The Gift

~ Recording by The Velvet Underground

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.2The Gift8:19The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light/White HeatThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum
  • US1968-01-30
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)V6-5046
1.2The Gift8:19The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light/White HeatThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)825 119-2
1.2The Gift8:19The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light/White HeatThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)825 119-2
1.2The Gift8:16The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light/White HeatThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)P33P-25041
3.9The Gift8:19The Velvet UndergroundPeel Slowly and SeeThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum + Compilation
  • US1995-09-26
Polydor (British label, see annotation)31452 7887-2, 527 887-2
3.9The Gift8:19The Velvet UndergroundPeel Slowly and SeeThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (British label, see annotation)527 887-2
1.2The Gift8:19The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light/White HeatThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum
  • US1996-05-07
Polydor (British label, see annotation)31453 1251-2
1.2The Gift8:19The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light/White HeatThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum
  • GB1996-05-20
Polydor (British label, see annotation)531 251 2
1.2The Gift8:19The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light/White HeatThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum
Polydor (British label, see annotation)101003
1.2The Gift8:19The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light/White HeatThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum
  • US1998-05-19
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabUDCD 724
1.2The Gift8:19The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light/White HeatThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)V6-5046
1.2The Gift8:19The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light/White HeatThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum
  • JP2009-01-21
Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)UICY-93896
1.2The Gift8:19The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light/White Heat + The Velvet Underground & NicoThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum + Compilation
Polydor (British label, see annotation), Universal Music Group International (manages UMG’s offices in most countries outside of North America)0600753186725
3.2The Gift8:19The Velvet UndergroundThe Verve/MGM AlbumsThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum + Compilation
  • US2012-10-30
Universal Music Special Markets, Sundazed MusicB0016246-01, VU 4003
1.2The Gift8:20The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light/White Heat (45th anniversary)The Velvet UndergroundAlbum
  • US2013-12-09
Polydor (British label, see annotation)
1.2The Gift8:20The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light/White HeatThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum
  • US2014-03-03
Universal Music Group (has logo with just “Universal Music Group”)0600753476543
1.2The Gift8:14The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light/White Heat (Abbey Road half speed mastering)The Velvet UndergroundAlbum
Republic Records (from 1994–2006 and since 2012, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.), Verve (jazz label, aka “Verve Records”, use this for release labels)00602577440069
1.2The Gift8:20The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light / White HeatThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum
Polydor (British label, see annotation)
Bootleg
2.2The Gift?:??The Velvet UndergroundUltimate Stereo AlbumThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum + Compilation
Nothing SongsNSCD-008/1/2/3/4
(unknown)
1.2The Gift8:19The Velvet UndergroundWhite Light/White HeatThe Velvet UndergroundAlbum
MGM Records2353 024

Relationships

recording engineer:Gary Kellgren
producer:Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
additionally sampled by:Velvet Sugar (The Archies vs. The Velvet Underground) by Go Home Productions
sampled by:Flat 29 by Bedlam Ago Go
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/6xst1yRHJ2IkMQE0ebeU11 [info]
recording of:The Gift

Related works

The Gift

lyricist:Lou Reed
composer:John Cale (The Velvet Underground founder)
Sterling Morrison
Lou Reed
Moe Tucker