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Limited silver colored vinyl LP pressing. Light in the Attic Records, in cooperation with Laurie Anderson, proudly announces the inaugural title in their ongoing Lou Reed Archive Series: Words & Music, May 1965. Released in tandem with the late artist's 80th birthday celebrations, the album offers an extraordinary, unvarnished, and plainly poignant insight into one of America's true poet-songwriters. Capturing Reed in his formative years, this previously unreleased collection of songs-penned by a young Lou Reed, recorded to tape with the help of future bandmate John Cale, and mailed to himself as a "poor man's copyright"-remained sealed in it's original envelope and unopened for nearly 50 years. It's 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 Lou's 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 memorialize 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 synthesizing and distilling the world around him into pure sonic poetry.
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0.27 x 12.6 x 12.31 inches; 1.05 Pounds
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This super deluxe edition is seemingly made exclusively for lovers of perforated cardboard and glue. Light in the attic are better than this and so is Lou Reed. Just buy the standard record.
John Caleがインタビューで、Lou Reedと初めて会った頃、曲はフォークみたいだったけど歌詞が良かったとか言っていたのが、ここで録音されているものなのだろうな。
演奏はBob Dylanの影響を強く感じさせ、Dylanの曲のカバーまで録音されている("Baby, Let Me Follow You Down")。僕はLou Reedの音楽的背景にBob Dylanを感じたことはなかったので少し驚いた。今までもドゥーワップの影響を感じる曲は何曲かあったし、アレサフランクリンとか、Al Greenとかも聞いてたのかなとは思っていたが、Bob Dylanですか!うーん、ちょっとイメージじゃないかも。
前後をみても1957年のThe Jades名義で出した"So Blue"やその後のThe Primitives名義の"The Ostrich"から1966年の"The Velvet Underground & Nico"の間にこの音源が入っていると流れにすごく違和感がある。 Lou Reedは意外と流行に敏感というか、ディスコとかラップとか色々演ってみる人なので、Bob Dylanに傾倒した時期があったのかもしれない。Bob Dylanのファーストアルバムが発売されたのが1962年、"Baby, Let Me Follow You Down"をLou Reed がホームレコーディングしたのが1963年だから、The Primitivesまでの流れにBob Dylanをミックスして、John Caleの前衛音楽でパッケージしたのがThe Velvet Undergroundになっていくのか、、、