LOU REED in 1965 / Soundsville BEACHNUTS & ROUGHNECKS
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LOU REED in 1965 !
SOUNDSVILLE !
In 1965, Lou Reed was 23 years old and trying to find his way in the music business. He had only recently graduated from the Syracuse Collegeo Arts & Sciences and had moved back in with his folks in Freeport. He soon got some work writing songs for Pickwick International, a label in Long Island who specialized in budget and sound-alike cheap-o recordings. Working with several other young musicians, he earned $25 a week for his pop songs, and didn't retain any rights. That's how they kept the costs down.
While working there he churned out dozens of songs, which were then recorded by other nameless musicians for the Lps. On a few occasions, Lou can be heard on lead vocals. These early pre-VU moments are particularly precious / embarrassing.
It was working at Pickwick when Lou met John Cale and the real seeds of the Velvet Underground would be sewn. It was Cale who would later introduce Lou to methamphetamine hydrochloride ("speed").
ON THIS ALBUM you get eleven songs that Lou Reed had a hand in writing. He's actually heard performing on two of these: "Cycle Annie," and "You're Driving Me Insane." The song "Cycle Annie" is a great window into the developing characters in song for Reed as he writes about a tough biker chick :
You'd better -
- Watch out for little Cycle Annie
watch out for little Cycle Annie
Watch out for little Cycle Annie
watch out for little Cycle Annie
She don't wear blouses, she don't wear skirts
just tight blue jeans, boots and racin' shirts
She tears up those beaches alongside Pasadena
little Cycle Annie, they just don't come and any meaner
You all better -
- Watch out for little Cycle Annie
watch out for little Cycle Annie
Watch out for little Cycle Annie
watch out for little Cycle Annie
This LP is an original pressing from 1965 – not a reissue or reproduction.
LISTEN TO PART OF THIS RECORD HERE!
TRACK LISTING:
- ROUGHNECKS – You're Driving Me Insane
- BEACHNUTS – I've Got A Tiger In My Tank
- HI-LIFES – I'm Gonna Fight
- LIBERTY MEN – Wonderful World Of Love
- J BROTHERS – Don't Turn My World Upside Down
- HI-LIFES – Soul City
- HI-LIFES – First Impression
- JEANNIE LARIMORE – Johnny Won't Surf No More
- HOLLYWOODS – Teardrop In The Sand
- CONNIE CARSON – It's Hard For A Girl In A World Full Of Men
CONDITION: VG+ record and jacket.
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