Name: Bottom Line 1977
Brand: Lou Reed

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

UNCD043

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Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-11-19

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Plastichead

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0823564034850

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Artist

Lou Reed

Genre GB

Classic

Label GB

Unicorn

When Reed returned to the studio in 1975, the result was Coney Island Baby, an album that continued his explorations of underground inner-city life, but in a significantly mellower manner, which would end Reed's relationship with RCA. With his contract expired, he returned in 1976 with <i>Rock and Roll Heart </i>on Arista, and he again began returning to form. On this album, Reed's song- writing took on a new compassion and the result was his most approachable record since the VU days. To promote the album, Reed enlisted several of the session musicians and assembled the best touring band he had worked with since his 1973 tour. Reed also began to embrace the guitar again, adding his distinct, individualistic playing to the mix, which added significantly to the appeal of his live performances. No concerts on the 1977 tour were as highly anticipated as his three-night run on his home turf in New York City in May of that year.

This performance from the third and final night of that run, recorded at the Bottom Line, finds Reed fiercely fighting his way out of the mid-'70s, post-glam doldrums, and with his new team of certified power-punks brought along to lend a hand. With a set consisting of key tracks from his solo albums, several revamped VU classics, in addition to early previews of ‘Leave Me Alone’ and ‘Street Hassle,’, this is Reed ploughing through his catalogue with renewed focus and aggression. Recorded for live radio transmission, the full set Lou reed played on the night of 11th May 1977, is released now on this CD for the first time.

Bottom Line 1977

Music GB