[2020-09-25] Lou Reed "New York (Deluxe Edition)" 3CD/1DVD/2LP set (Sire/Rhino)

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Description
Lou Reed struck a chord with critics and fans alike more than 30 years ago with New York, his Sire Records debut and 15th solo studio album overall. Its raw sound and evocative lyrics would go on to earn the legendary singer-songwriter-poet a gold record, a Grammy® nomination, and a #1 hit on the Modern Rock charts with “Dirty Blvd.”

Rhino explores this gritty classic on a 3CD/DVD/2LP Deluxe Edition that includes a newly remastered version of the original 1989 album on CD and – for the first time – on double 180-gram audiophile vinyl. The set also includes 26 unreleased studio and live recordings of album tracks from the Lou Reed Archive, as well as the DVD-debut of “The New York Album,” a long-out-of-print concert video recorded during the New York tour. In addition, audio from the set will be available through digital and streaming services.

This expansive collection comes packaged in a 12 x 12 hardcover book that includes new liner notes written by music journalist David Fricke, essays from archivist Don Fleming, and was produced for release by Laurie Anderson, Don Fleming, Bill Ingot, Jason Stern, and Hal Willner.

New York captures Reed in exceptional form and is packed with incredible songs like “Busload Of Faith,” “Halloween Parade” and “Dirty Blvd.” The entire album has been remastered for the first time ever for this collection. The second disc presents unreleased live versions from the Lou Reed Archive of every album track compiled from multiple performances. To avoid duplication, none of these live tracks were taken from the set’s accompanying DVD.

The third disc showcases unreleased early versions of several album tracks from the Lou Reed Archive, including “Last Great American Whale,” “Sick Of You” and “Dirty Blvd.” Also featured is the non-LP track “The Room,” as well as live versions of “Sweet Jane,” a song Reed originally recorded with The Velvet Underground, and “Walk On The Wild Side,” from his second solo album, Transformer (1972.)

This set also includes “The New York Album,” a concert video that was originally released in 1990 on VHS and Laserdisc. It has never been available on DVD, until now. It features Reed performing the entire New York album live in Montreal at the Theatre St. Denis. The DVD concludes with an audio-only interview with Reed.

Tracklist
[CD1: Original Album 2020 Remaster]
01 Romeo Had Juliette
02 Halloween Parade
03 Dirty Blvd.
04 Endless Cycle
05 There Is No Time
06 Last Great American Whale
07 Beginning of a Great Adventure
08 Busload of Faith
09 Sick of You
10 Hold On
11 Good Evening Mr. Waldeheim
12 Xmas in February
13 Strawman
14 Dime Store Mystery

[CD2: Live Performance Tracks]
01 Romeo Had Juliette (Warner Theater, Washington, DC, 3/14/1989)
02 Halloween Parade (Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, 3/16/1989)
03 Dirty Blvd. (Wembley Arena, London, UK, 7/14/1989)
04 Endless Cycle (Warner Theater, Washington, DC, 3/14/1989)
05 There Is No Time (The Mosque, Richmond, VA, 8/8/1989)
06 Last Great American Whale (The Mosque, Richmond, VA, 8/8/1989)
07 Beginning of a Great Adventure (Wembley Arena, London, UK, 7/4/1989)
08 Busload of Faith (Falconer Theater, Copenhagen, Denmark, 6/9/1989 )
09 Sick of You (Tower Theater, Upper Darby, PA, 3/17/1989)
10 Hold On (The Mosque, Richmond, VA, 8/8/1989)
11 Good Evening Mr. Waldheim (Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, 3/16/1989)
12 Xmas in February (Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, MD, 3/16/1989)
13 Strawman (Wembley Arena, London, UK, 7/4/1989)
14 Dime Store Mystery (The Mosque, Richmond, VA, 8/8/1989)

[CD3: Bonus Tracks]
01 Romeo Had Juliette (7 “Version)
02 Dirty Blvd. (Work Tape)
03 Dirty Blvd. (Rough Mix)
04 Endless Cycle (Work Tape)
05 Last Great American Whale (Work Tape)
06 Beginning of a Great Adventure (Rough Mix)
07 Busload of Faith (Acoustic Version)
08 Sick of You (Work Tape)
09 Sick of You ( Rough Mix)
10 Hold On (Rough Mix)
11 Strawman (Rough Mix)
12 The Room (Non-Album Track)
13 Sweet Jane (Live Encore at The Mosque, Richmond, VA, 8/8/1989)
14 Walk on the Wild Side (Live Encore at The Mosque, Richmond, VA, 8/8/1989)

[LP1/LP2: Original Album 2020 Remaster]
(see tracklist for CD1)

[DVD]
Live at Theatre St. Denis – Montreal, Canada – August 13, 1989
01 Romeo Had Juliette
02 Halloween Parade
03 Dirty Blvd.
04 Endless Cycle
05 There Is No Time
06 Last Great American Whale
07 Beginning Of A Great Adventure
08 Busload Of Faith
09 Sick Of You
10 Hold On
11 Good Evening Mr. Waldheim
12 Xmas In February
13 Strawman
14 Dime Store Mystery
Feature
15 A Conversation With Lou Reed [25:34]
Original Album 96kHz/24-bit PCM Stereo
16 Romeo Had Juliette
17 Halloween Parade
18 Dirty Blvd.
19 Endless Cycle
20 There Is No Time
21 Last Great American Whale
22 Beginning of a Great Adventure
23 Busload of Faith
24 Sick of You
25 Hold On
26 Good Evening Mr. Waldeheim
27 Xmas in February
28 Strawman
29 Dime Store Mystery

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DC69DML/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08DC69DML/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08DC69DML/?tag=imwan-21

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

This seems to be legit, but in case it's not feel free to delete.

