Live MCMXCIII

Live MCMXCIII ("1993" in Roman numerals) is a live album by The Velvet Underground. It was released simultaneously in single and double CD/Cassette formats on October 26, 1993 by Sire Records. The single CD is an abridged version of the double CD edition: there are no different takes of songs across the two editions. It was also released in DVD format on January 24, 2006. In late 1992, the Velvet Underground 1965–1968 core line-up of Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Maureen Tucker suddenly decided to reform. The decision was entirely unexpected because the relationship between Reed and Cale had been sour ever since the late Sixties, and though it had ameliorated after back catalogue royalty renegotiations in the mid-Eighties,...