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                             ~ 1972 ORIGINAL ~

                   TAKE A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

                        STILL FACTORY SEALED

                                                         

                          

                         LOU REED

            TRANSFORMER

                         

                                         

                       USA - (orange) RCA - LSP 4807

 

NEVER OPENED ~~ NEVER PLAYED ...

STILL FACTORY SEALED

Original release of GREAT artistic peaking Lou Reed album...

 ...VERY FIRST 1972 VINYL pressing of classic darkside rock submerged in the glittering Velvet Underground weird n' strangeness...captured best in this David Bowie produced groover filled with memorable songs like the timeless smash "WALK ON THE WILDSIDE"

Over these eleven perfectly crafted tracks, Lou showed us various little panoramas of Andy Warhol and The Factory, transvestitism, New York's [sexual] scene, urban decadence, [narcotics] use and more in a wonderful blend of humor and irony and in a brilliantly diverse musical setting. The guitar-driven hard rock of Hangin' Round and Vicious is balanced by the subdued power of the poetic Perfect Day and the imaginative arrangements of Walk On The Wild side and Goodnight Ladies. Transformer is a literate, intelligent and enduring statement of an era and is one of the few albums of the glam-rock movement that has survived with its artistic integrity intact and that still has something to say today. David Bowie and Mick Ronson produced it with all the expertise they lent to the Ziggy Stardust album. But its varied styles, broader subject matter and feel of personal experience make it a better album than Ziggy Stardust. Unlike on most of Reed's other albums, there is great melodic variety too, and classic pop like the poignant Satellite of Love ought to have been as great a hit as Walk On The Wide Side! This most accessible album of Reed's was a deserved commercial success and spawned a million dreams. Lou's music may be dark and scary sometimes but there is always a light at the end of the tunnel and it's always a joy to travel with him on his greatest LP in TRANSFORMER.

SIDE 1

VICIOUS

ANDY'S CHEST

PERFECT DAY

HANGIN' ROUND

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

SIDE 2

MAKE UP

SATELLITE OF LOVE

WAGON WHEEL

NEW YORK

TELEPHONE CONVERSATION

I'M SO FREE

GOODNIGHT LADIES

 

CONDITION: is STILL FACTORY SEALED ... this is a pre-release PROMO with perfect (promotional circle) at top left = not a deletion! Solid all over, flat & square with 4 sharp corners ...no split seams, no writing and no bends...hard to find THIS (SEALED) as most surviving copies have wear.... UN-PLAYED / SEALED 

keeper                                                                                            !

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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