Peel Slowly and See

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Peel Slowly and See is a five-disc box set of material by The Velvet Underground. It was released in September, 1995 by Polydor.

About the album

The set includes all four Velvet Underground albums from the Lou-era line-up--with the third (the self-titled The Velvet Underground) being presented in the original "closet mix" (so called because it sounds slightly muffled, like it was playing from a closet). A number of other rarities are also included: demo recordings and live performances, some of which were bootlegged, some of which were never released.

Rolling Stone journalist David Fricke provided extensive liner notes in an accompanying book, which also pictured many Velvets memorabilia from the collection of guitarist Sterling Morrison.

Track listing

Disc One:

1. Venus in Furs (Demo) (15:33)
2. Prominent Men (Demo) (4:53)
3. Heroin (Demo) (13:34)
4. I'm Waiting for the Man (Demo) (9:50)
5. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (Demo) (15:50)
6. All Tomorrow's Parties (Demo) (18:26)

Disc Two:

1. All Tomorrow's Parties (Single version) (2:49)
2. Sunday Morning (2:54)
3. I'm Waiting for the Man (4:38)
4. Femme Fatale (2:37)
5. Venus in Furs (5:10)
6. Run Run Run (4:19)
7. All Tomorrow's Parties (5:58)
8. Heroin (7:10)
9. There She Goes Again (2:39)
10. I'll Be Your Mirror (2:12)
11. The Black Angel's Death Song (3:12)
12. European Son (7:47)
13. Melody Laughter (Live) (10:43)
14. It Was a Pleasure Then (8:02)
15. Chelsea Girls (7:24)

Disc Three:

1. There Is No Reason (Demo) (2:12)
2. A Sheltered Life (Demo) (2:52)
3. It's All Right (The Way That You Live) (Demo) (2:48)
4. I'm Not Too Sorry (Now That Your Gone) (Demo) (2:17)
5. Here She Comes Now (Demo) (2:46)
6. Guess I'm Falling in Love (Live) (4:10)
7. Booker T. (Live) (6:30)
8. White Light/White Heat (2:45)
9. The Gift (8:17)
10. Lady Godiva's Operation (4:54)
11. Here She Comes Now (2:02)
12. I Heard Her Call Me Name (4:46)
13. Sister Ray (17:27)
14. Stephanie Says (2:49)
15. Temptation Inside Your Heart (2:30)
16. Hey Mr. Rain (Version One) (4:40)

Disc Four:

1. What Goes On (Live) (5:34)
2. Candy Says (Closet Mix) (4:04)
3. What Goes On (Closet Mix) (4:35)
4. Some Kinda Love (Closet Mix) (3:39)
5. Pale Blue Eyes (Closet Mix) (5:42)
6. Jesus (Closet Mix) (3:24)
7. Beginning to See the Light (Closet Mix) (4:47)
8. I'm Set Free (Closet Mix) (4:04)
9. That's the Story of My Life (Closet Mix) (2:02)
10. The Murder Mystery (Closet Mix) (8:55)
11. After Hours (Closet Mix) (2:09)
12. Foggy Notion (6:47)
13. I Can't Stand It (3:22)
14. I'm Sticking with You (2:28)
15. One of These Days (4:00)
16. Lisa Says (2:57)
17. It's Just Too Much (Live) (2:59)
18. Countess from Hong Kong (Demo) (3:17)

Disc Five:

1. Who Loves the Sun (2:45)
2. Sweet Jane (Full-Length Version) (4:06)
3. Rock And Roll (4:43)
4. Cool It Down (3:04)
5. New Age (Full-Length Version) (5:07)
6. Head Held High (2:56)
7. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (2:43)
8. I Found a Reason (4:15)
9. Train Round the Bend (3:21)
10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (7:25)
11. Satellite of Love (2:58)
12. Walk and Talk It (2:23)
13. Oh Gin (2:44)
14. Sad Song (3:30)
15. Ocean (5:43)
16. Ride into the Sun (3:20)
17. Some Kinda Love (Live) (10:22)
18. I'll Be Your Mirror (live) (2:06)
19. I Love You (2:03)

People involved

• Lou Reed - voice, guitar, piano, harmonica
• John Cale - bass guitar, viola, keyboard instruments (Discs 1-3); lead vocal on "The Gift" and "Lady Godiva's Operation"
• Sterling Morrison - guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals, co-vocal on "The Murder Mystery"
• Maureen Tucker - percussion (Discs 1-4), lead vocal on "After Hours" and "I'm Sticking with You"
• Doug Yule - bass guitar, keyboards, guitars, drums (Disc 4-5); lead vocal on "Candy Says", "Who Loves the Sun", "New Age", "Lonesome Cowboy Bill", "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'", "Ride into the Sun" and "I'll Be Your Mirror" (live).
• Nico - lead vocal on "All tomorrow's parties" (both single and LP version), "Femme fatale", "I'll be your mirror", "Melody laughter", "It was a pleasure then" and "Chelsea girls" (all tracks from disc 2)

Produced by Andy Warhol, Tom Wilson, The Velvet Underground, Geoff Haslam/Shel Kagan/The Velvet Underground.

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