The Velvet Underground: White Light / White Heat Super Deluxe

For the second year in a row, a Velvet Underground Super Deluxe Edition will be available for purchase in the run up to Christmas.

In 2012 we had 1967’s The Velvet Underground & Nico (a six CD set) and this year the 1968 follow-up White Light / White Heat will be available as a three-disc deluxe package.

Although this new set can’t match the breadth of material on offer last year, the White Light/White Heat 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition will still offer ten previously unreleased tracks, amongst the thirty that are on offer. One of the highlights will be the band’s complete show at The Gymnasium in New York, recorded on April 30, 1967, which includes five previously unreleased performances culled from John Cale’s personal copy.

The hard bound book was a particular highlight last year, and the shape and size look to have been repeated for the White Light / White Heat Super Deluxe. Within the pages will be plenty of the rare photos, pictures of memorabilia and a David Fricke Essay/interview with John Cale and Lou Reed from 2013. This edition was developed in conjunction with Lou Reed and John Cale.

• • UK Pre-order: White Light / White Heat – Super Deluxe Edition
• • USA Pre-order: White Light/White Heat – Super Deluxe Edition
• • GERMANY Order: White Light / White Heat  (Super Deluxe Edition)
• • FRANCE Order: White Light / White Heat (Super Deluxe Edition)

Track listing:

Disc: 1

• 1. WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT (STEREO VERSION)
• 2. THE GIFT (STEREO VERSION)
• 3. LADY GODIVA’S OPERATION (STEREO VERSION)
• 4. HERE SHE COMES NOW (STEREO VERSION)
• 5. I HEARD HER CALL MY NAME (STEREO VERSION)
• 6. SISTER RAY (STEREO VERSION)
• 7. I HEARD HER CALL MY NAME (STEREO VERSION)(ALTERNATE TAKE)
• 8. GUESS I’M FALLING IN LOVE (STEREO VERSION)(INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
• 9. TEMPTATION INSIDE YOUR HEART (STEREO VERSION)(ORIGINAL MIX)
• 10. STEPHANIE SAYS (STEREO VERSION)(ORIGINAL MIX)
• 11. HEY MR. RAIN (STEREO VERSION)(VERSION ONE)(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
• 12. HEY MR. RAIN (STEREO VERSION) (VERSION TWO)(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
• 13. BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT (STEREO VERSION)(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED EARLY VERSION)

Disc: 2

• 1. WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT (MONO VERSION)
• 2. THE GIFT (MONO VERSION)
• 3. LADY GODIVA’S OPERATION (MONO VERSION)
• 4. HERE SHE COMES NOW (MONO VERSION)
• 5. I HEARD HER CALL MY NAME (MONO VERSION)
• 6. SISTER RAY (MONO VERSION)
• 7. WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT (MONO VERSION)(MONO SINGLE MIX)
• 8. HERE SHE COMES NOW (MONO VERSION)(MONO SINGLE MIX)
• 9. THE GIFT (MONO VERSION)(VOCAL VERSION)(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
• 10. THE GIFT (MONO VERSION)(INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)

Disc: 3

• 1. BOOKER T. (LIVE AT THE GYMNASIUM, NEW YORK CITY, APRIL 30, 1967)
• 2. I’M NOT A YOUNG MAN (LIVE AT THE GYMNASIUM, NEW YORK CITY, APRIL 30, 1967)(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
• 3. ANYMORE (LIVE AT THE GYMNASIUM, NEW YORK CITY, APRIL 30, 1967)
• 4. GUESS I’M FALLING IN LOVE (LIVE AT THE GYMNASIUM, NEW YORK CITY, APRIL 30, 1967)
• 5. I’M WAITING FOR THE MAN (LIVE AT THE GYMNASIUM, NEW YORK CITY, APRIL 30, 1967)(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
• 6. RUN RUN RUN (LIVE AT THE GYMNASIUM, NEW YORK CITY, APRIL 30, 1967)(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
• 7. SISTER RAY (LIVE AT THE GYMNASIUM, NEW YORK CITY, APRIL 30, 1967)(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)
• 8. THE GIFT (LIVE AT THE GYMNASIUM, NEW YORK CITY, APRIL 30, 1967)(PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED)