Side A
Artist	Song
The Velvet Underground	Sweet Jane (full-length version)
The Velvet Underground	Venus In Furs
The Velvet Underground	I'm Waiting For The Man
The Velvet Underground	Candy Says
The Velvet Underground	I'm Beginning To See The Light
The Velvet Underground	New Age (full-length version)
The Velvet Underground	Heroin
The Velvet Underground	Satellite Of Love
The Velvet Underground	Pale Blue Eyes
The Velvet Underground	I Love You
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
The Velvet Underground	Sunday Morning
The Velvet Underground	White Light/White Heat
The Velvet Underground	Rock And Roll
The Velvet Underground	Here She Comes Now
The Velvet Underground	There She Goes Again
The Velvet Underground	What Goes On
The Velvet Underground	Ocean
The Velvet Underground	All Tomorrow's Parties (mono single version)
The Velvet Underground	Stephanie Says
The Velvet Underground	Who Loves The Sun
The Velvet Underground	I Can't Stand It
The Velvet Underground	I Found A Reason
The Velvet Underground	Sad Song

Comment:

This tape wasn't nearly long enough to accomodate all my favorites. In retrospect, I probably would have done it a bit differently. "I Love You," for instance, was thrown on because it fit perfectly at the end of side one. None of the "closet mixes" of the third album are included, because I find the regular album mix to be vastly superior (even though Lou Reed obviously preferred the closet mixes). Though I did include the "restored" versions of "Sweet Jane" and "New Age," because I quite enjoy the little bits they put back in, particularly on "Sweet Jane," which now seems to build to a natural climax at the end. (Though it could be argued that this kind of thinking is the same madness that George Lucas indulged in with his "special editions" of "Star Wars"). "Satellite of Love" and "Ocean" are the versions featured on the "Peel Slowly And See" box, though I probably like the V.U. version of "Ocean" better (I just didn't have access to it). Yes, there's a lot missing here, but it's a good introduction to one of the most influential bands of all time...arguably *the* first "alternative" band.

"We were just anarchists. But we were anarchists with heart."--John Cale

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