It was a blessing in disguise to not have been on the air last week when word hit that Lou Reed had passed away. All week long I’ve been listening to music from Reed’s long and rich career. While I felt like I knew his work with the Velvet Underground fairly well, I was surprised at how much of his solo material I’d either never heard before or had only given a cursory listen previously. What I tried to do in this tribute was focus on the songs that moved me most from Lou Reed, and that ended up being these twenty tracks recorded from 1967 to 1992. With such a prolific career, with some many albums and such high quality all over the place, I really wish I’d had a few days to pay tribute to Reed’s legacy and fully do it justice, but I’m happy with the show and whether you’ve only recently heard Reed’s music or if you’re a long time fan, I hope you enjoy it.
Melting Pot on KPFK #144: First Hour
Melting Pot on KPFK #144: Second Hour
Playlist: Lou Reed Tribute 11-3-2013
{opening theme} Booker T & the MGs – Melting Pot – 7” (Stax)
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Lou Reed – Walk On The Wild Side – Walk On The Wild Side: The Best Of Lou Reed (RCA)
The Velvet Underground – Some Kinda Love – The Velvet Underground (MGM)
The Velvet Underground – Sweet Jane [Full Length Version] – Loaded: Fully Loaded Edition (Rhino)
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Lou Reed – Vicious – Transformer (RCA)
The Velvet Underground – Sister Ray – White Light/White Heat (Verve)
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The Velvet Underground – Pale Blue Eyes – The Velvet Underground (MGM)
Lou Reed – Perfect Day – Transformer (RCA)
Lou Reed – Berlin – Lou Reed (RCA)
The Velvet Underground – Beginning To See The Light – The Velvet Underground (MGM)
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The Velvet Underground – Rock’N’Roll [Full Length Version] – Loaded: Fully Loaded Edition (Rhino)
The Velvet Underground & Nico – I’m Waiting For The Man [Stereo Edition] – The Velvet Underground & Nico: Deluxe Edition (Polydor)
Lou Reed – Make Up – Transformer (RCA)
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The Velvet Underground – I’m Set Free – The Velvet Underground (MGM)
The Velvet Underground with John Cale – Ocean [Demo] – Loaded: Fully Loaded Edition (Rhino)
The Velvet Underground – Jesus – The Velvet Underground (MGM)
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Lou Reed – Magician (Internally) – Magic and Loss (Sire)
The Velvet Underground & Nico – Sunday Morning [Single A Side Mono Version] – The Velvet Underground & Nico: Deluxe Edition (Polydor)
The Velvet Underground – Candy Says – The Velvet Underground (MGM)
Lou Reed – Coney Island Baby – Coney Island Baby (RCA)
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{closing theme} Dungen – C. Visar Vagen – Tio Bitar (Kemado)
This was perfect! I loved Lou in all his versions. When I heard he died I was so sad. I gave away my old cassetes years ago and my "Transformer "LP is buried somewhare in the basement. I got my Lou fix here.
I have been wracking my brain-does any body remeber the name of the mid-late 70"s movie that had "Walk on the Wild Side" on the soundtrack? It was about the punk scene.