The Velvet Underground : Loaded : Fully Loaded

Loaded

 is the fourth

 studio album by 

American rock band

The Velvet Underground, 

released in November 1970

 by Atlantic Records'

 subsidiary label

 Cotillion. 

It was the final album

 recorded featuring

 founding member

 and main songwriter

 Lou Reed, 

who left the band 

shortly before its release.

In 2012,

 Loaded was ranked

 110 on

 Rolling Stone 

magazine's 

list of the 500 

greatest albums

 of all time.

Rhino Records

 released 

Fully Loaded, 

a two-CD reissue

 of Loaded, 

on

 February 18, 1997.

 It contains numerous 

alternate takes, 

alternate mixes,

 and demo versions 

of Loaded songs

 and outtakes,

 including 

performances by

 Maureen Tucker

the demos of

 "I'm Sticking with You",

 vocals, and

 "I Found a Reason",

 drums

 There is also an

 "orchestral" 

alternate-take

 recording of

 "Ocean"

CD 1

CD 2

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