Editing The Velvet Underground & Nico (section)

==Reissues and deluxe editions==
===Compact disc===
The first [[Compact disc|CD]] edition of the album was released in 1986 and featured slight changes. The title of the album was featured on the cover, unlike the original LP release. In addition, the album contained an alternative mix of "All Tomorrow's Parties" which featured a single track of lead vocals as opposed to the double-tracked vocal version on the original LP. Apparently, the decision to use the double-tracked version on the original LP was made at the last minute. Bill Levenson, who was overseeing the initial CD issues of the VU's Verve/MGM catalog, wanted to keep the single-voice version a secret as a surprise to fans, but was dismayed to find out that the alternative version was revealed as such on the CD's back cover (and noted as "previously unreleased").<ref>[http://olivier.landemaine.free.fr/vu/discog/cds/cds.html The Velvet Underground CDs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202174630/http://olivier.landemaine.free.fr/vu/discog/cds/cds.html |date=December 2, 2010 }} at The Velvet Underground Web Page</ref>

The subsequent 1996 remastered CD reissue removed these changes, keeping the original album art and double-tracked mix of "All Tomorrow's Parties" found on the LP.

===''Peel Slowly and See'' box set===
''The Velvet Underground & Nico'' was released in its entirety on the five-year spanning [[box set]], ''[[Peel Slowly and See]]'', in 1995. The album was featured on the second disc of the set along with the [[Single (music)|single]] version of "All Tomorrow's Parties", two Nico tracks from ''[[Chelsea Girl (album)|Chelsea Girl]]'' and a ten-minute excerpt of the 45-minute "Melody Laughter" performance. Also included in the set (on the first disc) are the band's 1965 Ludlow Street loft demos. Among these demos are early versions of "Venus in Furs", "Heroin", "I'm Waiting for the Man" and "All Tomorrow's Parties".

===Deluxe edition===
In 2002, [[Universal Music Group|Universal]] released a two-disc "Deluxe Edition" set containing the [[Stereophonic sound|stereo]] version of the album along with the five tracks from Nico's ''[[Chelsea Girl (album)|Chelsea Girl]]'' written by members of the band on disc one, and the [[monaural|mono]] version of the album along with the mono single mixes of "All Tomorrow's Parties" and "Sunday Morning" and their [[A-side and B-side|B-sides]] "[[I'll Be Your Mirror]]" and "[[Femme Fatale (The Velvet Underground song)|Femme Fatale]]" on disc two. A studio demo of the unreleased track "[[Miss Joanie Lee]]" had been planned for inclusion on the set, but a dispute over royalties between the band and [[Universal Music Group|Universal]] canceled these plans. This contractual dispute apparently also led to the cancellation of further installments of the band's official Bootleg Series. However, this track was included in the subsequent re-release, 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Velvet Underground's first album gets deluxe reissue|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jul/26/velvet-underground-first-album-reissue|website=[[The Guardian]]|date=July 26, 2012|access-date=September 12, 2017|last=Hann|first=Michael|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912234346/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/jul/26/velvet-underground-first-album-reissue|archive-date=September 12, 2017}}</ref> In April 2010, [[Universal Music Group|Universal]] re-released the second disc of the "Deluxe Edition" as a single CD "Rarities Edition".

{{track listing
| headline      = Disc 1 additional tracks
| title12       = Little Sister
| writer12      = [[John Cale]], [[Lou Reed]]
| length12      = 4:27
| title13       = Winter Song
| writer13      = [[John Cale|Cale]]
| length13      = 3:23
| title14       = It Was a Pleasure Then
| writer14      = [[Lou Reed|Reed]], [[John Cale|Cale]], [[Nico|Nico Päffgen]]
| length14      = 8:09
| title15       = Chelsea Girls
| writer15      = [[Lou Reed|Reed]], [[Sterling Morrison]]
| length15      = 7:29
| title16       = Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
| writer16      = Reed
| length16      = 5:09
| total_length  = 28:37
}}

{{track listing
| headline     = Disc 2 additional tracks
| title12      = [[All Tomorrow's Parties]]
| note12       = Verve single VE 10427
| length12     = 2:53
| title13      = [[I'll Be Your Mirror]]
| note13       = Verve single VE 10427 B-side
| length13     = 2:18
| title14      = [[Sunday Morning (The Velvet Underground song)|Sunday Morning]]
| note14       = Verve single VE 10466
| length14     = 3:00
| title15      = [[Femme Fatale (The Velvet Underground song)|Femme Fatale]]
| note15       = Verve single VE 10466 B-side
| length15     = 2:38
| total_length = 10:49
}}

