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Cover of GEE WHIZ in 1958 - rehearsal on cd/Scotch tape Words & Music, May 1965
Cover of MICHAEL (ROW THE BOAT ASHORE) in 1963 - bonustrack on Light In The Attic release Words & Music May 1965 ('22)
Cover of ANDY'S CHEST in 1972 - on Transformer
Cover of MR. BIG STUFF in 1972 - rhythmic elements in Walk On The Wild Side
Cover of OCEAN in 1972
Cover of RIDE INTO THE SUN in 1972
Cover of SATELLITE OF LOVE in 1972 - on Transformer
Cover of I CAN'T STAND IT in 1972 - on his first solo album (and the first version released)
Cover of HEAVEN'S DOORS GONNA BE CLOSED in 1972 - lyric line in Wagon Wheel ("Why don't you wake me, shake me, please don't let me sleep too long"); The Velvet Underground was The Myddle Class' supporting act in '65
Cover of STEPHANIE SAYS in 1973 - as Carolina Says II on Berlin LP
Cover of SAD SONG in 1973 - on Berlin
Cover of BERLIN in 1973 - as title track of Transformer's follow-up, with Bob Ezrin at the controls
Cover of OH GIN in 1973 - as Oh Jim on Berlin; see also Sad Song, Stephanie Says and Berlin
Cover of ROCK AND ROLL in 1974 - with Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner on Rock N Roll Animal
Cover of SWEET JANE in 1974 - on Rock N Roll Animal
Cover of WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT in 1974
Cover of LOOP in 1975 - blueprint of his Metal Machine Music
Cover of SHE'S MY BEST FRIEND in 1976 - on Coney Island Baby
Cover of TAKE ME TO THE RIVER in 1980 - in Teach The Gifted Children
Cover of SEPTEMBER SONG in 1985
Cover of SIRE, ROCK 'N ROLL in 1989 - intro Dirty Blvd.
Cover of FOOT OF PRIDE in 1993 - his pick for Dylans 30th Anniversary Concert
Cover of WILD ONE in 1993
Cover of THIS MAGIC MOMENT in 1995 - also in film Lost Highway
Cover of SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS KEPT CLEAN in 2001 - in film Soul Of A Man and in '06 on The Harry Smith Project Revisited
Cover of LOOK DOWN THE ROAD in 2003 - in Wim Wenders film The Soul Of A Man in series Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues

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