Lou Reed
1980-06-12
Arena Milan
Milan, Italy
Soundboard Recording
320 kbps
Artwork Included
01. Sweet Jane
02. Real Good Time Together
03. I'm Waiting For The Man
04. Coney Island Baby
05. So Alone
06. Vicious
07. Walk On The Wild Side
08. Standing On The Ceremony
09. Heroin
10. Keep Away
11. The Kids
12. Caroline Says II
13. The Bed
14. Sad Song
15. The Power Of Positive Drinking
16. How Do You Speak To An Angel
17. My Old Man
18. Growing Up In Public
19. Street Hassle
20. Rock And Roll > You Keep Me Hanging On
In 1967, Lou Reed was a member of the Velvet Undergroud, an early avante garde/proto punk band managed by Andy Warhol and also featurng John Cale, Sterling Morrison, and Maureen Tucker. The band began recording their debut albm in 1966, and at Warhol's suggestion added German singer Nico to the line up. The album, approprately titled The Velet Underground and Nico was released in March 1967. No one seemed to notice or care as the disc only reached #129 on the Billbaord charts and most critics ignored it. In the ensuing years, however, the critics took a second look at the album and dramatically reassessed its place in rock history. In 1977, famed critic Robert Christgau wrote that the record had been difficult to understand in 1967, "which is probably why people are still learning from it. It sounds intermittently crude, thin, and pretentious at first, but it never stops getting better." In 2003, Spin Magazine selected it as the most influential rock album of all time. That same year, Rolling Stone ranked it at #12 on its list of the Greatest Albums Of All Time. The disc came in again at #12 in the magazine's 2012 update of that list, and then at #23 in the 2020 version of the rankings. In 2006, Time Magazine listed it among its 100 Greatest Albums Of Al Time. Not bad fo an album that was released to little of no fanfare. This soundboard recording captures Reed 13 years after the release of that historic album, in Italy, on June 12, 1980, 42 years ago today.
5 comments:
Thank you for this wonderful Lou Reed show but it is not a soundboard recording but a very good audience recording.
Doctored Captain Al
This is great although I doubt its a soundboard from the noise of the audience. Runs 'hot' too but I just turn it up to window rattling volume and nobody minds except the neighbours! Thanks Speedy. Have done my usual and posted links across All the best to you as ever
Sorry if its an aud and not a SBD -wnet by what Was in the info file - glad it was still enjoyable
Alas! the link is already dead? I don't know nothing about your policy, but do you refresh the dead links if asked? "...to ease my soul..."
New link is up - enjoy. Two notes: 1) this may be an audience recording no a sounbaord 2) re-post policy can be found in the side bar
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