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Features newly recorded covers from Keith Richards, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Rufus Wainwright, Lucinda Williams, Maxim Ludwig & Angel Olsen, Rickie Lee Jones, Mary Gauthier, Bobby Rush, Automatic, The Afghan Whigs, and Rosanne Cash
Special Record Store Day Edition pressed on Silver Nugget wax and housed in a silver laminated jacket
Booklet features liner notes by compilation producer & former Lou Reed publicist Bill Bentley, featuring photos by Mick Rock and Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Available at Fine Record Shops on Record Store Day (April 20th, 2024)

In a world with too many VU covers albums that sound pretty boring, this sounds like I'm going to have to go for, based on lineup alone.

Looking closer they're almost all Lou solo songs (including a couple that he first recorded with the VU), but it still looks like fun.

LITA just released Keef doing IWFTM from the forthcoming release. It's nice to see, but not sure I need to listen to it more than once.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NcJvi5TYEk

Keef has certainly earned the right to sing those lyrics

I was unsure at the beginning, but by the end it really got me. I also don't know how often I'll spin it, but it's 100% clear that Keith knows his shit.

The full tracklist has now been released too

1 Keith Richards - I'm Waiting for the Man 4:15
2 Maxim Ludwig & Angel Olsen - I Can't Stand It 2:58
3 Rufus Wainwright - Perfect Day 3:32
4 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts - I'm So Free 2:32
5 Bobby Rush - Sally Can't Dance 4:06
6 Rickie Lee Jones - Walk on the Wild Side 4:55
7 The Afghan Whigs - I Love You, Suzanne 3:07
8 Mary Gauthier - Coney Island Baby 7:13
9 Lucinda Williams - Legendary Hearts 3:01
10 Automatic - New Sensations 4:41
11 Rosanne Cash - Magician 4:52
12 Brogan Bentley - The Power of the Heart (Bonus track CD/Digital Only) 6:05

Intrigued to hear a couple of these, but I'll probably just end up listening to it once..

Rufus Wainwright doing a pretty sleepy version of Perfect Day from the forthcoming release: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZ2HiVGviZM