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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
Which one is this meant to be? That I know of, the third album was meant to sound much harder but their pedals and some other gear got stolen at the airport before recording, but I am not aware of a second album by the Velvet Underground that was meant to be but wasn't. There are songs that went on to appear on VU and Another View, sure, but those weren't songs for a second album.
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The one (partially) recorded in (I think) early '67, and which can be found in really low-fi (mono?) tracks on the '95 box set:
'It's Alright (The Way that You Live)'
'There is No Reason'
'The Sheltered Life'
'Here She Comes Now'
'I'm Not Too Sorry (Now that You're Gone)'
(I think 'Guess I'm Falling in Love' was to be included as well on this record.)
It's too bad they never completed this project. I have a feeling it could have turned out to be their best--absence of Nico notwithstanding. They re-recorded 'Here She Comes Now' and used it on
White Light/White Heat--presumably in place of 'Guess I'm Falling in Love', which had been recorded in December of '67 and eventually wound up on
Another View minus the vocals.
As for
VU, that consists of roughly 80% material for the unreleased fourth album. Apparently, there is an unreleased later version of 'Stephanie Says' (minus John Cale), and an earlier version of 'Sad Song' (a
Loaded-era version appears on the box set and
Fully Loaded), for those two tracks were intended to round out the fourth album, along with 'Foggy Notion', 'My Best Friend', 'Andy's Chest', 'Ocean', 'I'm Sticking With You' and the unreleased 'Lonesome Cowboys' (named after the Warhol film; possibly an early version of 'Lonesome Cowboy Bill').
Another View, on the other hand, is pretty much a career-spanning odds 'n' sods collection--bits and pieces, leftovers, alternative versions, etc.. I love the second version of 'Hey Mr. Rain' off that one, by the way--great track.