Nico - 1986-04-30 - Basel, CH (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Original Audio recording

recorded with Sony Walkman TCS-310 (intern microphone)--> CD with Philips Audio CD recorder CDR 765 --> Flac

James Young - keyboards

Graham Dowdell - drums

Eric Random - tablas

01 Fearfully In Danger

02 My Heart Is Empty

03 Purple Lips

04 Tananore

05 Janitor Of Lunacy

06 König

07 The Falconer

08 One More Chance

09 Das Lied Des Einsamen Mädchens

10 Sixty Forty

11 All Tomorrow's Parties

12 Win A Few

13 Femme Fatale

14 The End

Total concert is 81 minutes. But you can easily editing out some applause so it will fit on one CD.

Lou Reed & Nico - 1971-04-29 - New York City, NY (STU/FLAC)

(Studio FLAC)

Lou Reed and Nico

rehearsal/demo recordings

Richard and Lisa Robinson's Apartment

New York, NY

1971-04-29

Here are some great historic recordings from Lou and Nico.

mic>?>wav>tlh>flac

CD1

01 Conversation

02 Conversation

03 These Days

04 Conversation

05 Conversation

06 Secret Side acapella

07 All Tomorrow's Parties

08 Conversation

09 Lou tuning

10 More tuning

11 All Tomorrow's Parties

12 Conversation, Lou runs through All Tomorrow's Parties

13 All Tomorrow's Parties + conversation

14 Conversation

15 These Days

16 I'll Keep It With Mine

17 I'll Keep It With Mine

18 Conversation

19 I'll Keep It With Mine

20 I'll Keep It With Mine

21 I'll Keep It With Mine

22 Conversation

23 I'll Keep It With Mine

24 I'll Keep It With Mine

25 Conversation + playback of the tape Nico's been recording

26 Conversation

27 Little Sister

28 Little Sister

29 Conversation

CD2

01 All Tomorrow's Parties

02 I'll Be Your Mirror

03 Femme Fatale

94 Conversation

05 Conversation

06 I'll Keep It With Mine

07 Conversation

08 I'll Keep It With Mine false start

09 I'll Keep It With Mine

10 Conversation + playback

11 Jesse James and other folk songs

12 Little Queenie

13 Little Sister

14 Little Sister

15 Conversation with Danny Fields

16 Playback + conversation

17 All Tomorrow's Parties

18 Conversation + playback

19 All Tomorrow's Parties, Somebody, conversation

Total time: 02:06:38

Nico - 1986-04-11 - Tokyo, JP (DVDfull pro-shot)

(DVDfull pro-shot)

VHSRip

DVD Video

MPEG2

AC3

MPEG2 Video 720x480 (4:3) 29.97fps 9500Kbps

Dolby AC3 48000Hz 2ch 256Kbps

01. My Heart Is Empty

02. Lips

03. Tananore

04. Janitor Of Lunacy

05. You Forget To Answer

06. 60/40

07. My Funny Valentine

08. All Tomorrow's Parties

09. Das Lied Vom Einsamen Madchen

10. Femme Fatale

11. The End

53:07

Lou Reed, John Cale, Nico - 1972-01-29 - Paris, FR (DVDfull pro-shot)

(DVDfull pro-shot)

Bataclan 1972

DVD PAL
Author:A Borzage Production

Video Source: TV broadcast
Lineage: vhs > dvdr(philips dvdr70) > PLG > HD > MWP
Menu: no
Chapters: 7
Number of Discs: 1
Total Running Time: 00:27:49

Player Information:
Player Region Code: Not Specified
Title Region Code: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, All

Video Attributes:
Video compression mode: MPEG-2
TV system: 625/50 (PAL)
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Display Mode: Both Pan&scan and Letterbox
Source picture resolution: 720x576 (625/50)
Frame Rate: 25.00
Source picture letterboxed: Not letterboxed
Bitrate: 3.63Mbps

Audio Attributes:
Audio Coding mode: Dolby Digital
Sampling Rate: 48kHz
Audio application mode: Not specified
Number of Audio channels: 2
Bitrate: 256 Kbps

