Nico - Frozen Borderline 1968-1970

The last time I met Nico was in April 1975. It was in Marseille, South of France, where she shared the same bill with John Cale. After her show, I had the chance to dine out with her… and some other people. John Cale stayed at his hotel. During few hours, I could share with her thoughts about everything and nothing and also could feel how much Nico was a lovely and a very lonely person.
Rhino UK, together with Elektra and Reprise, just released in February a beautiful 2CD called The Frozen Borderline 1968-1970 which includes the reissue of The Marble Index (1968) and Desertshore (1970) two major recordings from Nico. Of course, as usual, this double CD contains lots of outtakes, alternate versions, demos, even a hidden track (Frozen Warnings). For those of you who only know Nico as a singer with The Velvet Underground (Velvet Underground and Nico, 1967), this is a great opportunity to discover her songwriting and again to hear her incredible voice.
Christa Päffgen alias Nico died in July 1988 and is buried at the Grunewald Forest cemetery park in Berlin with her mother.

Web: everything about Nico and The Frozen Borderline 1968-1970 is in the Web Site of Serge Mironneau: NICO

Below, some songs from The Marble Index and Desertshore recorded live at the CBGB’s (NYC) in March1979 (via philxmilstein)
Nico - No One Is There .mp3
Nico - Abschied .mp3
Nico - Janitor Of Lunacy .mp3

Bonus: Nico - Somewhere There's A Feather .mp3 from Chelsea Girl (1968)