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LP – Indies Exclusive Limited Edition ‘Metallic Silver’ Coloured Vinyl. With 20 Page Booklet Featuring Lyrics, Archival Photos, and Liner Notes by Greil Marcus, Don Fleming and Jason Stern (2026 Repress).
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Released in tandem with the late artists 80th birthday celebrations, the album offers an extraordinary, unvarnished, and plainly poignant insight into one of Americas true poet-songwriters. Capturing Lou Reed in his formative years, this previously unreleased collection of songspenned by a young Reed, recorded to tape with the help of future bandmateJohn Cale, and mailed to himself as a poor mans copyrightremained sealed in its original envelope and unopened for nearly 50 years. Its contents embody some of the most vital, groundbreaking contributions to American popular music committed to tape in the 20th century. Through examination of these songs rooted firmly in the folk tradition, we see clearly Lous lasting influence on the development of modern American music from punk to art-rock and everything in between. A true time capsule, these recordings not only memorialise the nascent sparks of what would become the seeds of the incredibly influential Velvet Underground; they also cement Reed as a true observer with an innate talent for synthesising and distilling the world around him into pure sonic poetry.
LP and CD include booklets featuring lyrics, archival photos, and liner notes byGreil Marcus,Don FlemingandJason Stern(LP: 20-pgs, CD: 60-pgs); CD and Cassette include six unheard tracks recorded between 1958 and 1964, including early demos, a cover ofBob Dylans Dont Think Twice, Its All Right, and a doo-wop serenade recorded in 58 when the legendary singer-songwriter was just sixteen-years-old.
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