Contents and info:
The legendary show recorded at the Bataclan Club in Paris, on January 29th, 1972 Lou Reed is accompanied by John Cale & Nico, on stage for the first time since the break up of the Velvet Underground. Broadcast on June 10, 1972, Pop 2, Antenne 2, France. The show is presented by Patrice Blanc Francard and includes reports about Robert

01 - Berlin
02 - I'm waiting for the man
03 - Heroin
04 - Gost Story
05 - Femme Fatale

Wyatt's Matching Mole,Lewis Caroll and 23 minutes devoted to the Reed, Cale & Nico

concert at Le Bataclan in Paris, on January 29, 1972.
It offers 5 songs filmed by Claude Ventura (Berlin, I'm Waiting For The Man, Heroin, Ghost Story, Femme Fatale) intersected with French journalists discussing.
The Pop 2 show has been re-broadcasted on Canal Jimmy cable TV on October 29, 1999.

Notes:
Fairly good video quality, good sound quality. Black & white picture.

Nico - 1983-01-09 - Hilversum, NL (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Nico

VPRO Studios

Hilversum, Holland

January 9, 1983

Source

FM Broadcast > low gen cassette (courtesy of MauroVerona)

Editing

Zoom H4n (16/44) > Sound Forge (tracking) > Wave > TLH (sbe aligned) > Flac 8

Nico: vocals, pump organ (died July 18, 1988 age 49)

Richard Goldstraw [Eric McGann]: bass

Toby Toman [Phillip Tomanov]: drums

James Young: keyboards, synthesizer

Lyn Arthur Oakey: lead guitar

01 DJ intro

02 Vegas

03 Sãeta

04 Genghis Khan

05 All Tomorrow's Parties

06 These Days

07 No One Is There

08 Henry Hudson

Total Time = 30:09

Nico - 1974-12-13 - Reims, FR (FM/FLAC)

(FM broadcast FLAC)

Nico

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims

Place du Cardinal-Luçon

Reims, France

December 13, 1974

Opening for Tangerine Dream

Compiled from a French FM radio broadcast * 

and an audience recording ^

Sources combined where possible )(

Occasional editing was used to smooth tape pauses

and to remove all Francophone radio host commentary

01. Janitor of Lunacy (4:21) ^ )(

02. The Falconer (5:38) )(

03. Valley of the Kings (3:29) )(

04. The End (The Doors) (9:32) )(

05. Abschied (3:05) *

06. Mütterlein (4:26) ^

07. Frozen Warnings (4:44) ^

08. You Forget to Answer (4:49) ^

09. We’ve Got the Gold (4:50) ^

10. No One is There (4:04) ^

11. Ari’s Song (Encore) (3:09) ^

Nico - 1980-11-05 - New York City, NY (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Nico W/ Cheetah Chrome & John Gilmore
Max'S Kansas City, New York, Ny, Usa
November 5, 1980
Audience Recording By Skotf
Skotf Archive Vol. 250

Lineage:
Aud>Master Cassette>1St Gen Reel To Reel>Stand Alone Burner>Wav>Flac

01. Procession
02. Valley Of The Kings
03. Janitor Of Lunacy
04. Femme Fatale
05. Heroin (Cheetah vocal - interrupted by heckler)
06. All Tomorrow's Parties
07. The End
08. Cheetah & Gilmore Jam
09. Valley Of The Kings
10. Secret Side
11. Innocent And Vain
12. Janitor Of Lunacy
13. Femme Fatale
14. All Tomorrow's Parties
15. No One Is There
16. Henry Hudson
17. Purple Lips
18. --banter--
19. Das Lied Der Deutschen
20. Frozen Warnings
21. The End
22. Procession
23. You Forget To Answer
24. --audience--

Notes:
This is an excellent 2-setter with her usual accomplices. Some guy angrily heckles Cheetah ruining a cool version of Heroin, but it adds to the atmosphere. Nico says right from the outset that she is not in her right mind. For her to be making that comment, y'know, relatively speaking, is noteworthy in and of itself. But she really delivers. SQ is very good, a little chatty here and there (mostly first song), but really well captured. Cheetah and Gilmore are particularly good on here, imho, especially in the second set. OK, enjoy, Vol. 250 - hard to believe...