===45th Anniversary Super Deluxe edition===
On October 1, 2012, [[Universal Music Group|Universal]] released a 6-CD box set of the album.<ref>{{cite web|title='The Velvet Underground & Nico' to receive six disc 45th anniversary re-release|url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/the-velvet-underground-nico-to-receive-six-disc-45th-anniversary-re-release-news|website=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]|date=July 25, 2012|access-date=September 11, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203024932/http://www.uncut.co.uk/the-velvet-underground-nico-to-receive-six-disc-45th-anniversary-re-release-news|archive-date=December 3, 2013}}</ref> It features the previously available mono and stereo mixes as discs one and two respectively. Disc one contains as bonus tracks additional alternate versions of "[[All Tomorrow's Parties]]", "European Son", "Heroin", "All Tomorrow's Parties" (alternate instrumental version), and "I'll Be Your Mirror". Disc two contains the same bonus tracks as the prior deluxe version's second disc. Disc three is Nico's ''[[Chelsea Girl (album)|Chelsea Girl]]'' in its entirety and the Scepter Studios acetate (see below) in its entirety occupies disc 4. Discs 5 and 6 contain a previously unreleased live performance from 1966. According to the essay by music critic and historian [[Richie Unterberger]] contained within the set, the source for the show is the only audio tape of acceptable quality recording during singer Nico's tenure in the band. The essay also clarifies that the absence of any DVD materials in the box set is due to the fact that none of the band's shows were filmed, in spite of their heavy reliance on multimedia visuals.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=The Velvet Underground & Nico |others=The Velvet Underground and Nico |year=2012 |last= Unterberger |first=Richie |author-link=Richie Unterberger |type=booklet |publisher=[[Universal Music Group|Universal]]}}</ref>

{{track listing
| headline     = Disc 5: Live at Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus, Ohio, November 4, 1966 (Part 1)
| title1       = Melody Laughter
| note1        = Instrumental jam
| length1      = 28:26
| title2       = Femme Fatale
| length2      = 2:37
| title3       = Venus in Furs
| length3      = 4:45
| title4       = The Black Angel's Death Song
| length4      = 4:45
| title5       = All Tomorrow's Parties
| length5      = 5:03
| total_length = 45:36
}}
{{track listing
| headline     = Disc 6: Live at Valleydale Ballroom, Columbus, Ohio, November 4, 1966 (Part 2)
| title1       = I'm Waiting for the Man
| length1      = 4:50
| title2       = Heroin
| length2      = 6:42
| title3       = Run Run Run
| length3      = 8:43
| title4       = The Nothing Song
| note4        = Instrumental jam
| length4      = 27:56
| total_length = 48:11
}}

===Scepter Studios acetate version===
[[File:VU 1 acetate label.jpg|160px|right|thumb|Label of the Norman Dolph acetate]]
Norman Dolph's original [[acetate disc|acetate]] recording of the Scepter Studios material contains several recordings that would make it onto the final album, though many are different mixes of those recordings and three are different takes entirely. The acetate was cut on April 25, 1966, shortly after the recording sessions. It resurfaced decades later when it was bought by collector Warren Hill of [[Montreal, Quebec]], Canada in September 2002 at a flea market in the [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]] neighborhood of New York City for $0.75.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/39948-insanely-rare-velvet-underground-lp-on-ebay-for-19k|title=Insanely Rare Velvet Underground LP on eBay for $19K|date=May 6, 2007|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=August 18, 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506090053/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/39948-insanely-rare-velvet-underground-lp-on-ebay-for-19k|archive-date=May 6, 2007}}</ref> Hill put the album up for auction on [[eBay]] in November. On December 8, 2006, a winning bid for $155,401 was placed, but not honored.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061211.wxunderground11/BNStory/Entertainment/home |title=Rare acetate still seeks buyer |first=James |last=Adams |date=December 11, 2006 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214212224/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061211.wxunderground11/BNStory/Entertainment/home |archive-date=December 14, 2006 |access-date=April 5, 2016 }}</ref> The album was again placed for auction on eBay and was successfully sold on December 16, 2006, for $25,200.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://realitystudio.org/pdf/velvet_underground_auction.pdf|title=Second auction, ended December 16, 2006|access-date=August 18, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303204431/http://realitystudio.org/pdf/velvet_underground_auction.pdf|archive-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref><ref name="pitch-acetate">{{cite web|title=Extremely Rare Velvet Underground Acetate Once Sold for $25,200 Is Going Back to Auction|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/55273-extremely-rare-velvet-underground-acetate-once-sold-for-25200-is-going-back-to-auction|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=May 22, 2014|access-date=August 18, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819104700/http://pitchfork.com/news/55273-extremely-rare-velvet-underground-acetate-once-sold-for-25200-is-going-back-to-auction/|archive-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref>

