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Tuesday, December 01, 2015

From the legendary boot site


LOU REED Rock N Roll Animal: The Complete Concert – The 1973 Academy Of Music Performance (1973/2015)

Rock N Roll Animal_ The Complete ConcertRock N Roll Animal: The Complete Concert (1973/2015)
Because It Needed To Be Done…
Lou Reed’s complete Academy Of Music Concert from December 21, 1973, which was first issued (in part) on 1974’s Rock N Roll Animal. Further excerpts from the show found their way onto 1975’s Lou Reed Live. So, between both albums, the entire show has been officially released, but not in its original sequence, which this excellent fan-made concoction does for the first time. Why Lou’s label hasn’t thought of this yet is clearly an oversight, but if they did, they would probably have created a 45 to help promote it, which the compiler here has thoughtfully already done – including exclusive, edited versions of “Sweet Jane” b/w “Rock N Roll.” The only thing missing is a bio and 8×10. Lou’s backing band for this show is killer, bringing some much-needed power and energy to Reed’s well documented slacker indifference. Four of the five players would later form the core of Alice Cooper’s Welcome To My Nightmare band – Steve Hunter & Dick Wagner (guitars), Prakash John (bass), Ray Colcord (keyboards) and Pentti “Whitey” Glan (drums). This is the first time this nearly 90-minute, properly-sequenced “Complete Concert” (and the 45 edits) has been online, for which we are grateful to the original creator

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