Nico - 1982-10-06 - Roskilde, DK (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Nico with The Blue Orchids
Club Paramount, Roskilde, Denmark
October 6, 1982

Source: Soundboard > unknown generation cassette

Transfer: Zoom H4n (16 bit / 44.1 kHz) (transfer by Mauro)

Editing: Soundforge (tracking) > Wav (Eac tested) > TLH (sector boundary aligned) Flac level 8 

Harmonium & Heroin – Nico 
Drums – Toby Toman
Bass – Steve Garvey, backing vocals
Guitar – Martin Bramah, backing vocals
Guitar - Rick Goldstraw
Synthesizer – Una Baines

01 These Days
02 I'll Keep It With Mine (Bob Dylan)
03 Femme Fatale
04 All Tomorrow's Parties
05 I'm Waiting For The Man
06 Purple Lips
07 Heroes (David Bowie)
-- tape flip --
08 Saeta (cuts in)
09 Vegas
10 60-40
11 Procession
12 Valley of the Kings
13 Janitor Of Lunacy
14 Frozen Warnings
15 Henry Hudson
16 The Sphinx
17 No One Is There

Total Time = 79:48 min

Nico, John Cale & Brian Eno - 1974-10-05 - Berlin, DE (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Nationalgalerie

LINEAGE
audience tape 1st gen.>CDR(PhilpsCDR570)>wave(EAC)<flacf(8) 

Nico - vocals,pump organ 
John Cale - vocals .violin,piano 
Brian Eno - electronics,synthezizer,loops 

01 - Janitor Of Lunacy(cut) 02:32 

02 - The Falconer 07:13 

03 - No One Is There 04:56 

04 - Frozen Warnings 07:28 

05 - Guts 04:53 

06 - Abschied 03:57 

07 - Muetterlein 05:31 

08 - Childs Christmas In Wales 04:05 

09 - I`m Waiting For The Man 04:40 

10 - Fear (cut) 01:17 

11 - Fear cont -  00:51 

12 - Das Lied Der Deutschen 05:24 

13 - You Forget To Answer 04:51 

14 - Innocent And Vain 04:15 

15 - Buffalo Ballet 03:30 

16 - The End 10:15

The quality of the music is good to very good,in the beginning there are a lot of mics tuning noise.The show was in a very small venue in front of only a few people and you hear mostly between the songs some noise from the audience, some political statements a lot of "BUH" & SCHEISSE(SHIT) shouters.Absolutely rare performance by these three artists. Brian Eno plays fantastic electronics and synthezizer during " Das Lied Der Deutschen"John Cale has his hottest moments when he plays viola to Nico`s voice and pump organ.Very rare tracks and versions of great music.I had a lot of work with that tape,I removed some clicks and noise,fade in and fade out some tracks,a little bit equalizing and work with the channel,I hope you like it,it`s another rare document of music history and the Brian Eno work during some songs is worth the download. "The End" is hypnotic with Brian Eno`s electronics,John Cale played a great piano and superb violin to Nico`s excellent voice and the sound of her pump organ.And for all Dolby surround fans a WARNING ,this is audience and not perfect,a lot of crowd noise and riot in the audience, a controverse show , most of the people in the audience hate the show and you have some loud shouters. 

