Velvet Underground releasing 8xLP box set, The Complete Matrix Tapes

Live recordings from an abandoned pizza parlour.

Velvet Underground are releasing a 8xLP box set, The Complete Matrix Tapes, coming 12th July via Polydor/UMe.

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Velvet Underground – The Complete Matrix Tapes captures highlights from two evenings of the group’s 18-night 1969 residency at the fabled San Francisco club Matrix, set-up in 1964 in an abandoned pizza parlour.

The shows were recorded between the release of the groups’ third, self-titled Velvet Underground album earlier that year and the creation of Loaded the following spring.

Initially only available as a CD box set, the record makes its vinyl debut as a limited edition, 8xLP, 43-track box set. Coming 12th July via Polydor/UMe

Head here for more info and check out the tracklist bellow.

Tracklist:
LP 1:
Side A
1. I’m Waiting For The Man (Version 1)
2. What Goes On (Version 1)

Side B
3. Some Kinda Love (Version 1)
4. Heroin (Version 1)

LP 2:
Side A
1. The Black Angel’s Death Song
2. Venus In Furs (Version 1)
3. There She Goes Again (Version 1)
4. We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 1)
5. Over You (Version 1)

Side B
6. Sweet Jane (Version 1)
7. Pale Blue Eyes
8. After Hours (Version 1)

LP 3:
Side A
1. I’m Waiting For The Man (Version 2)
2. Venus In Furs (Version 2)
3. Some Kinda Love (Version 2)
4. Over You (Version 2)

Side B
5. I Can’t Stand It (Version 1)
6. There She Goes Again (Version 2)
7. After Hours (Version 2)

LP 4:
Side A
1. We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 2)
2. Sweet Bonnie Brown (It’s Just Too Much)
3. Heroin (Version 2)

Side B
4. White Light/White Heat (Version 1)
5. I’m Set Free

LP 5:
Side A
1. We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 3)
2. Some Kinda Love (Version 3)
3. There She Goes Again (Version 3)

Side B
4. Heroin (Version 3)
5. Ocean

LP 6:
Side A
1. Sister Ray Part 1

Side B
2. Sister Ray Part 2

LP 7:
Side A
1. I’m Waiting For The Man (Version 3)
2. What Goes On (Version 2)
3. Some Kinda Love (Version 4)

Side B
4. We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 4)
5. Beginning To See The Light
6. Lisa Says
7. New Age

LP 8:
Side A
1. Rock & Roll
2. I Can’t Stand It Anymore (Version 2)

Side B
3. Heroin (Version 4)
4. White Light/White Heat (Version 2)
5. Sweet Jane  (Version 2)