The Starting Point... Lou Reed - Mistrial

[KiwiCoromandel]

Sometimes it’s the first album you hear by an artist – it has you hooked. It might not be that artist’s best album, you might not even know that at the time (and, brilliantly, you won’t care) but it will become the one you know best, refer back to, remember fondly. It’s your starting point…

My starting point with Lou Reed is Mistrial – possibly a strange one. A lot of people will have hunted down Transformer or even Berlin. Many probably started with New York – or hooked into the Velvet Underground material first. Not me, I started with Mistrial.

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http://www.stuff.co.nz//blogs/blogonthetra...starting-point/

source:Simon Sweetman/Blog on the Tracks

image:stuff.co.nz....Starting point....Lou Reed/Mistrial...."I had no idea what I was listening to – but I loved it. The riff to the opening, title song was grunty, raw, and I loved the way he sang. Straight away I loved that."

[DudeAsInCool]

I like Rock n Roll Animal

Rock n Roll

Heroin

Sweet Jane

[KiwiCoromandel]

i`m with you mate....i think that rock`n`roll animal was his peak...not to mention some very good backing muso`s on that one....

The musicians were Pentti Glan (drums) and Prakash John (bass) of the contemporary Alice Cooper band, Ray Colcord (keyboards), and Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter on guitars. The album was recorded live on December 21, 1973 (1973-12-21), at Howard Stein's Academy of Music in New York.

Further excerpts from the same concert were released in 1975 as Lou Reed Live. This live album's stereo mix differs from its counterpart in that guitarist Dick Wagner is heard on the left channel, and Steve Hunter is on the right; this arrangement is reversed on "Rock 'n' Roll Animal."

[KiwiCoromandel]

"Coney Island Baby" (1975) would be another favourite of mine...The album features the song "She's My Best Friend", which was originally recorded by Reed's band The Velvet Underground in 1969.