The Velvet Forum

Lou Reed - Banging On My Drums - 1977, 1975 (Liberated Midnight Beat bootleg)

Lou Reed
Banging On My Drums (Midnight Beat MB CD132/33)

Got the copy of this boot in a trade in 2003.
Silver disc > wav > xACT > Flac 8

This boot was shared on Dime some time back but it is no longer available.
However, the listing of venues and dates and the notes that accompanied the torrent were thorough and are reproduced here - Thanks to the uploader!

Disc 1
01: Sweet Jane 7.31
02: Rock And Roll Heart 2.58
03: I Wanna Be Black 8.25
04: Rock And Roll/You Keep Me Hanging On 10.52
05: Walk on the Wild Side 9.56
06: Shooting Star 4.02
07: Satellite of Love 11.16
08: Coney Island Baby 7.30
09: Banging On My Drums 3.54
10: You Can Dance 3.53

Disc 2
01: Dirt/Oh Jim 14.43
02: Better Get Up And Dance* 4.36
03: Shooting Star 5.14
04: Such A Pretty Face* 5.03
05: Real Good Time Together 3.53
06: Gimmie Some Good Times 4.37
07: Affirmative Action (PO #99)* 13.41
08: Ride Sally Ride 3.46
09: Charlie's Girl 4.17
10: White Light/White Heat 3.03
11: It's Too Late Mama 4.41
12: Complete the Story Now 3.05

*these song titles are as published in "Pass Thru Fire - The Collected Lyrics"

Disc 1 Tracks 1-9: 1977-11-01 Regent Theatre, Albury, Australia (soundboard recording)
Disc 1 Track 10: 1975-04-26 Felt Forum, New York, USA (audience recording)
Disc 2 Tracks 1-7: 1977-05-01/02 Evenmentehal, Groningen, Holland (soundboard recording)
Disc 2 Tracks 8-11: 1975-07-?? Perth (?), Australia (soundboard recording)
Disc 2 track 12: 1975-04-26 Felt Forum, New York, USA (audience recording)

April 1975 touring band
Lou Reed: guitar
Doug Yule: guitar, keyboards
Bruce Yaw: bass
Marty Fogel: saxophone
Michael Suchorsky: drums

July 1975 touring band
Lou Reed: guitar
Doug Yule: guitar
Bruce Yaw: bass
Marty Fogel: saxophone
Michael Suchorsky: drums
Michael Fonfara: keyboards

May 1977 touring band
Lou Reed: guitar, vocals
Jeffrey Roth: guitar
Michael Fonfara: keyboards
Bruce Yaw: bass
Marty Fogel: saxophone
Michael Suchorsky: drums

November 1977 touring band
Lou Reed: guitar
Stuart Heindrich: guitar
Bruce Yaw: bass
Michael Suchorsky: drums
Richard (Ritchie) Fliegler: guitar
Joanne Kamorin: backing vocals

Notes
1: I believe that the Groningen show started on 1st May but went on until after midninght, so finished on 2nd May. The songs here are from the encore, so are technically from 2nd May. Rachel appeared on stage with Lou.
2: the 1977-11-01 tracks are mistitled/misdated on the CD artwork - the above details are correct.
3: the 1975-07 tracks are misdated on the CD artwork. The venue might be Perth, but Lou was playing in Japan on 7th July 1975.


at DaD

those were the comments I added when I last uploaded this great bootleg - I believe that they are still accurate

I'd never considered bootlegs of Reed/Yule doing Velvets songs in the mid 70s. Is there much of this stuff doing the rounds...?

MrStephen wrote:I'd never considered bootlegs of Reed/Yule doing Velvets songs in the mid 70s. Is there much of this stuff doing the rounds...?

Yes, quite a bit from that tour.