Peel Slowly and See is a five-disc box set of material by The Velvet Underground. It was released in September 1995 by Polydor. The set includes all four studio albums by the Lou Reed-era line-up of the Velvet Underground, alongside demo recordings and live performances, some of which were bootlegged, some of which were never released...
The Velvet Underground:
- John Cale – bass guitar, viola, keyboards (discs 1–3); lead vocal on "The Gift" and "Lady Godiva's Operation"; organ and viola on disc 5, track 15
- Sterling Morrison – guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals, co-vocal on "The Murder Mystery"
- Lou Reed – vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica
- Maureen Tucker – percussion (discs 2–5), lead vocal on "After Hours" and "I'm Sticking with You", co-vocal on The Murder Mystery.
- Doug Yule – bass guitar, keyboards, guitars, drums (disc 4–5); lead vocal on "Candy Says", "Who Loves the Sun", "New Age", "Lonesome Cowboy Bill", "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'", "Ride into the Sun" and "I'll Be Your Mirror" (live).
Additional musicians:
- Nico – lead vocal on "All Tomorrow's Parties" (both single and LP versions), "Femme Fatale", "I'll Be Your Mirror", "Melody Laughter", "It Was a Pleasure Then" and "Chelsea Girls"; backing vocals on "Sunday Morning"
- Adrian Barber – drums on "Who Loves the Sun" and "I Found a Reason"
- Tommy Castanaro – drums on "Cool It Down" and "Head Held High"
- Billy Yule – drums on "Lonesome Cowboy Bill", "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'", "Ocean", "Some Kinda Love" (live) and "I'll Be Your Mirror" (live).
Box Set includes complete and digitally remastered versions of all four of the band's studio albums, plus 25 previously unreleased tracks.
Disc One: 1965
01. Venus In Furs (Demo)
02. Prominent Men (Demo)
03. Heroin (Demo)
04. I'm Waiting For The Man (Demo)
05. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (Demo)
06. All Tomorrow's Parties (Demo)
(1–6) first appearance.
Disc Two: 1966-67
01. All Tomorrow's Parties (Single Version)
02. Sunday Morning
04. Femme Fatale
05. Venus In Furs
06. Run Run Run
07. All Tomorrow's Parties
08. Heroin
09. There She Goes Again
10. I'll Be Your
11. The Black Angel's Death Song
12. European Son
13. Melody Laughter (Live)
14. It Was A Pleasure Then
15. Chelsea Girls
(1) taken from the "All Tomorrow's Parties" single;
(2–12) taken from The Velvet Underground & Nico (entire album);
(13) first appearance; (14–15) taken from Chelsea Girl.
Disc Three: 1967-68
01. There Is No Reason (demo)
02. Sheltered Life (demo)
03. It's All Right (The Way That You Live) (demo)
04. I'm Not Too Sorry (Now That You're Gone) (demo)
05. Here She Comes Now (demo)
06. Guess I'm Falling In Love (live)
07. Booker T. (live)
08. White Light/White Heat
09. The Gift
10. Lady Godiva's Operation
11. Here She Comes Now
12. I Heard Her Call My Name
13. Sister Ray
14. Stephanie Says
15. Temptation Inside Your Heart
16. Hey Mr. Rain (Version One)
(1–7) first appearance; (8–13) taken from White Light/White Heat (entire album);
(14–15) taken from VU; (16) taken from Another View.
Disc Four: 1968-69
01. What Goes On (Live)
02. Candy Says (Closet Mix)
03. What Goes On (Closet Mix)
04. Some Kinda Love (Closet Mix)
05. Pale Blue Eyes (Closet Mix)
06. Jesus (Closet Mix)
07. Beginning To See The Light (Closet Mix)
08. I'm Set Free (Closet Mix)
09. That's The Story Of My Life (Closet Mix)
10. The Murder Mystery (Closet Mix)
11. After Hours (Closet Mix)
12. Foggy Notion
13. I Can't Stand It
14. I'm Sticking With You
15. One Of These Days
16. Lisa Says
17. It's Just Too Much (Live)
18. Countess From Hong Kong (Demo)
(1, 17–18) first appearance; (2–11) taken from The Velvet Underground (entire album);
(12–16) taken from VU.
Disc Five: 1970
01. Who Loves The Sun
02. Sweet Jane (Full Length Version)
03. Rock And Roll
04. Cool It Down
05. New Age (Full Length Version)
06. Head Held High
07. Lonesome Cowboy Bill
08. I Found A Reason
09. Train Round The Bend
10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin'
11. Satellite Of Love
12. Walk And Talk
13. Oh Gin
14. Sad Song
15. Ocean
16. Ride Into The Sun
17. Some Kinda Love (Live)
18. I'll Be Your Mirror (Live)
19. I Love You
(1–10) taken from Loaded (entire album; first appearance of 2, 5 in "original" versions);
(11–17, 19) first appearance; (18) taken from Live at Max's Kansas City.
