Nico - Peel Sessions - Cassette
Brand new, never played and still sealed in the factory plastic seal
Strange Fruit Records
Nico grew up in Berlin and began modelling when she was a teenager. In 1959 Frederico Fellini put her in his film La Dolce Vita. The statuesque blonde lived in Paris, then moved to New York in 1960, where she hung out with guys like Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne and Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones. She met Andy Warhol and the members of the band The Velvet Underground, and with them she recorded some of her best-known songs, including the Lou Reed-penned "Femme Fatale" and "All Tomorrow's Parties." In the 1970s she made films, released solo albums and collaborated with John Cale, Brian Eno and David Bowie. In 1988 she fell off a bicycle and later died of a brain hemorrhage.

In February 1971, Nico recorded a four-song session for the BBC that included songs from three of her solo albums. "No One Is There" and "Frozen Warnings" had appeared on 1969's The Marble Index, and "Janitor of Lunacy" on 1970's Desertshore; "Secret Side" would appear on 1974's The End.This official release presents the performance at the right speed in pristine sound. These renditions are about as bare-boned as they come, with no accompaniment save Nico's own harmonium. In both material and performance, she leans toward the more wistful and gothic of her numbers.


Track Listing
Secret Side
No One Is There
Janitor Of Lunacy
Frozen Warnings