Friday, July 27, 2012

live lou lives

one of my all time favorite live albums (or any album), lou reed's rock and roll animal has been lovingly reunited with it's long lost sibling lou reed live by an incredibly wise fan. separated from each other at birth, an incendiary concert at the Academy of Music in Manhattan on 12.21.73 during an incendiary tour.  this line-up features the searing twin glam guitar work of Detroit shredders Dick Wagner  and Steve Hunter (both also worked with Alice Cooper in the 70s) and Reed's meth'd out yet sardonic vocal delivery and evil joker appearance. the show's recording was hacked into two and sold separately, both with varying production values.  now they've been rejoined in proper setlist order with levels smoothed out for a seamless live listening experience.  now let Lou take you for a walk on the dark side of the 70s.
d/l here