Lou Reed
Acoustic Demos
Fall/Winter 1970
Twelve acoustic demos recorded in the Fall/Winter of 1970 following Lou Reed’s departure from the Velvet Underground. While many of the tracks are similar to that of their officially released counterparts, this recording serves as an important snapshot of an artist in transition.
For Reed fans the collection is a fascinating listen as the set unearths nascent demos of material that would later populate the albums Berlin, Coney Island Baby, Sally Can’t Dance, Transformer and the oft neglected self-titled debut, Lou Reed. Also present are demo versions of tracks Reed fleshed out with the VU prior to his exit, though they themselves remained unreleased until the mid-80s.
If the idea of this collection piques your interest in the least, you need to hear the whole thing. You’ll thank me later. Having said that, it’s the (still) unreleased “So In Love” that’s been in heavy rotation with it’s rough and repeated “shoobop-shoobops”.
Set List
Fall 1970:
1. I'm So Free
2. I Can't Stand It
3. Walk and Talk It
Winter 1970:
4. Going Down
5. Ride Into the Sun
6. I'm Stick With You
7. Lisa Says
8. Kill Our Sons (aka Kill Your Sons)
9. Lonely Saturday Night (aka Goodnight Ladies)
10. So in Love*
11. She's My Best Friend
12. Looking Through the Eyes of Love (aka Oh Jim)
* never released on any album.