Live Albums By Lou Reed
After leaving the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed has had an active solo career.
Studio Albums By Lou Reed
It is useful to see the timing of the studio albums before looking at the live albums in detail.
1972 Lou Reed
1972 Transformer
1973 Berlin
1974 Sally Can’t Dance
1975 Metal Machine Music
1975 Coney Island Baby
1976 Rock and Roll Heart
1978 Street Hassle
1979 The Bells
1980 Growing Up in Public
1982 The Blue Mask
1983 Legendary Hearts
1984 New Sensations
1986 Mistrial
1989 New York
1990 Songs for Drella (with John Cale)
1992 Magic and Loss
1996 Set the Twilight Reeling
2000 Ecstasy
2003 The Raven
2007 Hudson River Wind Meditations
2011 Lulu (with Metallica)
Live Albums By Lou Reed
He has the following live albums:
1972 Lou Reed, John Cale and Nico – Le Bataclan ’72
1972 Lou Reed – American Poet aka Walk On The Wild Side NY 1972
1973 Lou Reed – Rock n Roll Animal
1973 Lou Reed – Live aka Extended Versions
1976 Lou Reed – Waiting For The Man (Roxy LA January 1976) aka Winter At The Roxy
1976 Lou Reed – Thinking Of Another Place.. (Akron October 23. 1976)
1978 Lou Reed – Live: Take No Prisoners
1978 Lou Reed – Hassled In April (Chicago 1978)
1983 Lou Reed – Live In Italy aka Live In Concert
1984 Lou Reed – Doin’ The Things….. That We Want To
1997 Lou Reed – Perfect Night: Live in London
2003 Lou Reed – Animal Serenade
2006 Lou Reed – Berlin: Live At St. Ann’s Warehouse
2008 John Zorn, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson – The Stone: Issue Three
2008 Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Trio – The Creation of the Universe
I have a poll to help you to find the best live albums by Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground.
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The Best Live Albums Of All Time
Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground live albums are in various musical genres- protopunk, singer songwriters and hard rock (for Rock & Roll Animal):
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Thinking Of Another Place is a live recording by Lou Reed.
It was recorded at the Civic Theatre in Akron, Ohio on October 23rd, 1976 while he promoted the Rock and Roll Heart studio album.
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Live Take No Prisoners is a live album by Lou Reed.
It was recorded at The Bottom Line in New York during concerts on May 17–21, 1978 while Reed was promoting the Street Hassle studio album.
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Transmission Impossible is a compilation of three live in concert recordings by Lou Reed that were broadcast on the radio.
It has been issued on the Eat To The Beat label and is not an artist approved release but squeezes through the copyright laws in Europe.
This is one of a series of live collections by different artists called Transmission Impossible. Generally the quality is good and the collections provide very good value for money.
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Live Extended Versions is a live album by Lou Reed.
It was recorded at Howard Stein’s Academy of Music, New York on December 21, 1973. It was originally released in March 1975 as Lou Reed Live. In 2003 it was reissued as Extended Versions without the addition of any extra songs.
The first part of this concert had been released previously as Rock’n’Roll Animal.
Frustratingly there isn’t a combined album putting the songs in the right order. This leaves this album seen as the second best leftovers album that concentrates on his solo carerr (mainly Transformer) rather than reinventing the Velvet Underground songs as hard rock.
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Rock n Roll Animal was the first live album released by Lou Reed after he left The Velvet Underground in 1974.
It was recorded on December 21, 1973 at the Howard Stein’s Academy of Music in New York. The concert was split into two separate live albums with the second, called Lou Reed Live released in 1975. The last studio album to have been released was Berlin.
Rock n Roll Animal is a controversial recording because Lou Reed turned the Velvet Underground classics into hard rock with duelling guitars.
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Since Lou Reed was the main singer and songwriter for The Velvet Underground and has understandably continued to play plenty of VU songs live when he was a solo artist, I’ve decided to put them together in one poll.
This article includes a readers poll where you can vote for the best of the Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground live albums and then see the results of those who have gone before you.
The Velvet Underground recorded four legendary studio albums between 1966 and 1970 whilst Lou Reed was a member – The Velvet Underground & Nico, White Light/White Heat, The Velvet Underground and Loaded.
Some will argue that all are essential in a well balanced music collection. I would only say that for the first one.
The Velvet Underground Live Albums
The band didn’t release any live albums whilst they were together but Live at Max’s Kansas City appeared in 1972 and 1969: The Velvet Underground Live was released in 1974. The first of these featured Doug Yule rather than John Cale Maureen Tucker had also left by the time the second was recorded in August 1970.
Since then many more have appeared.
Lou Reed Studio Albums
As a solo artist, Lou Reed has also recorded some excellent albums including Transformer, Berlin, Coney Island Baby and New York.
Lou Reed died on October 27, 2013.
Lou Reed Live Albums
The popularity of live albums in the 1970s meant that Reed could follow rather than set this trend.
What Are The Best Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground Live Albums?
Some of these are much better known than others and some are recorded radio broadcasts that can be released through a loophole in the copyright laws.
The choice however, is overwhelming.
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I classify the Velvet Underground as a proto-punk and psychedelic band so some of their albums feature in the polls to find the best proto-punk live album and the best psychedelic rock live album.
Loading ...I’ve included Lou Reed’s Rock n Roll Animal with its full blown guitar wok-outs of the classic Velvet Underground songs in the poll for the best hard rock and heavy metal live album.
Loading ...Both Rock n Roll Animal and Live recorded at the same concert have been included in the poll for the best glam rock live album with the pumped-up sound and the close link to the Transformer studio album.
Loading ...Some of his gentler albums perhaps should be included in the singer songwriter live albums poll.