Nico - Chelsea Town Hall (2025) (Hi-Res)

A 1985 live performance from the Velvet Underground’s cult icon! Nico’s doom-laden contralto voice, the bizarre choice of a harmonium for accompaniment, and the sheer eeriness and other-worldliness of her repertoire mark Nico as one of the most extraordinarily original performers of the rock era. On translucent blue vinyl!

These recordings were subsequently issued as a tribute to her unique talent. The Velvet Underground themselves were criminally neglected while they were still a working band. Nico's solo career also suffered from being too dark to turn her into a mainstream success. It didn't help that the odds were also stacked against her. She was a female artist at a time when rock was mostly male dominated, and a German during an era when few non-British or American acts were given the scope to make their mark on the world stage.

Foolishly dismissed by many as little more than a junkie's role model, Nico's work was vastly under-valued during her lifetime; her self-destructive tendencies got far more attention than her music. But that doom-laden contralto voice, the bizarre choice of a harmonium for accompaniment, the middle European accent which she never quite lost, and the sheer eeriness and other-worldliness of her repertoire mark her out as one of the most extraordinarily original performers of the rock era.

A Kevin Gray cut double LP on blue vinyl pressed in the USA.
Bundled in a gatefold jacket featuring period liner notes from Fraser Massey and a previously unpublished photo from the show.
Features a career spanning selection from Velvets through Drama Of Exile and the appropriate Doors cover.

Tracklist
1. Tananore (Live) (6:33)
2. One More Chance (Live) (7:27)
3. Procession (Live) (4:17)
4. My Heart Is Empty (Live) (5:01)
5. Janitor of Lunacy (Live) (4:28)
6. Sphinx (Live) (3:11)
7. You Forgot To Answer (Live) (3:39)
8. Fearfully In Danger (Live) (4:50)
9. Sixty Forty (Live) (4:33)
10. Femme Fatale (Live) (4:22)
11. Purple Lips (Live) (3:59)
12. All Tomorrow's Parties (Live) (3:12)
13. Saeta (Live) (6:17)
14. The End (Live) (9:18)