Nico / The End / 2CD Deluxe Edition
Nico‘s 1974 album, The End will be issued as a 2CD Deluxe Edition on 1 October 2012.
The 1973 album was her fourth solo release – another collaboration with John Cale – and was recorded in 1973 in London. Cale chose Brian Eno and Phil Manzanera of Roxy Music to work on the album with him; between them they provided the entire instrumental framework for Nico and her harmonium.
This issue of The End is remastered here for the first time, and comes with a bonus disc of tracks including The End and a previously unreleased version of Das Lied der Deutschen performed live at London’s Rainbow Theatre on June 1, 1974, and some John Peel session tracks which are either unreleased or new to CD.
PRE-ORDER The End by Nico (UK)
Track listing:
CD 1
The Original Album (remastered)
- 01: It Has Not Taken Long (4: 11 )
- 02: Secret Side (4:08)
- 03: You Forget To Answer (5:07)
- 04: Innocent and Vain (3:51)
- 05: Valley of the Kings (3:57)
- 06: We’ve Got The Gold (5:44)
- 07: The End (9:36)
- 08: Das Lied Der Deutschen (5;28 )
CD 2
Bonus Disc
- 01: Secret Side (4:05) – John Peel Session, 20 February 1971 – First Time on CD
- 02: We’ve Got The Gold (4:00) – John Peel Session, 3 December 1974 – Previously Unreleased
- 03: Janitor of Lunacy (4:36) – John Peel Session, 3 December 1974 – Previously Unreleased
- 04: You Forget To Answer (4:32) – John Peel Session, 3 December 1974 – Previously Unreleased
- 05: The End (9:07) – John Peel Session – 3 December 1974 – Previously Unreleased
- 06: Secret Side (4:07) – Old Grey Whistle Test – 7 February 1975 – Previously Unreleased
- 07: Valley of the Kings (3:34) – Old Grey Whistle Test – 7 February 1975 – Previously Unreleased
- 08: Das Lied Der Deutschen (5:37) June 1 1974 – Previously Unreleased
- 09: The End (9:14 ) – from June 1, 1974
It’s worth mentioning the 1971 Peel Sessions were released as a CD EP, so the first track on CD2 is not “first time on CD” at all. The EP was released in 1988 and again in 1991 by Strange Fruit.
But only four tracks from the Peel Session are on the previous CD release – The End was not, presumably for licensing reasons.