The Velvet Underground's first album gets deluxe reissue

One of rock's most influential debuts is getting the deluxe reissue treatment. The Velvet Underground & Nico will be appearing as a six-CD set on 1 October, with three CDs of alternate versions, demos and live recordings. In total, the set will feature 29 recordings that have never before had an official release.

The set will include nine tracks cut to acetate on 25 April 1966, including a nine-minute version of European Son, plus six tracks from rehearsals at Andy Warhol's Factory in January 1966, including Miss Joanie Lee, Walk Alone and a version of There She Goes Again with Nico. Two discs are dedicated to a live performance recorded in Columbus, Ohio, in November 1966, featuring two extended songs – Melody Laughter and The Nothing Song, both clocking in at around 28 minutes.

The Columbus set has been much bootlegged but never officially released. There had been hopes of an officially sanctioned live series following Polydor's release of the three-CD set The Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes in 2001, but disputes between the band and Polydor's parent company Universal put paid to any further albums in the series. The same disputes had also prevented Miss Joanie Lee appearing on a previous reissue of the first Velvet Underground album.

The full tracklisting is:

Disc one

The Velvet Underground & Nico (stereo version)

1. Sunday Morning

2. I'm Waiting for the Man

3. Femme Fatale

4. Venus in Furs

5. Run Run Run

6. All Tomorrow's Parties

7. Heroin

8. There She Goes Again

9. I'll Be Your Mirror

10. The Black Angel's Death Song

11. European Son

12 . All Tomorrow's Parties (alternate single voice version)

13. European Son (alternate version)

14. Heroin (alternate version)

15. All Tomorrow's Parties (alternate instrumental mix)

16. I'll Be Your Mirror (alternate mix)

Disc two

The Velvet Underground & Nico (mono version)

Tracks 1-11 as above

12. All Tomorrow's Parties (single version)

13. I'll Be Your Mirror (alternate ending)

14. Sunday Morning (alternate mix) 2.56

15. Femme Fatale

Disc Three

Nico: Chelsea Girl (1967 album)

1. The Fairest of the Seasons

2. These Days

3. Little Sister

4. Winter Song

5. It Was a Pleasure Then

6. Chelsea Girls

7. I'll Keep It With Mine

8. Somewhere There's a Feather

9. Wrap Your Trouble in Dreams

10. Eulogy to Lenny Bruce

Disc Four

Scepter Studio Sessions: Acetate cut on 25 April 1966

1. European Son

2. The Black Angel's Death Song

3. All Tomorrow's Parties

4. I'll Be Your Mirror

5. Heroin

6. Femme Fatale

7. Venus in Furs

8. Waiting for the Man

9. Run Run Run

The Factory Rehearsals, January 1966

10. Walk Alone

11. Cracking Up/Venus in Furs

12. Miss Joanie Lee

13. Heroin

14. There She Goes Again (with Nico)

15. There She Goes Again

Disc five

Live at Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus, Ohio

1. Melody Laughter

2. Femme Fatale

3. Venus in Furs

4. The Black Angel's Death Song

5. All Tomorrow's Parties

Disc six

Live at Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus, Ohio

1. Waiting for the Man

2. Heroin

3. Run Run Run

4. The Nothing Song