This 1970 release, originally on Reprise Records, finds Nico reunited with her Velvet Underground bandmate John Cale as producer, main instrumentalist and harmony vocalist.
Co-produced by Joe Boyd (legendary producer of Nick Drake, Sandy Denny and Incredible String Band), "Desertshore" contains 8 songs of deep haunting beauty featuring Nico's dark voice and harmonium and is one of her very best solo albums (also used as soundtrack for the 1971 Philippe Garrel's experimental French film "La Cicatrice Interieure")
This reissue has new exclusive liner notes by Dawson Prater and Dean Roberts, audiophile remastering from the original master tapes, original artwork and gatefold sleeve.
Selections:
1. Janitor of Lunacy
2. The Falconer
3. My Only Child
4. Le Petit Chevalier
5. Abscheid
6. Afraid
7. Mutterlein
8. All That Is My Own
Co-produced by Joe Boyd (legendary producer of Nick Drake, Sandy Denny and Incredible String Band), "Desertshore" contains 8 songs of deep haunting beauty featuring Nico's dark voice and harmonium and is one of her very best solo albums (also used as soundtrack for the 1971 Philippe Garrel's experimental French film "La Cicatrice Interieure")
This reissue has new exclusive liner notes by Dawson Prater and Dean Roberts, audiophile remastering from the original master tapes, original artwork and gatefold sleeve.
Selections:
1. Janitor of Lunacy
2. The Falconer
3. My Only Child
4. Le Petit Chevalier
5. Abscheid
6. Afraid
7. Mutterlein
8. All That Is My Own