LOU REED 1980-06-01 late show New York audience recording

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LOU REED 1980-06-01 late show New York audience recording

NOTE: this material is from the same cassette transfer which I originally uploaded in July 2008. I've processed it to remove the annoying ~100Hz hum which was present on most of the tracks, fixed all the SBEs and re-encoded it to flac. I've also made some minor edits to this text file and added some new scans.)

"...hey we're real happy to be here...we play so much better when we know that you love us......"Take No Prisoners" part 2......."

Bottom Line
New York
01 June 1980
late show

disc 1
01: Sweet Jane 5.07
02: We're Gonna Have A Real Good Time Together 3.58
03: I'm Waiting For My Man 3.54
04: Coney Island Baby 6.40
05: So Alone 4.26
06: Vicious 3.00
07: The Kids 5.00
08: Caroline Says 4.49
09: Heroin 10.13

disc 2
01: Walk On The Wild Side 6.12
02: Keep Away 4.16
03: The Power Of Positive Drinking 4.13
04: How Do You Speak To An Angel? 3.56 (...here's our latest hit....)
05: My Old Man 4.00
06: Street Hassle 16.49
07: Pale Blue Eyes 8.11
08: Perfect Day 5.51

(President) Lou Reed: guitar, vocals
(all-round Secretary) Stuart Heinrich: guitar synthesiser
(Secretary Of Defence) Chuck Hammer: guitar
(Secretary Of The Social Interior) Ellard "Moose" Bowles: bass
(Secretary Of War) Michael Fonfara: keyboards
(Vice President) Michael Suchorsky: drums

lineage: (unknown generation) MAXELL XL11 cassettes - wav - (hum removal) - FLAC (level 8) - you

original recording engineer unknown
transfer to WAV July 2008 by lurid_uk
uploaded to Dime July 2008 by lurid_uk
RESEEDED in processed form June 2010 by lurid_uk

This show is just as powerful and passionate as the early show from the same date. Lou's still in a playful mood, and the band are tight as f***. If there were windows at the Bottom Line, they were surely blown out by the end of this set!

1980 was a Presidential election year in the USA, and Lou conducts a quick straw poll of the audience's views before declaring his own candidancy for the Presidency on the "rock and roll" ticket. He enthusiastically goes on to nominate the band as his cabinet. Lou's never been shy about talking politics during US election years - listen to him joking about Ted Kennedy during "Street Hassle" ("If I was him I would blow up the (Chappaquiddick) bridge....").

This is another great low-generation stereo audience tape, probably from the same source as the extant recording of the early show. The audience are very appreciative, but that only adds to the atmosphere.

artwork included

Scans included with torrent files:

#1: Lou onstage at the Bottom Line 02 June 1980 (photo copyright Bob Dillingham)
#2: a pile of contemporary press cuttings
#3: ARISTA press kit for "Growing Up In Public"
#4: ARISTA press kit for "Rock And Roll Diary"

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