The Velvet Underground

Nico ♦ John Cale

Gotta Start Somewhere...

The Primitives

The Ostrich / Sneaky Pete Phillips-Reed-Sims-Vance (2:25) / Phillips-Reed-Sims-Vance (2:15) Pickwick City PC-9001, 1/65 Group featured Lou

Nico

I'm Not Sayin' / The Last Mile Lighfoot (2:45) / Oldham-Page (2:31) Immediate 003, 8/65 [UK] Jimmy Page arranged and played guitar on this single

Note: Andy Warhol was a major influence on (and in) The Velvet Underground during the early years.
Check the bottom of this page to find a link to a video of Andy Warhol's Exploding Plastic Inevitable.
 

All Tomorrow's Parties³ / I'll Be Your Mirror Reed (2:55) / Reed (2:16) Verve VK-10427, 7/66

Early Velvets recording on The East Village Other ESP album, 9/66

Sunday Morning / Femme Fatale Reed (2:51) / Reed (2:35) Verve VK-10466, 12/66

	& Nico
	Verve V6-5008
	3/12/67 BB RS500 [UK: 10/67]
	Back Cover (Original version) Original back cover with Eric Emerson torso - lawsuit threatened  Back Cover (Sticker version) MGM pulled the record, slapped a black sticker on it  Back Cover (Airbrushed version) Then, re-released with torso airbrushed out  Inside Cover   Peel That Banana!   UK Back Cover Front cover was "airbrushed" version of US back cover

Side One
Sunday Morning	Reed	2:53
I'm Waiting For The Man	Reed	4:37
Femme Fatale	Reed	2:35
Venus In Furs	Reed	5:07
Run Run Run	Reed	4:18
All Tomorrow's Parties	Reed	5:55
Side Two
Heroin	Reed	7:05
There She Goes Again	Reed	2:36
I'll Be Your Mirror	Reed	2:07
The Black Angel's Death Song	Cale-Reed	3:10
European Son To Delmore Schwartz	Cale-Morrison-Reed-Tucker	7:44

Note: Read more about artwork controversy @ wiki
 

	Chelsea Girl
	Verve V6-5032
	10/67 [UK: 9/71]
	Back Cover

Side One
The Fairest Of The Seasons†	Browne-Copland	4:06
These Days†	Browne	3:30
Little Sister	Cale-Reed	4:22
Winter Song	Cale-Reed	3:17
It Was A Pleasure Then	Cale-Nico-Reed	8:02
Side Two
Chelsea Girls	Morrison-Reed	7:22
I'll Keep It With Mine†	Dylan	3:17
Somewhere There's A Feather†	Browne	2:16
Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams†	Cale-Reed	5:07
Eulogy To Lenny Bruce	Hardin	3:45

Note: Young (and in love) Jackson would become quite the star in a few years.
 

White Light/White Heat / Here She Comes Now Reed (2:44) / Cale-Morrison-Reed-Tucker (2:00) Verve VK-10560, 12/67

	White Light/White Heat
	Verve V6-5046
	1/30/68 BB RS500 [UK: 6/68]
	Back Cover   UK 71 Reissue Cover

Side One
White Light/White Heat	Reed	2:44
The Gift	Cale-Morrison-Reed-Tucker	8:14
Lady Godiva's Operation	Reed	4:52
Here She Comes Now	Cale-Morrison-Reed-Tucker	2:00
Side Two
I Heard Her Call My Name	Reed	4:05
Sister Ray	Cale-Morrison-Reed-Tucker	17:00

Note: Early releases misprint: There She Goes Now
Hard to see here, but there's a skull on the front cover—read more @ wiki
 

John Cale to solo career

	The Marble Index
	Elektra EKS-74029
	9/68 [UK: 7/69]
	Back Cover

Side One
Prelude	Nico	:50
Lawns Of Dawns	Nico	3:12
No One Is There	Nico	3:36
Ari's Song†	Nico	3:20
Facing The Wind	Nico	4:52
Side Two
Julius Caesar (Memento Hodie)	Nico	4:57
Frozen Warnings	Nico	4:00
Evening Of Light	Nico	5:33

	Velvet Underground
	MGM SE-4617
	4/69 RS500 [UK: 4/69]
	Back Cover   UK Back Cover Horizontal split instead of vertical

