White Light/White Heat 45th Anniversary

[alf wiedersehen]

There is a deluxe, 3 CD version of The Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat coming out on December 3rd. Lou and John supposedly curated this set themselves, which includes a mono and stereo remaster of the original album.

It also includes:

• "alternate versions of tracks like 'Hey Mr. Rain'"
• "new mixes of 'Beginning to See the Light' and 'Guess I'm Falling in Love'"
• "previously unreleased vocal and instrumental versions of 'The Gift'"
• "never-before-heard live set recorded at the Gymnasium in New York on April 30th, 1967"

And, perhaps the most exciting part, tracks that were recorded with Cale, but left off the final version of WL/WH, will be included. As this might be my favorite VU record, I cannot wait to hear some more songs in the WL/WH vein.

You can pre-order it here: http://www.amazon.com/White-Light-Heat-3CD-Anniversary/dp/B00FH3UI66/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380843448&sr=8-1&keywords=white+light%2Fwhite+heat+3cd

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

 

[Ovi]

I read this topic and then I felt my mind split open.

[Gabo]

I find White Light/White Heat a pretty lazy album. There are only six songs, one of which is not really a song (The Gift) the other is an almost unlistenable free-form jam.

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

I find White Light/White Heat a pretty lazy album. There are only six songs, one of which is not really a song (The Gift) the other is an almost unlistenable free-form jam.

White light goin' messin' up your brain!

[alf wiedersehen]

I find White Light/White Heat a pretty lazy album. There are only six songs, one of which is not really a song (The Gift) the other is an almost unlistenable free-form jam.

I absolutely love "Sister Ray." That song is amazing. It's a song played with absolute, reckless abandon with a battle for volume happening between the band members.

Also, I don't see how "The Gift" isn't a song. It's somebody's voice over a bed of music.

[Gabo]

it's a spoken word piece with some random pickin' accompanying it

Not really a composed song...

[alf wiedersehen]

some random pickin'

I do believe they call that "improvisation" in the music biz.

I guess we'll just have to disagree.

[Jason]

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)

Well, it's definitely missing a few items - 1973 "Swan" mixes of Lady Godiva's Operation and Sister Ray, 1984 VU-era mixes of Stephanie Says, Temptation Inside Your Heart, Hey Mr. Rain and Guess I'm Falling In Love, a different live version of Guess I'm Falling In Love at the Gymnasium (it's been booted from a New York radio broadcast when John Cale had the track played on the air)...