Famously ignored upon its release in 1967, The Velvet Underground & Nico?s landmark debut has since become regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rock albums of all time. First released on CD in 1986, it then appeared as part of the career-spanning Peel Slowly and See box set in 1995, followed by a deluxe edition in 2002.
And that, you?d think, would be that. But here it is again, in its most comprehensively expanded form yet, and in various formats each vying for your wallet. Unfortunately, its most telling detail isn?t to be found in the hitherto hidden textures of the newly remastered mono mix, nor in the various alternate versions of familiar classics. It?s in the fact that, so eager were they to milk its enduring legacy, Universal Music/Polydor couldn?t?