Side One
Candy Says	Reed	4:02
What Goes On	Reed	4:52
Some Kinda Love	Reed	4:00
Pale Blue Eyes	Reed	5:38
Jesus	Reed	3:22
Side Two
Beginning To See The Light	Reed	4:38
I'm Set Free	Reed	4:01
That's The Story Of My Life	Reed	1:56
The Murder Mystery	Reed	8:53
After Hours	Reed	2:07

What Goes On³ / Jesus Reed (2:40) / Reed (2:55) MGM K-14057, 5/69 B-side listed as 2:55, is actually album length (3:22)

Toronto Pop Festival(6/21/69)

	Vintage Violence
	Columbia CS-1037
	3/25/70 [UK: 3/71]
	Back Cover

Side One
Hello There	Cale	2:48
Gideon's Bible	Cale	3:24
Adelaide	Cale	2:23
Big White Cloud	Cale	3:33
Cleo	Cale	2:36
Please	Cale	4:20
Side Two
Charlemagne	Cale	5:03
Bring It On Up	Cale	2:26
Amsterdam	Cale	3:13
Ghost Story	Cale	3:48
Fairweather Friend	Jeffreys	2:34

Lou Reed quits after recording Loaded to persue solo career. Velvets carry on til 73.

Cleo / Fairweather Friend Cale (2:38) / Jeffreys (2:45) Columbia 4-45154, 10/70

Big White Cloud / Gideon's Bible Cale (3:31) / Cale (3:19) Columbia 4-45266, 11/70

	Loaded
	Cotillion SD-9034
	11/70 RS500 [UK: 4/71]
	Back Cover

Side One
Who Loves The Sun†	Reed	2:50
Sweet Jane	Morrison-Reed-Yule	3:55
Rock & Roll	Morrison-Reed-Yule	4:47
Cool It Down	Morrison-Reed-Yule	3:05
New Age†	Morrison-Reed-Yule	5:20
Side Two
Head Held High	Morrison-Reed-Yule	2:52
Lonesome Cowboy Bill†	Morrison-Reed-Yule	2:48
I Found A Reason	Morrison-Reed-Yule	4:15
Train Round The Bend	Morrison-Reed-Yule	3:20
Oh! Sweet Nuthin'†	Morrison-Reed-Yule	7:23

	Desertshore
	Reprise RS-6424
	12/70 [UK: 1/71]
	Back Cover

Side One
Janitor Of Lunacy	Nico	4:01
The Falconer	Nico	5:39
My Only Child	Nico	3:27
Le Petit Chevalier	Nico	1:12
Side Two
Abscheid	Nico	3:02
Afraid	Nico	3:27
Mutterlein	Nico	4:38
All That Is My Own	Nico	3:54

Note: Abschied and Mütterlein and cover photographs are from the film "La Cicatrice Interieure", directed by Philippe Garrel
 

	John Cale & Terry Riley Church Of Anthrax
	Columbia C-30131
	2/71 [UK: 4/71]
	Back Cover

Side One
Church Of Antrax	Cale-Riley	9:00
The Hall Of Mirrors In The Palace At Versailles	Cale-Riley	7:55
Side Two
The Soul Of Patrick Lee	Cale	2:47
Ides Of March	Cale-Riley	11:03
The Protege	Cale-Riley	2:47

Who Loves The Sun / Oh! Sweet Nuthin' Reed (2:50) / Morrison-Reed-Yule (7:23) Cotillion 44107, 3/71

10/5/71: Palais Dance Hall, Polytechnic, Leicester, England Willie Alexander led version—only Moe left from core group

	Live At Max's Kansas City
	Cotillion SD-9500
	5/30/72 [UK: 8/72]
	Back Cover

Side One
I'm Waiting For The Man	Reed	4:00
Sweet Jane	Reed	4:52
Lonesome Cowboy Bill	Reed	3:41
Beginning To See The Light	Reed	5:00
Side Two
I'll Be Your Mirror	Reed	1:55
Pale Blue Eyes	Reed	5:38
Sunday Morning	Cale-Reed	2:43
New Age	Reed	5:58
Femme Fatale	Reed	2:29
After Hours	Reed	2:05

Note: Recorded August 23, 1970. A CD released in 2004 doubled the content.