Artist:  The Velvet Underground

Title:  ...& Nico

Date:  1966

Label:  Verve Records   VG-5008

Cover Design:  Lacy R. Lehman

Color Show Photo by:  Hugo

Portraits by:  Paul Morrissey

Cover Painting by:  Andy Warhol 

Notes:  Of course this is a re-issue of the original album that launched a million bands. Warhol and his merry band of musical terrorist held many an audience captive to their blend of music, theater and musical abuse only to have the very same audience give them and their art high praise. Fear or true understanding we'll never know, but here's where uncle Lou got on the bus he's still traveling today. Surrounded by talent much the same level as him own Lou created some of the very songs he still performs to this day.And Cale himself went on to a long legacy of recording and production. Love it or hate it you've got to at least acknowledge it. The cover art by Warhol originally hace a banaba that could be peeled and it's production delayed the release date for a bit. File under H for Historical Icon.

Line Up:

Lou Reed: lead guitar, ostrich guitar, vocal
John Cale: electric viola, piano, bass guitar
Sterling Morrison: rhythm guitar, bass guitar
Maureen Tucker: percussion
Nico: chanteuse

Track Listing

Side 1

Sunday Morning
I'm Waiting for the Man
Femme Fatale
Venus in Furs
Run Run Run
All Tomorrow's Parties

Side 2

Heroin
There She Goes Again
I'll Be Your Mirror
The Black Angel Death Song
European Son