The Velvet Underground / The Complete Matrix Tapes / 4CD set

Polydor/Universal are set to release The Complete Matrix Tapes this November, an extensive 4CD document of The Velvet Underground live in San Francisco in late 1969.

The Matrix in San Francisco is where The Velvet Underground performed live in November 1969 and some of these recordings were used on the official 1974 release 1969: The Velvet Underground Live.

It is thought that around four hours of unissued material from their performances at The Matrix exist on four-track tape, including songs that didn’t make it to the official releases (a CD set was issued in 1988) including There She Goes Again, Venus in Furs and The Black Angel’s Death Song. With this CD box set much of this material is finally seeing an official release.

Track listings can be viewed below, for this 4CD set – as the image above shows, each CD is titled ‘Set One’, ‘Set Two’, ‘Set Three’… etc.

The Complete Matrix Tapes is released on 30 October 2015, exactly the same day as the Loaded 45th anniversary super deluxe edition.

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The Matrix Tapes – The Velvet Underground

CD1 – Set One:

01 I’m Waiting For The Man (Version 1) (14:06)
02 What Goes On (Version 1) (8:58)
03 Some Kinda Love (Version 1) (4:59)
04 Heroin (Version 1) (8:13)
05 The Black Angel’s Death Song (6:20)
06 Venus In Furs (Version 1) (4:38)
07 There She Goes Again (Version 1) (3:08)
08 We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 1) (3:16)
09 Over You (Version 1) (2:24)
10 Sweet Jane (Version 1) (5:12)
11 Pale Blue Eyes (6:08)
12 After Hours (Version 1) (2:58)

CD2 – Set Two:

01 I’m Waiting For The Man (Version 2)
02 Venus In Furs (Version 2) (5:16)
03 I Can’t Stand It (Version 1) (7:54)
04 There She Goes Again (Version 2) (2:54)
05 Some Kinda Love (Version 2) (4:12)
06 Over You (Version 2) (3:07)
07 After Hours (Version 2) (2:37)
08 We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 2) (3:42)
09 Sweet Bonnie Brown/Too Much (7:54)
10 Heroin (Version 2) (10:08)
11 White Light/White Heat (Version 1) (9:30)
12 I’m Set Free (4.48)

CD3 – Set Three:

01 We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 3) (3:18)
02 Some Kinda Love (Version 3) (4:40)
03 There She Goes Again (Version 3) (3:02)
04 Heroin (Version 3) (8:34)
05 Ocean (11:03)
06 Sister Ray (37.08)

CD4 – Set Four

01 I’m Waiting For The Man (Version 3) (5:31)
02 What Goes On (Version 2) (4:34)
03 Some Kinda Love (Version 4) (4:46)
04 We’re Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 4) (3:26)
05 Beginning To See The Light (5:42)
06 Lisa Says (6:05)
07 New Age (6:41)
08 Rock And Roll (6.58)
09 I Can’t Stand It (Version 2) (6:54)
10 Heroin (Version 4) (8:18)
11 White Light /White Heat (Version 2) (8:45)
12 Sweet Jane (Version 2) (4:20)