The band's appearance represents one of the rare occasions on which the Velvet Underground was professionally recorded in a live setting, and while several of the performances in this set have been released in various fashions and configurations before (in particular, on the album 1969: The Velvet Underground Live and the 45th anniversary reissue of The Velvet Underground, as well as via much lower-quality audience recordings in Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes), it is the first time all of them have been collected together. Additionally, this represents the first time much of this material has been presented in a CD version sourced directly from the original tapes, which had been considered lost for decades, and nine tracks from this collection had previously been completely unreleased in any configuration.
Two of the songs from these performances, "Over You" and "Sweet Bonnie Brown/It's Too Much", have never been released as studio recordings by the band, and it is not known whether the band ever recorded them in the studio. Songs such as "Sweet Jane" and "New Age" feature significantly different or expanded lyrics from their eventual studio counterparts (which would both be released in 1970 on Loaded), while others such as "Sister Ray" and "White Light/White Heat" are substantially longer than their studio versions.
The album – which received a Metacritic score of 86 based on 13 reviews (indicating "universal acclaim") – was widely praised both for its sound quality and for the power of its performances.[6][10][2]
Track listing
All songs written by Lou Reed, except where noted.
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The Complete Matrix Tapes is a live album by the New York City based experimental rock band the Velvet Underground released on November 20 2015 It features unexpurgated recordings of the band s two night stint on November 26 and 27 1969 at San Francisco club The Matrix owned and operated by Jefferson Airplane s Marty Balin The Complete Matrix TapesLive album by the Velvet UndergroundReleasedNovember 20 2015 2015 11 20 RecordedNovember 26 27 1969VenueThe Matrix San FranciscoGenreArt rock proto punk pop rock experimental rockLength285 00LanguageEnglishLabelPolydor UniversalThe Velvet Underground chronologyBootleg Series Volume 1 The Quine Tapes 2001 The Complete Matrix Tapes 2015 Contents 1 Background 2 Reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 4 1 Additional credits 5 ReferencesBackground EditThe band s appearance represents one of the rare occasions on which the Velvet Underground was professionally recorded in a live setting and while several of the performances in this set have been released in various fashions and configurations before in particular on the album 1969 The Velvet Underground Live and the 45th anniversary reissue of The Velvet Underground as well as via much lower quality audience recordings in Bootleg Series Volume 1 The Quine Tapes it is the first time all of them have been collected together Additionally this represents the first time much of this material has been presented in a CD version sourced directly from the original tapes which had been considered lost for decades and nine tracks from this collection had previously been completely unreleased in any configuration Two of the songs from these performances Over You and Sweet Bonnie Brown It s Too Much have never been released as studio recordings by the band and it is not known whether the band ever recorded them in the studio Songs such as Sweet Jane and New Age feature significantly different or expanded lyrics from their eventual studio counterparts which would both be released in 1970 on Loaded while others such as Sister Ray and White Light White Heat are substantially longer than their studio versions Reception EditProfessional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRatingMetacritic86 100 1 Review scoresSourceRatingAllmusic 2 The Austin Chronicle 3 Classic Rock 4 The Guardian 5 Pitchfork8 5 10 6 Q 7 Record Collector 8 Robert ChristgauA 9 Rolling Stone 10 Uncut 11 The album which received a Metacritic score of 86 based on 13 reviews indicating universal acclaim was widely praised both for its sound quality and for the power of its performances 6 10 2 Track listing EditAll songs written by Lou Reed except where noted Disc 1 Set One No TitleWriter s Length1 I m Waiting for the Man 13 072 What Goes On 8 533 Some Kinda Love 4 584 Heroin 8 075 The Black Angel s Death Song John Cale Reed6 196 Venus in Furs 4 377 There She Goes Again 3 138 We re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together 3 209 Over You 2 2310 Sweet Jane 5 1111 Pale Blue Eyes 6 0512 After Hours 2 56 Disc 2 Set Two No TitleLength1 I m Waiting for the Man 6 332 Venus in Furs 5 113 Some Kinda Love 4 044 Over You 3 025 I Can t Stand It 7 546 There She Goes Again 2 507 After Hours 2 308 We re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together 3 409 Sweet Bonnie Brown Too Much 7 5010 Heroin 10 0511 White Light White Heat 9 2712 I m Set Free 4 46 Disc 3 Set Three No TitleWriter s Length1 We re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together 3 152 Some Kinda Love 4 383 There She Goes Again 2 594 Heroin 8 275 Ocean 10 596 Sister Ray Cale Sterling Morrison Reed Maureen Tucker36 54 Disc 4 Set Four No TitleLength1 I m Waiting for the Man 5 302 What Goes On 4 313 Some Kinda Love 4 034 We re Gonna Have a Real Good Time Together 3 245 Beginning to See the Light 5 306 Lisa Says 5 597 New Age 6 288 Rock amp Roll 6 549 I Can t Stand It 6 5210 Heroin 8 1711 White Light White Heat 8 4212 Sweet Jane 4 19 Total length 4 34 42Personnel EditThe Velvet UndergroundLou Reed lead and backing vocals guitar Sterling Morrison guitar bass backing vocals Doug Yule lead and backing vocals bass organ Maureen Tucker lead and backing vocals drums percussionAdditional credits Edit Bill Levenson compilation producer Meire Murakami design David Fricke liner notes Kevin Reeves mastering Tardon mixing Dan Rose production manager Monique McGuffin Newman production manager Peter Abram recording Sal Mercuri research production manager Alfredo Garcia Lau Buur Nielsen Oliver Landemaine photo research assistanceReferences Edit The Complete Matrix Tapes Box Set by The Velvet Underground via www metacritic com a b The Complete Matrix Tapes The Velvet Underground Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic via www allmusic com The Velvet Underground The Complete Matrix Tapes Album Review www austinchronicle com Stubbs David 27 November 2015 The Velvet Underground The Complete Matrix Tapes Classic Rock Magazine The Velvet Underground The Complete Matrix Tapes box set review fascinating sound of a band stretching out The Guardian December 10 2015 a b The Velvet Underground The Complete Matrix Tapes Pitchfork Q magazine January 2016 issue page 120 The Complete Matrix Tapes Record Collector Magazine recordcollectormag com Robert Christgau CG The Velvet Underground www robertchristgau com a b Hermes Will December 8 2015 The Velvet Underground Complete Matrix Tapes Album Review Uncut January 2016 issue page 89 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Complete Matrix Tapes amp oldid 1081329582, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
