The Velvet Underground toured extensively in 1969, but set up shop in San Francisco in November and early December for a series of 18 nights over four separate engagements, the first at the Family Dog, the rest at the fabled North Beach club the Matrix. Over the course of their residency, which began November 11th, the club’s four-track recorder was rolling through much of it capturing the highlights of two nights – November 26 and November 27, Thanksgiving. 

Originally release as a LP box set, The Velvet Underground – The Complete Matrix Tapes makes its vinyl debut as a limited edition, eight-LP, 43-track box set featuring recordings that have been mixed down directly from the original in-house multi-tracks, including the 18 tracks featured on a Super Deluxe Edition of the Velvets’ third album and nine previously unreleased performances marking the first time all the available tapes will be released on vinyl. 

LP ONE
Side 1
I'm Waiting For The Man (Version 1)
What Goes On (Version 1)

Side 2
Some Kinda Love (Version 1)
Heroin (Version 1)


LP TWO
Side 1
The Black Angel's Death Song
Venus In Furs (Version 1)
There She Goes Again (Version 1)
We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 1)
Over You (Version 1)

Side 2
Sweet Jane (Version 1)
Pale Blue Eyes
After Hours (Version 1)


LP THREE
Side 1
I'm Waiting For The Man (Version 2)
Venus In Furs (Version 2)
Some Kinda Love (Version 2)
Over You (Version 2)

Side 2
I Can't Stand It (Version 1)
There She Goes Again (Version 2)
After Hours (Version 2)


LP FOUR
Side 1
We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 2)
Sweet Bonnie Brown (It's Just Too Much)
Heroin (Version 2)

Side 2
White Light/White Heat (Version 1)
I'm Set Free


LP FIVE
Side 1
We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 3)
Some Kinda Love (Version 3)
There She Goes Again (Version 3)

Side 2
Heroin (Version 3)
Ocean


LP SIX
Side 1
Sister Ray Part 1

Side 2
Sister Ray Part 2


LP SEVEN
Side 1
I'm Waiting For The Man (Version 3)
What Goes On (Version 2)
Some Kinda Love (Version 4)

Side 2
We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together (Version 4)
Beginning To See The Light
Lisa Says
New Age


LP EIGHT
Side 1
Rock & Roll
I Can't Stand It Anymore (Version 2)

Side 2
Heroin (Version 4)
White Light/White Heat (Version 2)
Sweet Jane (Version 2)