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NELSON SLATER wild angel RCA Records (1976 1st Ed. promo) (with LOU REED) Mint
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NELSON SLATER wild angel RCA Records APL1-1306 (1976 1st Ed. promotional adv. copy)
A1Wild Angel3:38A2Dominating Force3:15A3Sad About It5:54A4Here's A Heart
Written-By – E. Waters*, S. Culley*, W. Collier*
Written-By – E. Waters*, S. Culley*, W. Collier*
3:15B1Memory GirlWritten-By – George Haggis, Nelson Slater
Written-By – George Haggis, Nelson Slater
2:44B2Things Have Happened Strange3:32B3We6:33B4A Good Time Was Had By AllWritten-By – John Brengelman, Nelson Slater
Written-By – John Brengelman, Nelson Slater
2:55B5Complete The Story2:48*(all photos are of the actual item)
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA RecordsPressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
Backing Vocals, Piano, Producer – Lou ReedBass – Bruce YawDrums – Mike Suchorsky*Guitar – Bob Kulick, John Brengelman, Lou ReedKeyboards – George HaggisKeyboards [ARP String Ensemble] – David HorowitzSaxophone, Flute – Marty FogelVocals, Guitar, Piano, Written-By, Sleeve Notes – Nelson Slater
Notes
Comes with a printed black inner sleeve with lyrics, credits and photography. Made in USA
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched): APL- 1 - 1306 A 1 IMatrix / Runout (Side B runout etched): APL- 1 - 1306 B 1 I
Wild Angel Review by Joe Viglione
Title track "Wild Angel" with its jangly guitars right out of producer Lou Reed's textbook is a unique work important to fans of the Velvet Underground. Released almost simultaneous with Reed's own Coney Island Baby -- an album that came at the close of Reed's celebrated glitter period, this is as much a companion piece to that essential LR album as the first album by Nico is forever linked to the debut disc of the Velvet Underground. Trouble is, Nelson Slater is not Nico, or even close to being star personality on his own. Slater's voice is not bad, and his Charlie Manson photo on the inner sleeve works better than the clean-cut image on the album jacket. Mick Rock's S & M imagery for the cover concept is classic Rock, giving Nelson an edge not usually afforded other artists. Despite the help, Slater comes off like a low-key Gordon Lightfoot, proving the fact that it isn't singing on key that counts, that it is more about expressing oneself as Reed, John Cale, Nico, and Ian Hunter have done so remarkably well for years. It is Slater's lack of star persona that is the flaw in what could be an exceptional work. More proof of this is that Reed himself covered the final track "Complete the Story Now" on his tour which preceded the release of Coney Island Baby. Reed's guitar-oriented reading of this Slater composition was totally different from the neo-"Whiter Shade of Pale" version on the disc. The songs are really there, and Reed's production is more compelling than what he and Godfrey Diamond did for Coney Island Baby. Slater first played with Reed in a band in upstate New York (a 1962 Reed track shows up on the 1975 release The History of Syracuse Music Volume VII). The exotic sounds of "We," like a cross between Three Dog Night's "Pieces of April" with its underwater guitar sounds and the VU's "All Tomorrow's Parties", is enticing. The last three tracks are actually quite extraordinary, but this is more Reed given the chance to work his magic and experiment. If Lou Reed would go back to these tapes and record the vocals, the album would be a rock classic. Slater is a competent songwriter with clever ideas. A pity more of his work is not available.
