NICO "Chelsea Girl" - Verve V/V6-5032 LP Mono NM (Velvet Underground)
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NICO Chelsea Girl

Chelsea Girl is the debut solo album and second studio album by Nico. It was released in October 1967 by Verve Records, also home to the Velvet Underground. The name of the album is a reference to Andy Warhol's 1966 film Chelsea Girls, in which Nico starred. The sixth track of the album (or first on Side B on vinyl) is titled "Chelsea Girls".

Many of the songs on the album have instrumental work from The Velvet Underground, whom Nico had previously collaborated with the year before on The Velvet Underground & Nico, as well as song-writing credits from members of the band. The song "I'll Keep It with Mine", which is included on the album, was written by Bob Dylan; the album contains three songs by Jackson Browne, who contributes guitar to the album.


Side A

  1. "The Fairest of the Seasons" (Jackson Browne, Gregory Copeland) – 4:06
  2. "These Days" (Jackson Browne) – 3:30
  3. "Little Sister" (John Cale, Lou Reed) – 4:22
  4. "Winter Song" (John Cale) – 3:17
  5. "It Was a Pleasure Then" (Lou Reed, John Cale, Christa Päffgen) – 8:02

Side B

  1. "Chelsea Girls" (Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison) – 7:22
  2. "I'll Keep It With Mine" (Bob Dylan) – 3:17 Note: this song was recorded by Dylan in 1965 but remained unreleased on any of his own albums until the 1985 Biograph set.
  3. "Somewhere There's a Feather" (Jackson Browne) – 2:16
  4. "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" (Lou Reed) – 5:07
  5. "Eulogy to Lenny Bruce" (Tim Hardin) – 3:45

Personnel

  • Christa "Nico" Päffgen – vocals
  • Jackson Browne – electric guitar (A1-2, B2-3, B5)
  • Lou Reed – electric guitar (A3, A5, B1, B4)
  • John Cale – viola, organ, guitar (A3-5)
  • Sterling Morrison – electric guitar (B1, B4)
Technical
  • Tom Wilson – producer
  • Val Valentin - director of engineering
  • Gary Kellgren - recording and remix engineer
  • Larry Fallon – string and flute arrangements
  • Paul Morrissey - photography


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