Rhino has a Loaded slate for March.  On the 24th, the label will revisit and reconfigure The Velvet Underground's fourth studio album for a deluxe 9-LP vinyl presentation.  Loaded: Fully Re-Loaded Edition is based on the 6CD/1DVD box from 2015.  This new vinyl iteration will include:

• The original 1970 album in both its stereo and promotional mono mixes;
• The "Full-Length" version of the album with extended versions of "Sweet Jane," "Rock and Roll," and "New Age," all debuting on vinyl;
• 2 LPs (four sides) of outtakes, demos, early versions, and alternate takes from the Loaded era, all debuting on vinyl;
• Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, 1970, featuring seven songs from Loaded as performed by the trio line-up of Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, and Doug Yule, in its vinyl debut;
• Live at Max's Kansas City, recorded on August 23, 1970 - the day Lou Reed left the VU - in its expanded edition drawing on both sets performed that night; and
• Four seven-inch singles in replica sleeves: "Rock and Roll" and "Who Loves the Sun" in generic Cotillion sleeves as they were originally released - in fact, the planned release of "Rock and Roll" was cancelled in 1970 so this marks its official premiere in the 45 RPM format - plus "Head Held High" in its French sleeve and "Sweet Jane" in its German sleeve.

Despite the tumultuous period surrounding the album, Lou Reed left the band on a high note: Loaded introduced some of his most beloved songs for the band including "Sweet Jane" and "Rock and Roll."  With the increased participation of Doug Yule (including the lead vocals on four songs) and without the credited Maureen Tucker, who was pregnant at the time of the album's recording, Loaded has a very different - and arguably more accessible and pop-oriented - feel than its predecessors in the group's catalogue.  VU guitarist Sterling Morrison does play on the record.  Guest drummers including Doug Yule's brother Billy, who subbed for Tucker.  Lenny Kaye recognized the album's merits upon its release, writing in his original Rolling Stone review that "though the Velvet Underground on Loaded are more loose and straightforward than we've yet seen them, there is an undercurrent to the album that makes it more than any mere collection of good-time cuts."

Featuring more than two dozen tracks in their vinyl debuts, Loaded: Fully Re-Loaded Edition is an exclusive to Rhino.com and is limited to just 1,970 units.  It's housed in a foil-wrapped slipcase containing the LPs, a poster of the album's cover artwork, and a booklet with Lenny Kaye's liner notes to the 2015 edition.  You'll find the pre-order link below; the set will ship on or around March 24 from Rhino.

Loaded (Fully Re-Loaded Edition) (Rhino, 2023)

LP 1: Original album (released as Cotillion SD-9034, 1970)
LP 2: Promotional mono version (released as Cotillion 9034, 1970)
LP 3: "Full-Length" Version (released on Peel Slowly and See - Polydor/Chronicles 314 527 887-2, 1995)

Note: track lists are identical on all three LPs. Tracks marked * are longer versions on LP 3 and previously unreleased on vinyl.

1. Who Loves the Sun
2. Sweet Jane *
3. Rock & Roll *
4. Cool It Down
5. New Age *
6. Head Held High
7. Lonesome Cowboy Bill
8. I Found a Reason
9. Train 'Round the Bend
10. Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

LP 4-5: "Fully Loaded" Demos, Early Versions and Alternate Mixes (previously unreleased on vinyl)

1. Ride Into the Sun (Session Outtake)
2. Ocean (Session Outtake)
3. I Love You (Session Outtake)
4. I'm Sticking with You (Session Outtake)
5. Rock & Roll (Demo)
6. Sad Song (Demo)
7. I Found a Reason (Demo)
8. Satellite of Love (Demo)
9. Oh Gin (Demo)
10. Walk and Talk (Demo)
11. Ocean (Demo)
12. I Love You (Demo)
13. Love Makes You Feel Ten Feet Tall (Demo)

1. Cool It Down (Early Version)
2. Sweet Jane (Early Version)
3. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Early Version)
4. Head Held High (Early Version)
5. Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (Early Version)
6. Who Loves the Sun (Alternate Mix)
7. Sweet Jane (Alternate Mix)
8. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Alternate Mix)
9. Train 'Round the Bend (Alternate Mix)
10. Cool It Down (Alternate Mix)
11. Head Held High (Alternate Mix)
12. Rock & Roll (Alternate Mix)

LP 4, Tracks 1-2, 6, 8-10 and 12 released on Peel Slowly and See - Polydor/Chronicles 314 527 887-2, 1995
LP 4, Track 3-5, 7, 11 and 13 and LP 5, Tracks 1-6 and 11-12 released on Loaded (Fully Loaded Edition) - Rhino R2 72563, 1997
LP 5, Tracks 7-9 released on Loaded (Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition) - Atlantic/Rhino 081227953737, 2015

LP 6-7: Live At Max's Kansas City, New York, NY - August 23, 1970

1. I'm Waiting for the Man
2. White Light/White Heat
3. I'm Set Free
4. Sweet Jane
5. Lonesome Cowboy Bill
6. New Age
7. I'm Beginning to See the Light
8. I'll Be Your Mirror

1. Pale Blue Eyes
2. Candy Says
3. Sunday Morning
4. After Hours
5. Femme Fatale
6. Some Kinda Love
7. Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Version 2)

LP 6, Tracks 1 and 4-8 and LP 7, Tracks 1 and 3-5 first released on Cotillion SD-9500, 1972
LP 6, Tracks 2-3 and LP 7, Track 2 and 7 first released on Atlantic/Rhino R2 78093, 2004
LP 7, Track 6 first released on Peel Slowly and See - Polydor/Chronicles 314 527 887-2, 1995

LP 8-9: Live at Second Fret, Philadelphia, PA - May 9, 1970 (previously unreleased on vinyl)

1. I'm Waiting for the Man
2. What Goes On
3. Cool It Down
4. Sweet Jane
5. Rock & Roll
6. Some Kinda Love

1. New Age
2. Candy Says
3. Head Held High
4. Train 'Round the Bend
5. Oh! Sweet Nuthin'

Previously released on Loaded (Re-Loaded 45th Anniversary Edition) - Atlantic/Rhino 081227953737, 2015

7" Singles

• Head Held High b/w Train 'Round the Bend (French picture sleeve - released as Cotillion 650 216 L (France), 1971)
• Rock & Roll b/w Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Cotillion sleeve - planned as Cotillion 45-44133 (unissued))
• Sweet Jane b/w Rock & Roll (German picture sleeve - released as Atlantic ATL 10339 (Germany), 1973)
• Who Loves the Sun b/w Oh! Sweet Nuthin' (Cotillion sleeve - released as Cotillion 45-44107, 1970)