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Rhino UK has compiled two albums by legendary chanteuse and Velvet Underground collaborator Nico into one two-disc release, expanded with previously unreleased demos, outtakes, and alternate versions.

The Frozen Borderline: 1968-1970 combines 1969's The Marble Index and 1970's Desertshore, both of which feature the Velvet Underground's John Cale assisting in production, performing, and writing.

The Frozen Borderline: 1968-1970 is out now.

Tracklist:

Disc One (The Marble Index):

01 Prelude
02 Lawns of Dawns
03 No One Is There
04 Ari's Song
05 Facing the Wind
06 Julius Caesar (Memento Hodie)
07 Frozen Warnings
08 Evening of Light
09 Sagen Die Gelehrten [previously unreleased session outtake]
10 Reve Reveiller [previously unreleased session outtake]
11 Roses in the Snow [session outtake]
12 Niebelungen (harmonium version) [previously unreleased session outtake]
13 Lawns of Dawns (alternate version) [previously unreleased]
14 No One Is There (alternate version) [previously unreleased]
15 Ari's Song (alternate version) [previously unreleased]
16 Facing the Wind (alternate version) [previously unreleased]
17 Julius Caesar (alternate version) [previously unreleased]
18 Frozen Warnings (alternate version) [previously unreleased]
19 Evening of Light (alternate version) [previously unreleased]

Disc Two (Desertshore):

01 Janitor of Lunacy
02 The Falconer
03 My Only Child
04 Le Petit Chevalier
05 Abschied
06 Afraid
07 Mutterlein
08 All That Is My Own
09 My Only Child [previously unreleased demo]
10 Janitor of Lunacy [previously unreleased demo]
11 Abschied Ode (Death/Farewell) [previously unreleased demo]
12 You Are Beautiful [Afraid] [previously unreleased demo]
13 The Falconer [previously unreleased demo]
14 On the Desert Shore [All That Is My Own] [previously unreleased demo]