Why Don't You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964 -1965 - Standard CD***This is a preorder item with an estimated ship date of October 18, 2024*** First official anthology of Lou Reeds work for Pickwick Records 1964 1965 Features rarities, cult classics (The Primitives The Ostrich), & previously unreleased material (The Beachnuts' "Sad, Lonely Orphan Boy") Produced in partnership with Laurie Anderson and the Lou Reed Archive 40 page CD book featuring unseen photos and essays by Lenny Kaye & Richie Unterberger

'' Before the next song finishes — a bleak chronicle of behaviors and decisions relayed with intentional misogyny

and ambitious arrangements to tell the story of a couple's toxic relationship and its fallout

and commanding phrasing

it offers us a glimpse into Reed’s physical

and spirit and facilitate meditation

The realism and clarity of his tone make it appear as if he's entered the room

and whose subdued tenor gets fractured by the sounds of wailing children crying for their mother — that life has gotten far worse

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20-page LP book book featuring unseen photos and essays by Lenny Kaye & Richie Unterberger

He was so influenced by his practice that he released an album in 2008 that he wrote specifically to be listened to while training Tai Chi

yet bristling with that rusty

the album features newly-remastered audio from the original tape by GRAMMY®-nominated engineer