Nico - 1980-07-21 - New York City, NY (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Nico 
Squat Theatre 
256 West 23rd Street 
New York City, NY 
"July 21, 1980" 
with John Gilmore - Occasional Saxophone * 

Lineage
Audience recording with unknown equipment > analog master > CDR > WAV (EAC) > FLAC Level 8 (TLH) > UnFLAC > Wav > Wavelab 4.01 Remastering > WAV > FLAC 

CD1 "Early Show" 
01. Entrance (0:39) 
02. Valley of the Kings (3:15) 
03. We’ve Got the Gold (4:18) * 
04. Purple Lips (3:03) 
05. You Forget to Answer (2:54) 
06. Das Lied Der Deutschen (4:00) 
07. Henry Hudson (2:58) 
08. Janitor of Lunacy (4:06) * 

CD2 "Late Show" 
0I. False Start (1:56) 
02. The Falconer (4:35) 
03. Henry Hudson (3:27) * 
04. Edit / Announcement (0:13) 
05. Janitor of Lunacy (4:02) * 
06. No One Is There (3:40) 
07. Procession (2:54) * 
08. Secret Side (3:17) * 
09. Innocent and Vain (2:27) * 
IO. Genghis Khan (2:49) 
II. Abschied (2:41) 
I2. Valley of the Kings (3:12) 
I3. Frozen Warnings (4:12) 
14. The End (Part I) (3:56) 
15. The End (Part II) (4:15) (from Reims Cathedral, Notre Dame, France 12/13/74) 

This is rare and good quality recording appear
ed here about a month ago in it's raw form, but had some serious technical problems. These issues have largely been corrected here with tremendous results, making it very worthwhile.

--------------------- 
Repairs, Remastering, technical details : 
--------------------- 
1) Massive level boost with limiter (approx +22 db !) 
2) Rebalancing of left and right channels 
3) Low end boost on harmonium 
4) Occasional midrange compression on Nico's vocals to compensate for giant leaps in volume when she would sing loudly. 
5) Declicking towards end of disc two in original upload from either degraded CDR or extraction method. 
6) Resequencing and splitting into two separate performances 
7) Attachment of missing conclusion of "The End" (for the purposes of continuity) 
from a pitch matched Reims Cathedral 1974/12/13 performance from a French radio broadcast. 
8) An intentional gap was left to show an audible edit in the late show 
9) Irrepairable tape munching occurs during Procession 
10) A short edit occurs just prior to the start of Procession, but appears to only represents the taper hitting the pause button 
and not a large missing gap or a jump to a new performance. 

--------------------- 
Performance details : 
--------------------- 
Aside from these technical issues... 
a great pair of shows, especially the sadly incomplete "early show". 
Nice to hear these raw, harmonium only versions of the songs 
that would later appear with (inferior IMHO) full band interpretations on 
the Drama of Exile LP. 
In addition, an escalating exchange occurs between Nico 
and an offstage "ballerina dancer", finally resulting in Nico yelling at her 
and telling her to "get out of here or I'll cut your head !", 
followed by "dumb ass !" etc ... 
Most amusing. 

--------------------------- 
Performance date research : 
--------------------------- 
The original upload consisted of at least two different shows, which I think I have separated accurately. It is based on edits in the tape, sound quality differences and logic, due to the songs performed and where they would normally appear in her shows. It does seem very reasonable to assume it is all recorded at this venue and from this time period. John Gilmore on sax and the mention of Cheetah seems to confirm this, as well as similar audience sizes, PA sound etc. However, it is extremely unlikely that Nico would have played the same songs in the same show. It's possible she performed more than one show a night. It's also possible these are from different dates entirely. Nico apparently was living at the Squat Theatre during this time 
and was the resident artist. According to the website historical chronology, she played there about 10 times starting in October 79 through to the end of 1980. However this particular date of July 21 is not listed. No one else apparently performed that night either. http://squattheatre.com/concerts1980.html 

This leaves a number of possibilities that may never be known. 

1) It IS all from July 21, 1980 and she played an early and a late show. This seems unlikely for a Monday night. I'm guessing this date is entirely wrong and is a mislabeled cassette. 
Perhaps the original uploader or taper can recheck it. 

2) The "early show" is from July 12, 1980 and the "late show" is from November 21, 1980. Both shows are her solo and have similar days or months in 1980. This does makes sense as Nico mentions in the "late show" that she is without her guitarist Cheetah (Cheetah Chrome from the Dead Boys). Apparently something went wrong with his guitar. His first show with her was not until Sep.12, 1980. 

3) Some variation of the above. 

4) None of the above ! 

