The Velvet Underground & Nico "Velvet Underground & Nico" (2015 Reissue) 2023-09-29 "The Man I Was"

"The Man I Was"

Recorded at Ardent Studios in Memphis over a three month period in 1987 - with legendary producer Jim Dickinson - Please To Meet Me was the only album recorded by the band as a trio

1992 on Interscope Records

bassist Karl Alvarez (Descendents

The Velvet Underground & Nico "Velvet Underground & Nico" (2015 Reissue) 2023-09-29 "The Man I Was"This album features the first professional line up of The Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen "Moe" Tucker, plus Nico singing on three tracks ("Femme Fatale", "All Tomorrow's Parties" and "I'll Be Your Mirror"). Most of the songs were recorded in April 1966 in a run down recording studio before the band even had a contract. They were turned down by big name labels such as Columbia, Atlantic Records and Elektra. Since