approach, since the group never had anything even approaching a hit when they were around), it's also one of the best introductions to the group's repertoire that's been released to date. Universal opted not to license any material from Loaded (the VU's final album, released by the Atlantic offshoot Cotillion) for this collection, but short of that, Gold offers a healthy overview of their first three albums, and doesn't shy away from the band's more abrasive material (including all 17 howling minutes of "Sister Ray" from White Light/White Heat). Some of the Loaded-era music is represented by live performances from the epochal 1969: Velvet Underground Live set, the key tracks from the so-called "lost album" (previously unearthed on the historical anthology VU) are present and accounted for, previously unheard versions of John Cale's last session with the group appear here for the first time, and Lou Reed's and Sterling Morrison's contributions to Nico's Chelsea Girl can also be found. The mastering is crisp and well detailed, and the booklet includes a handful of rare photos along with a well-considered history of the group by Scott Schinder. Anyone with a serious music library really ought to have the four original albums in total, and anyone planning a significant commitment to his Velvet Underground collection ought to simply pick up the outstanding box set Peel Slowly and See, which is all the VU most folks will ever need and then some. But if the Velvet Underground are one of those bands you've always heard about but never listened to, Gold offers a splendid road map to their brilliant and diverse demimonde, and offers more than two and a half hours of evidence why their music still matters so much. ~ Mark Deming Each of the Velvet Underground's four studio albums is so essential that the idea of distilling "their best" into any kind of compressed form is absurd. This is all the more reason to be impressed by the two-disc GOLD, a superbly compiled representation of the seminal band's revolutionary music. With nine tracks from their landmark debut album, essentials from WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT and their third album, cherry-picked gems from VU (a collection of unreleased sessions) and the 1969 live album, and two VU-assisted tracks from Nico's CHELSEA GIRL, GOLD is as close to comprehensive as such sets get. One major omission is the complete lack of material (the result of a licensing issue) from LOADED, the band's final release. Still, key tracks from LOADED ("Rock and Roll;" "Sweet Jane") are culled from the live album. Also, fans may find many favorites missing--"I'm Set Free," "After Hours" and "Who Loves the Sun" are conspicuously absent. Even so, GOLD does a remarkable job encompassing the Velvets' wildly eclectic aesthetic, touching on their most lyrical and accessible work ("Pale Blue Eyes") and their most experimental (the 17-minute-plus "Sister Ray"). Sequenced chronologically, remastered with precision and care, and including a booklet packed with photos and authoritative notes, GOLD is the perfect introduction to the band that should need none. Producer: Andy Warhol; Tom Wilson; The Velvet Underground; Andy Warhol; Tom Wilson; Bill Levenson (Compilation) Engineer: Omi Haden; Gary Kellgren; John Licata; Norman Dolph   Compilation Appearances Rolling Stone Women In Rock Slc Punk High Fidelity Royal Tenenbaums (Collector's Edition) (Bonus Tracks) Morvern Callar Record Live: solid Steel Presents XXX: Music From HBO's Thinking XXX (Explicit Version) Ny Rocks Guitar Rock 0902 Greetings From The East Coast Control (ost) Late Night Tales Juno Punk 1977/2007 Juno:music From The Motion Picture(os Atlantic Records: Time Capsule (Limited Edition) Away We Go (Ost) Bandslam Benassi 54   Associated Artists and Works Bettie Serveert Reed, Lou The String Quartet Tribute to the Velvet Undergrou ~ Various Artists   Technical Info Release Date : 06/14/2005 Original Release Date : 2005 Catalog ID : 000437302 Label : Polydor (USA) Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Mixed Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602498806043    Product Image