5) A Nico recording on July 21, 1982 exists from San Francisco, but does not include saxophonist John Gilmore who is present on both "shows" and that set list does not resemble either of these shows.

Nico with The Blue Orchids - 1982-07-06 - Detroit, MI (SBD/FLAC)

(Soundboard FLAC)

Nico with The Blue Orchids
Clutch Cargos, Detroit, MI
July 6, 1982

Source: Soundboard > low generation cassette

Transfer: Zoom H4n (16 bit / 44.1 kHz) 

Editing: Soundforge (tracking) > Wav (Eac tested) > TLH (sector boundary aligned) Flac level 8

Nico - vocals, harmonium

with The Blue Orchids:
Martin Bramah - guitar, backing vocals
Una Baines - keyboards, vocals
Steve Garvey - bass, backing vocals
Rick Goldstraw - bass guitar (1979–82)
Phillip Toby Toman (aka Toby Tomanov) - drums (1981–82)

01 One More Chance
02 Saeta
03 60-40
04 Vegas
05 The Sphinx
06 Janitor of Lunacy
07 Secret Side
08 No One Is There
09 The End -- tape flip @ 5:19 --
10 All Tomorrow's Parties
11 Femme Fatale
12 I'm Waiting For The Man (ending cuts off)

Total Time = 59:49 min

Nico - 1980-06-12 - Minneapolis, MN (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Nico 
Minneapolis MN USA 
Duffy's 
Thursday 12 June 1980 
[stereo audience recording; total running time: 38:45.70] 

[CORRECTION: Track 9 is Valley Of The Kings; not We've Got The Gold - thanks, kkq486x! 
Also - the unidentified guitarist is possibly Cheetah Chrome (Eugene O'Connor); or Jim Tisdall (unconfirmed)] 

cassette side A (38:45.70): 
01. start (00:49.35) 
02. Genghis Khan (04:13.17) 
03. interim (00:34.00) 
04. Purple Lips (02:46.43) 
05. interim (02:16.38) 
06. Henry Hudson [aborted] (01:18.63) 
07. Henry Hudson [complete] (03:08.67) 
08. interim (00:28.65) 
09. Valley Of The Kings [aborted] (01:03.41) 
10. interim (00:18.21) 
[tape deck stopped] 
11. Janitor Of Lunacy (02:26.10) [beginning truncated; aborted] 
12. interim (01:59.16) 
13. unknown title [guitar instrumental] (02:07.44) 
14. I Feel Good [James Brown] (01:58.38) 
15. interim (01:00.53) 
16. interim / comments (01:02.38) 
17. Innocent and Vain [aborted] (01:15.64) 
[tape deck stopped] 
18. interim (00:19.43) 
19. Procession (04:04.46) 
20. The End (02:21.71) 
21. interim (01:28.26) 
22. interim / comments (04:10.25) 

Digitizing notes: 

The same recording appears on both sides of the cassette - presumably, side A is the master. 
The taper suggested that back in the day, he often tried to consolidate tape by re-combining segments on other cassettes. A segment of the same recording also appears on the B-side of Beat The Dutch 25 October 1980. 

I’ve read more than one review stating that this was a solo performance, featuring Nico and a harmonium, but clearly she is accompanied by a guitar at times. Most of the songs here were aborted, and Nico’s voice does sound like it was in pretty rough shape; it seems that she left the stage several times, and was coaxed back by the audience (who are pretty vocal toward the end). At one point mid-set, the (unidentified) guitarist plays a short instrumental, and possibly the same person sings a James Brown cover, which seems almost surreal in the context of this performance. I’ve heard from people who attended the show that Nico had “a meltdown”, which I suppose is a pretty easy thing for someone to say, but it does sound as though both her health and psyche were fairly fragile at the time. Still, there are five complete songs here, a few of which are minimal interpretations of the album versions. 

