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1969 Live Version of Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting for the Man” Unearthed

1969 Live Version of Velvet Underground's “I’m Waiting for the Man” Unearthedfrom Pitchfork

From the 45th anniversary “super deluxe” edition of the Velvet Underground’s 1969 self-titled album

By Jenn Pelly on November 5, 2014 at 12:08 p.m. EST

On November 24, a 45th anniversary “super deluxe” edition of the Velvet Underground‘s 1969 self-titled album will be released. It included 65 tracks across six CDs with a case-bound book.

The fifth and sixth discs include previously unreleased mixes of a performance at San Francisco club the Matrix on November 26 and 27, 1969. Along with a 37-minute version of “Sister Ray”, the set includes this version of the VU classic “I’m Waiting for the Man”, off The Velvet Underground & Nico. Listen below via Stereogum.

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