The Velvet Underground
The Complete Matrix Tapes (8-LP Deluxe Box Set)
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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. Over the course of their residency, which began November 11th, the club’s four-track recorder was rolling through much of it capturing the highlights of two nights – November 26 and November 27, Thanksgiving.
Originally release as a LP box set, The Velvet Underground – The Complete Matrix Tapes makes its vinyl debut as a limited edition, eight-LP, 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.
Release notes
Includes 8 page booklet. All runouts stamped.
| Set One | |||
| A1 | I'm Waiting For The Man (Version 1) | 13:07 | |
| A2 | What Goes On (Version 1) | 8:53 | |
| B1 | Some Kinda Love (Version 1) | 4:58 | |
| B2 | Heroin (Version 1) | 8:07 | |
| C1 | The Black Angel's Death Song | 6:20 | |
| C2 | Venus In Furs (Version 1) | 4:38 | |
| C3 | There She Goes Again (Version 1) | 3:13 | |
| C4 | We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 1) | 3:20 | |
| C5 | Over You (Version 1) | 2:24 | |
| D1 | Sweet Jane (Version 1) | 5:12 | |
| D2 | Pale Blue Eyes | 6:05 | |
| D3 | After Hours (Version 1) | 2:58 | |
| Set Two | |||
| E1 | I'm Waiting For The Man (Version 2) | 6:33 | |
| E2 | Venus In Furs (Version 2) | 5:11 | |
| E3 | Some Kinda Love (Version 2) | 4:04 | |
| E4 | Over You (Version 2) | 3:02 | |
| F1 | I Can't Stand It (Version 1) | 7:54 | |
| F2 | There She Goes Again (Version 2) | 2:50 | |
| F3 | After Hours (Version 2) | 2:30 | |
| G1 | We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 2) | 3:40 | |
| G2 | Sweet Bonnie Brown / Too Much | 7:50 | |
| G3 | Heroin (Version 2) | 10:05 | |
| H1 | White Light / White Heat (Version 1) | 9:27 | |
| H2 | I'm Set Free | 4:48 | |
| Set Three | |||
| I1 | We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 3) | 3:15 | |
| I2 | Some Kinda Love (Version 3) | 4:38 | |
| I3 | There She Goes Again (Version 3) | 2:59 | |
| J1 | Heroin (Version 3) | 8:28 | |
| J2 | Ocean | 10:59 | |
| K | Sister Ray (Part 1) | 19:40 | |
| L | Sister Ray (Part 2) | 17:34 | |
| Set Four | |||
| M1 | I'm Waiting For The Man (Version 3) | 5:31 | |
| M2 | What Goes On (Version 2) | 4:31 | |
| M3 | Some Kinda Love (Version 4) | 4:03 | |
| N1 | We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 4) | 3:24 | |
| N2 | Beginning To See The Light | 5:30 | |
| N3 | Lisa Says | 6:00 | |
| N4 | New Age | 6:28 | |
| O1 | Rock & Roll | 6:54 | |
| O2 | I Can't Stand It (Version 2) | 6:52 | |
| P1 | Heroin (Version 4) | 8:18 | |
| P2 | White Light / White Heat (Version 2) | 8:43 | |
| P3 | Sweet Jane (Version 2) | 4:20 | |
- Jaime Feldman
- A&R [UMe], Coordinator [Project Coordinator]
- Vartan
- Art Direction
- Doug Yule
- Bass, Organ, Backing Vocals
- Bill Levenson
- Compilation Producer
- Meire Murakami
- Design
- Sterling Morrison
- Guitar, Backing Vocals
- David Fricke
- Liner Notes [Essay, Rolling Stone June, 2015]
- Kevin Reeves
- Mastered By
- Tardon
- Mixed By
- Maureen Tucker
- Percussion
- Dan Rose
- Product Manager
- Monique McGuffin Newman
- Production Manager
- Peter Abram
- Recorded By
- Sal Mercuri
- Research [Archivist], Production Manager [Production Assistance]
- Alfredo Garcia
- Research [Photo Research Assistance]
- Lau Buur Nielsen
- Research [Photo Research Assistance]
- Oliver Landemaine
- Research [Photo Research Assistance]
- Lou Reed
- Vocals, Guitar