Trivia note: This show took place less than two weeks after Joy Division would have been playing at the same venue, on 29 May 1980, with Husker Du scheduled as an opening act. 

lineage: 
original master cassette [2-channel stereo] > Nakamichi DR-3 cassette deck [Azimuth adjustment applied to playback head] > Edirol R-04 [RCA/analog in; 24-bit/96kHz transfer (.wav)] > PC [via USB] > CD Wave Editor [Version 1.98; Windows Build Number: 0000.23F0] (sector boundary tracking) > Trader's Little Helper [Version 2.7.0; Build 172] (Level 8 .wav > .flac conversion) 

The DG Tapes. 
Made available to the world through the collaborative resources of these people: 
Recorded in 1980 by Daniel Grobani. 
Digitized in 2016; and technical notes by J. Free [sonicarchives.com]

Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Eno & Nico - 1974-06-01 - The Outtakes (STU/FLAC)

(Studio FLAC)

Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Eno, Nico
June 1, 1974 - The Outtakes

Remastered version

What I did : remove an awful lot of hiss / equalization / transition between tracks to make it a seamless show / design the cover art

This is by far the best version available (if you except the extracts that were officially released and that I have removed here).

"Baby's on fire" was played twice during this show : in the beginning and as the last encore. The encore has been officially released, but without its extra percussive introduction. Here I have kept the introduction and made it followed by the song as it was played in the beginning of the show.

Kevin Ayers: vocals, guitar
John Cale: vocals, piano, viola
Brian Eno: vocals, synthesizer
Nico: vocals, harmonium

and THE SOPORIFICS
Ollie Halsall 
guitar
John 'Rabbit' Bundrick 
organ
Archie Leggett 
bass
Eddie Sparrow 
drums, percussion

with special guests
Mike Oldfield 
guitar
Robert Wyatt 
percussion, backing vocals

and three nice lady singers
Irene Chanter, Doreen Chanter, Liza Strike 
backing vocals

01 - Introduction by Ian Tilbury (0.54)
02 - J. CALE - Buffalo ballet (3.43)
03 - J. CALE - Gun (4.13)
04 - NICO - Das Lied der Deutschen (5.42)
05 - K. AYERS - Didn’t feel lonely till I thought of you (4.39)
06 - K. AYERS - Whatevershebringswesing (9.06)
07 - K. AYERS - Interview (7.55)
08 - K. AYERS - See you later (0.51)
09 - K. AYERS - It begins with a blessing / Once I awakened / But it ends with a curse (11.04)
10 - K. AYERS - Dr Dream theme (8.26)
11 - K. AYERS - I’ve got a hard on for you baby (5.05)
12 - ENO - Baby’s on fire (4.24)

total time : 66.00

The Velvet Underground And Nico / Unripened The Norman Dolph Acetate (STU/FLAC)

(Studdio FLAC)

Genre: Rock

Year of publication: 2007

Publisher (label): Not On Label (The Velvet Underground)

Part number: XTV-CD122

Country: USA

Audio Codec: FLAC (* .flac)

Rip type: tracks + .cue

Audio bitrate: lossless

Source (release): Avaxhome, SteveJobs

The presence of scans in the content of the distribution: yes

01 - European Son

02 - The Black Angel's Death Song

03 - All Tomorrow's Parties

04 - I'll Be Your Mirror

05 - Heroin

06 - Femme Fatale

07 - Venus In Furs

08 - I'm Waiting For The Man

09 - Run Run Run

Length: 42:03

Lou Reed, John Cale & Nico - 1972-1973 - Pop2 (DVDfull pro-shot)

(DVDfull pro-shot)

TVRip
DVD Video
MPEG2
PCM
MPEG2 Video 720x576 (4:3) 25.00fps 9200Kbps
48000Hz stereo 1536Kbps

POP2 22.01.1972
01. Janitor Of Lunacy
02. Interview
03. You Forgot To Answer

POP2 29.04.1972
04. I'm Waiting For The Man

POP2 10.06.1972
05. Berlin
06. I'm Waiting For The Man
07. Heroin
08. Ghost Story
09. Femme Fatale

POP2 04.11.1972
10. I'm Waiting For The Man

POP2 22.09.1973
11. Walk On The Wild Side
12. Heroin
13. White Light / White Heat

41:30