The Velvet Underground

LPs

Canada

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO
	Verve V-5008, 1967 Side 1: V-5008-S1 Side 2: V-5008-S2 Original mono edition. No-gatefold sleeve with back of the original US edition with Emerson pasted on front cover, "V5008" printed on bottom left, "mono" on bottom right. "LITHO IN CANADA" on the right vertical border of Nico's portrait. Back cover with credits and reviews. Blue/silver T Verve label. "Manufactured by Quality Records Limited under license from Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, Inc. owner of the Trade Mark Verve".

	Verve V6-5008, 1967 Side 1: V6-5008-S1 Side 2: V6-5008-S2 Original stereo edition. No-gatefold sleeve with Emerson photo on front cover, record opening on the right side. "V6-5008" printed on top left, "STEREO" on top right. "LITHO IN CANADA" on the right vertical border of Nico's portrait. rear sleeve has credits and reviews, pasted on the cover. Reissued with airbrushed Emerson and record entrance on left side. "V6-5008" printed on top left, "STEREO" on top right. Blue/silver "STEREOPHONIC LIVING SOUND FIDELITY" Verve label. "Manufactured in Canada by Quality Records Limited under license from Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, Inc. registred owner of the Trade Mark Verve".

	Verve Polygram MIP4-1-9379, 197? Non-gatefold cover with printed banana, "THE VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO" printed on top left. Back cover with credits on top. Blue label. Some came in misprinted "white banana" cover. Something was wrong during the printing and the yellow banana became almost white. The printing company stamp which is on lower right back cover is "SPU" on the misprinted issue while the regular "yellow" printing reads "DJ".
WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT
	Verve V-5046, 1968 side 1: V-5046-S1 side 2: V-5046-S2 Original mono edition. Skull cover. Back cover has the corrected credits (HERE SHE COMES NOW, Lou Reed guitar) and fails to mention Andy Warhol for cover concept. It reads at the bottom "MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA BY QUALITY RECORDS LIMITED 380 BIRCHMOUNT ROAD, TORONTO, ONTARIO"; bottom left in small print: "PRINTED IN CANADA ON CANADIAN PAPER"; bottom right in small print: "BUY CANADIAN". Blue/silver T Verve label.

	Verve V6-5046, 1968 side 1: V6-5046-S1 side 2: V6-5046-S2 Original stereo edition. Skull cover. Back cover has the corrected credits (HERE SHE COMES NOW, Lou Reed guitar) and fails to mention Andy Warhol. It reads at the bottom "MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA BY QUALITY RECORDS LIMITED 380 BIRCHMOUNT ROAD, TORONTO, ONTARIO"; bottom left in small print: "PRINTED IN CANADA ON CANADIAN PAPER"; bottom right in small print: "BUY CANADIAN". Blue Verve label with "STEREOPHONIC" under the Verve logo.

	Verve V6-5046, 196? Second edition, no skull, corrected credits.

	Verve MIP-1-9393, 197? 70s edition, distributed by Polygram. No skull on front cover. Backcover reads Here She Comes Now. Black Verve label.
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
	Verve MIP-1-9446, 1982
LOADED
	Cotillion SD 9034, 1970 Original blue Cotillion label.
LIVE AT MAX'S KANSAS CITY
	Cotillion SD 9500, Canada, 1972 Side 1: 13951 CR SD-9500-SIDE I 1AZHZX Side 2: CR SD-9500-SIDE II 1BZHZX Mapple leaf logo on upper right hand corner of back cover. Atlantic green/white/red label, STEREO (!)
VU
	Verve Columbia MIP-1-9466, 1985 Record Club issue.

Thanks: Ben Tillotson, Spencer Kelly.

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By Olivier Landemaine
Last modified: June 26, 2001