Exclusive release for Record Store Day 2011. 1,000 pressed. Issued in a picture sleeve with a plain white die-cut inner.
Recorded at Record Plant Studios, New York City.
Mixed at Mediasound, New York City, June 1984.
℗ 2011. Manufactured by Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings Inc., Santa Monica, CA 90404. B0015408-21
"Between May and October 1969, the Velvet Underground - Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, Moe Tucker and Doug Yule - recorded fourteen songs at the Record Plant in New York City for what would have been the band's fourth album for MGM/Verve Records. But when the Velvets left the label soon after, the recordings were shelved, and would not be heard by the public for a decade and a half. These songs, from those long-lost sessions, capture the Velvet Underground at a fascinating transitional point between the understated intimacy of their self-titled third album and the focused melodic rock of their next release, Loaded."
Side A: Recorded May 6, 1969
Side B: Recorded May 20, 1969