Although ten songs were recorded during the Scepter sessions,{{sfn|Harvard|2004}} only nine appear on the acetate cut. Dolph recalls "There She Goes Again" being the missing song<ref>[http://olivier.landemaine.free.fr/vu/andsoon/studio/studio.html The Velvet Underground&nbsp;– Studio and home recordings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207090813/http://olivier.landemaine.free.fr/vu/andsoon/studio/studio.html |date=February 7, 2009 }} at The Velvet Underground Web Page</ref> (and, indeed, the version of "There She Goes Again" that appears on the final LP is attributed to the Scepter Studios session). In 2012, the acetate was officially released as disc 4 of the omnicomprehensive "45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition" box set of the album (see above). The disc also includes six previously unreleased bonus tracks, recorded during the band's rehearsals at [[The Factory]] on January 3, 1966. However, a [[ripping|ripped]] version of the acetate began circulating the internet in January 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fm-shades.blogspot.com/2007/01/velvet-underground-nico-april-1966.html |title=''Velvet Underground & Nico''&nbsp;– April 1966 (Norman Dolph Acetate) |date=January 2, 2007 |publisher=FM SHADES |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312130033/http://fm-shades.blogspot.com/2007/01/velvet-underground-nico-april-1966.html |archive-date=March 12, 2007 |access-date=April 5, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/01/velvet_undergro.html|title=Velvet Underground Acetate MP3s&nbsp;- WFMU's Beware of the Blog|website=blog.wfmu.org|access-date=August 18, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170819021852/http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/01/velvet_undergro.html|archive-date=August 19, 2017}}</ref> Bootleg versions of the acetate tracks have also become available on vinyl and CD.<ref>[http://olivier.landemaine.free.fr/vu/bootlegs/lps/blps.html The Velvet Underground&nbsp;– Bootleg LP's] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110325175009/http://olivier.landemaine.free.fr/vu/bootlegs/lps/blps.html |date=March 25, 2011 }} at The Velvet Underground Web Page</ref> The acetate was issued on vinyl in 2013 as a limited edition for [[Record Store Day]]. In 2014, it went back to auction.<ref name="pitch-acetate"/>

'''Box set, disc 4 track listing'''
# "European Son" (Alternate version)&nbsp;– 9:02
# "The Black Angel's Death Song" (Alternate mix)&nbsp;– 3:16
# "All Tomorrow's Parties" (Alternate version)&nbsp;– 5:53
# "I'll Be Your Mirror" (Alternate mix)&nbsp;– 2:11
# "Heroin" (Alternate version)&nbsp;– 6:16
# "Femme Fatale" (Alternate mix)&nbsp;– 2:36
# "Venus in Furs" (Alternate version)&nbsp;– 4:29
# "I'm Waiting for the Man" (Alternate version, here titled "Waiting for the Man")&nbsp;– 4:10
# "Run Run Run" (Alternate mix)&nbsp;– 4:23
# "Walk Alone"&nbsp;– 3:27
# "Crackin' Up/Venus in Furs"&nbsp;– 3:52
# "Miss Joanie Lee"&nbsp;– 11:49
# "Heroin"&nbsp;– 6:14
# "There She Goes Again" (with Nico)&nbsp;– 2:09
# "There She Goes Again"&nbsp;– 2:56

'''Notes'''
* Tracks 1–9 are the original Scepter Studios acetate. Tracks 1, 2, 3, and 5 are sourced from tape; tracks 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are from the actual acetate.
* Tracks 10–15 are the January 3, 1966, Factory rehearsals, also from tape, previously unreleased.