Behind the Iron Curtain (album)

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Behind the Iron Curtain is a concert recorded by Nico for "Pandora's Music Box '85" at De Doelen Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal (Great Hall), in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on October 9, 1985. It was reissued on CD in 1987, only including the material from sides 1, 2 and 4.

The release states: "Recorded live in Warsaw, Budapest and Prague between 29.9.85 and 31.10.85", hence the title.

Track listing

Side 1

1. "All Saints' Night" – 9:14 (Nico, Young, Toman, Random)
2. "Procession" – 3:48
3. "Secret Side" – 3:33 (Nico)
4. "Das Lied vom einsamen Mädchen" – 6:08 (Robert Gilbert, Heymann)

Side 2

1. "Win a Few" – 8:55 (Nico)
2. "König" – 4:27 (Nico)
3. "Purple Lips" – 4:32 (Nico)
4. "All Tomorrow's Parties" – 3:03 (Lou Reed)

Side 3

1. "Fearfully in Danger" – 6:49 (Nico)
2. "The End" – 10:10 (The Doors)
3. "My Funny Valentine" – 4:15 (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
4. "Sixty/Forty" – 2:26 (Nico)

Side 4

1. "Tananore" – 4:06 (Nico)
2. "Janitor of Lunacy" – 4:19 (Nico)
3. "My Heart Is Empty" – 5:15 (Nico)
4. "Femme Fatale" – 3:48 (Lou Reed)

Personnel

• Nico – vocals, Indian pump organ
• James Young – piano, keyboards
• Eric Random – tabla, percussion, synthesiser
• Graham 'Dids' Dowdall – electronic percussion
• Toby Toman – drums

External links

• Behind the Iron Curtain at Discogs (list of releases)
• http://smironne.free.fr/NICO/iron.php