Nico (3) – The Frozen Borderline 1968-1970

This compilation ℗ 1968, 1970 & 2007 Rhino Entertainment. © 2007 Rhino UK.
Manufactured & Marketed by Rhino UK, a Warner Music Group Company. Made in the EU.

Packaged in a six- gatefold Digisleeve. Includes a 16-page booklet in English.

All outtakes, alternate versions & demos are previously unreleased.

Disc One, tracks 1 to 8 originally released as The Marble Index, Elektra (US) EKS-74029, 1968.
Disc One, tracks 9 to 12 are outtakes from the album sessions. (Track 11 was first issued in 1991 in a different mix, along with an a cappella version of track 12).
Disc One, tracks 13 to 19 are alternate versions from the album sessions.

Disc Two, tracks 1 to 8 originally issued as Desertshore, Reprise (US) 6424, 1970.
Disc Two, tracks 9 to 14.1 are demos, recorded August 20, 1969 and are previously unreleased.
Abschied and Mütterlein are from the film La Cicatrice Intérieure, directed by Philippe Garrel.
Disc Two, track 14.2 Frozen Warnings (demo with John Cale on drone viola) is an unlisted hidden track.

Remastering at Digiprep, Los Angeles, CA.

Memorabilia kindly loaned by Jay Reeg and Ben & Kaomi Phillipson.

Special Thanks: David Anderle, Kenneth Ansell, Montse Balart at Studio Pomés, Julie Brunning, John Cale, Andy Child, Rick Conrad, Julian cope, Danny Fields, Simon Goddard, Ben Graville, Will Hodgkinson, Jac Holzman, Ignacio Julia, Maria McKenna, Frazier Mohawk, Ben & Kaomi Phillipson, Jay Reeg, Jon Savage, The Seth Man, Paul Smith, Nick Stewart, Mason Williams, Richard Williams, Matt Wrbican & Greg Burchard at The Warhol Museum.