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Lou Reed - "Live At The Roxy - Cassette Version" - RESEED

Lou Reed - "Live At The Roxy - Cassette Version"
1st December 1976
Live at the Roxy Theatre, Los Angeles
KMET FM Radio Broadcast

Marty Fogel-Sax
Michael Fonfara-Keyboards
Michael Sikorsky-Drums
Bruce Yaw-Bass
Don Cherry-Trumpet
Lou Reed-Gitar,Vocals & Foul Language

This is a more complete version that the one on this torrent : http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-deta ... ?id=300558

Here is the original info text :
This concert has appeared in at least four guises over time, each with slightly different tracklistings/times:
1. Claim 2 Fame [CD source]
2. Super Golden Radio Shows [CD source]
3. Sweet Lou [LP source]
4. Cassette Source [Gordon L's source!]

Lineage : I downloaded this new torrent from the Cooking For The Down Five blog as flac files which listed it as a "complete first generation tape of the KMET FM Radio Broadcast".
After that I put it through Magic Audio Cleaning Lab > CD > EAC > Wav > Flac Frontend > flac8

In my opinion the sound is very good, and to my ears is better than the Claim 2 Fame CD. It sounds like it could even be the source for that CD as it has extended versions of many songs including the various DJ chat that has been edited out of the Claim 2 Fame CD.

I have made some alterations to this cassette version:

a) I have boosted the left channel (due to drop in level) on Kicks (from 7:13), She's My Best Friend, I'm Waiting For The Man, You Wear It So Well, Claim To Fame, Coney Island Baby (from 1:25).
b) I very slightly gave extra punch to most songs as they sounded slightly thin.
c) I smoothed over some of the joins between tracks (ie this shows that it wasn't taped continuously off the radio) and a couple of drop-outs.
d) I moved the start of some tracks (this, and (c) above, is why the timings are now different to the original blog files).
e) I faded out the ends of both CD's slightly so they didn't end abruptly.
f) I removed Heroin which has been officially released (on Between Thought And Expression boxset).

The tracklisting is:

Disc 1 (55:42)
01: Intro (9:24)
02: Sweet Jane (4:54)
03: I Believe In Love (3:50)
04: Lisa Says (7:10)
05: Kicks (11:40)
06: She's My Best Friend (5:45)
07: I'm Waiting For The Man (12:57)

Disc 2 (43:26)
01: A Sheltered Life (10:32)
02: You Wear It So Well (4:58)
03: Claim To Fame (3:01)
04: Vicious Circle (4:29)
05: Walk On The Wild Side (11:17)
06: Coney Island Baby (9:06)


According to The Rock And Roll Animal webpage the whole concert was:

1. Intro Jam
2. Sweet Jane
3. I Believe In Love
4. Lisa Says
5. Kicks
6. She's My Best Friend
7. I'm Waiting For The Man
8. A Sheltered Life
9. You Were It So Well
10. Claim To Fame
11. Vicious Circle
12. Walk On The Wild Side
13. Coney Island Baby
14. Rock And Roll Heart
15. Charley's Girl
16. Kill Your Sons
17. Satellite Of Love
18. Berlin
19. Temporary Thing
20. Ladies Pay
21. Heroin (appears on Between Thought And Expression official boxset)
22. White Light/White Heat


I have included new artwork as well as including the artwork originally included on the Cooking For The Down Five blog.

Originally uploaded on Dime on 11th March 2011. Thanks to the original uploader.

Enjoy!


at DaD

I just posted this on Dime:

I posted Gordon L's cassette a couple years ago and still have the original file. As I am the one who converted this from the cassettes, I would say the Cooking blog was using 2ng gen using my torrent as the source.

Here are my notes:

Lou Reed
Venue: The Roxy, Los Angeles CA
Date: 1 December 1976

Lineage: FM-broadcast -> cassette (low gen.) -> CD-R -> .aiff -> Peak4 (pitch correction & raw track edits) -> .flac ( level 8 )

CD1
01 intro jam
02 sweet jane
03 i believe in love
04 lisa says
05 kicks
06 she's my best friend
07 i'm waiting for the man
08 sheltered life
09 you wear it so well

CD2
01 claim to fame
02 vicious circle
03 wild side
04 coney island baby

This was provided to me by Gordon L. and is MUCH appreciated! The sound is MUCH better than "Sweet Lou," but is not as good as "Claim 2 Fame." A VERY long intro jam (9.5 minutes) for all you free-jazz nuts. The pitch was in dire need of correction (way too slow), so I took care of that w/ Peak4. By "raw track edits" I mean cutting out "noiseless" segments where the cassette was being recorded but there was no sound. Gordon noted the following about the sound quality:

"Wild Side" is cut at the end of the 1st tape and then continues on the 2nd tape. The 1st tape starts off in lovely stereo and then collapses to glorious mono in the middle of "Kicks" - sounds as if the original taper was having FM reception problems. It reverts to stereo later on in the tape. But quality is at least as good if not better than the LP/CD versions, imho."

UPLOAD BY MG196 - DO THE OSTRICH, MOTHERFUNKERS!!

Hey - Christian hit me up on Dime and told me this IS a different source than my original. Sorry for any confusion!