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DVD featuring one of the great all-time rock music icons, Nico. One of the most fascinating figures of rock's fringes, Nico hobnobbed, worked, and was romantically linked with an incredible assortment ...    Full Descriptionof the most legendary entertainers of the '60s. Nico first rose to fame as a European supermodel, also landing a bit part in Fellini's La Dolce Vita film. In the mid-1960's she moved to New York, where Andy Warhol installed her as a vestigial presence and occasional lead singer for the Velvet Underground. The original goth rocker, Nico's albums are demanding and bleak, but map a unique and starkly powerful vision that has become more influential with age. All Tomorrow's Parties features extremely rare material from 2 shows Nico played in the UK in the early '80s. Cherry Red. 2006.
A former fashion model and the toast of Andy Warhol's Factory, Nico came to be the glamorous, mysterious voice of a generation when she took up the microphone to sing with the Velvet Underground. Soon taking up a solo career, Nico released some of the era's most influential records while continuing to lead a much-publicized existence among the stars. These two ultra-rare performances, never before released, feature Nico playing in the U.K. in the early 1980s. Songs include "My Heart Is Empty," "Femme Fatale," and "Purple Lips."