Kym · 11 Nov 2006

A masterpiece.

"Dirty Blvd" is still as potent and relevant as it was over 30 years ago.

Tricky Kid · **Joined:** 23 Sep 2007 **Posts:** 8297

This looks really good! I had recently considered picking up the "Romeo Had Juliette" promo CD, but I'm now glad I held off.

Tricky Kid · **Joined:** 23 Sep 2007 **Posts:** 8297

"It's real, and it's spectacular!"

Incidentally, Rhino is showing the release date as September 25.

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

Is that a cassette on the right hand side of the picture?

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

Tricky Kid wrote:

"It's real, and it's spectacular!"

Incidentally, Rhino is showing the release date as September 25.

Nice Seinfeld quote to ensure authenticity!

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

I hope there is just a 2 CD/DVD version.

No need for vinyl or cassette (I still have this on cassette somewhere).

JoeP · **Joined:** 20 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 542

Love Dirty Blvd. and yeah, it still potent.

eelkiller · **Joined:** 10 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1681

They forgot the Laserdisc, 8-track and Elcaset.

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

The only time I saw Lou Reed in concert was on this tour, it was in Ottawa, either the day before or just after the Montreal gig A friend of mine got us the tickets and we were sitting dead center in the first row, about 6 feet away from Lou the whole show. I have to get the box just to hear the St. Denis performance which should be very similar to what we saw. I was a huge Lou Reed/ Velvets fan from the '70s to this point, and I still think "New York" is a masterpiece, but I never really enjoyed much of what he released after. For me the spark was gone.
Still, this box is a must have.

eelkiller · **Joined:** 10 Dec 2006 **Posts:** 1681

Tricky Kid wrote:

"It's real, and it's spectacular!"

Incidentally, Rhino is showing the release date as September 25.

The picture on Amazon and a "certain UK site" is different, no cassette. Something wrong here.
Guaranteed if one wants the 3 CDs the Super Deluxe will be the only option. Leopards (Labels) do not change their spots.

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Jul 29, 2020 4:25 pm

The cassette is exclusive to Rhino's website. If you must have the cassette, go there, then come back here and explain why you must have the cassette.

(SomeWAN had to say it.)

Amazon USA and UK pre-order links are now in the first post. Canada will be along soon.

Larry · **Joined:** 10 Feb 2008 **Posts:** 5102

Thank you Linda. I will not be getting the cassette even though I still have my cassette deck hooked up.

Invisible Pedestrian · **Joined:** 24 Sep 2006 **Posts:** 26163

This is one of my favorite albums by Lou.

I can’t afford the box and that may be the only option here.

This was such a great album and writing.

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

Linda wrote:

The cassette is exclusive to Rhino's website. If you must have the cassette, go there, then come back here and explain why you must have the cassette.

(SomeWAN had to say it.)

Linda wrote:

Canada will be along soon.

Thank you for the reassuring words...

Linda · **Posted:** Mon Aug 03, 2020 10:56 pm

Pre-order links are active at all three Amazon sites now, including Canada:

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DC69DML/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08DC69DML/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08DC69DML/?tag=imwan-21

NoURider · **Joined:** 21 Jul 2006 **Posts:** 3310

Hi curious if anyone picked this up and if they had any quality issues? I see it is approx $45 on Amazon US - but some reviews (UK) mention issues with playback etc.

GodsComic · 03 Aug 2006

NoURider wrote:

Hi curious if anyone picked this up and if they had any quality issues? I see it is approx $45 on Amazon US - but some reviews (UK) mention issues with playback etc.

No playback issues in my set

NoURider · **Joined:** 21 Jul 2006 **Posts:** 3310

Thank you. As great as this album is - and I saw Lou perform it live. I am still on fence on that many versions of the same stuff. But I'll likely get it.

GodsComic · 03 Aug 2006

NoURider wrote:

Thank you. As great as this album is - and I saw Lou perform it live. I am still on fence on that many versions of the same stuff. But I'll likely get it.

His New York show in Los Angeles was also my (latent) exposure to The Feelies.

Tricky Kid · **Joined:** 23 Sep 2007 **Posts:** 8297

NoURider wrote:

Hi curious if anyone picked this up and if they had any quality issues? I see it is approx $45 on Amazon US - but some reviews (UK) mention issues with playback etc.

Thanks for bumping this -- add one copy to the sold ranks!

[2020-09-25] Lou Reed "New York (Deluxe Edition)" 3CD/1DVD/2LP set (Sire/Rhino)

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