{"product_id":"reed-lou-transformer-4260019712240","title":"REED,LOU - TRANSFORMER Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n  \u003cstrong\u003eExpected: 9\/4\/26\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n  It is well known that comparisons seldom get to the root of the matter, but in the case of Lou Reed, for example, they\n  certainly reveal the unassuredness of those people who made them. Is he or isn’t he the Chuck Berry or Sergeant Pepper\n  of the Seventies, or is he deliberately building up an image of himself as an ultra-sensitive Frankenstein, who lived\n  out his neuroses and drug trips in horrific sound? \"Some records are so unbelievably repulsive,\" raged the magazine\n  Rolling Stone, \"that one would best like to take physical revenge on the artists who commit such offences.\"\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  \"David Bowie counted the former Velvet Underground leader as a major inspiration — and paid back the debt by producing\n  Transformer. The album had glam flash courtesy of Ziggy Stardust guitarist Mick Ronson as well as Reed's biggest hit,\n  \"Walk on the Wild Side\" — which brought drag queens and hustlers into the Top Twenty — and the exquisite ballad \"Perfect\n  Day.\" It was Reed's first producer, VU impresario Andy Warhol, who inspired the lead cut when he suggested \"Vicious\"\n  as a song title. \"You know, like, 'Vicious\/You hit me with a flower,' \" Warhol elaborated. Reed took him at his word,\n  penning the song and cribbing the lines verbatim.\" - www.rollingstone.com\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  The album Transformer, however, can by no means be classified as a case of \"acoustic bodily harm.\" It appeared just a\n  few months after the somewhat unsuccessful appearance of Lou Reed’s fairly underground first release and rocketed\n  straight into the charts. This production had two British guardian angels to help it on its way, namely David Bowie\n  and Mick Ronson, both of whom obviously knew how to steer Reed’s songwriting qualities into safe waters, without\n  wavering down its biting sarcasm and humorous provocation. And that’s why grating guitar rock (\"Vicious\") is found\n  alongside a bittersweet, tender ballad (\"Perfect Day\") and even an old-time jazz parody (\"Goodnight Ladies\") which is\n  sung with a tongue as heavy as lead. Why then compare this highly original music mix with others, when it’s so much\n  easier to hear this record for what it is - a truly cult album?\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n  This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the\n  cutting head.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracks:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n  1. Vicious\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  2. Andy's Chest\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  3. Perfect Day\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  4. Hangin' 'Round\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  5. Walk on the Wild Side\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  6. Make Up\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  7. Satellite of Love\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  8. Wagon Wheel\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  9. New York Telephone Conversation\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  10. I'm So Free\n  \u003cbr\u003e\n  11. Goodnight Ladies\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  Speakers Corner\n  \u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Experience Vinyl Preorder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51989736227101,"sku":"SSCQ4807.1","price":59.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2236\/3463\/files\/24euros4807__20051.jpg?v=1784053923","url":"https:\/\/experiencevinyl.com\/products\/reed-lou-transformer-4260019712240","provider":"Experience Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}