LOU REED 1984-12-01 STOCKHOLM audience recording plus 1984

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LOU REED 1984-12-01 STOCKHOLM audience recording plus 1984 interviews compilation RESEED

"....I know I'm best known for my slow romantic songs...."

Johanneshov Isstadion
Stockholm
01 December 1984

disc 1
D101: Sweet Jane 4.34
D102: Waiting For The Man 4.07
D103: Martial Law 5.11
D104: Down At The Arcade 4.39
D105: Legendary Hearts 3.46
D106: Turn Out The Lights 5.50
D107: There She Goes Again 3.58
D108: Sally Cant Dance 6.21
D109: Walk On The Wild Side 5.02
D110: Street Hassle 6.21
D111: Satellite Of Love 6.57

disc 2
D201: My Red Joystick 6.08
D202: New Sensations 7.54
D203: Doing The Things We Want To 4.25
D204: Turn To Me 5.21
D205: I Love You Suzanne 3.22
D206: White Light White Heat 4.55
D207: Coney Island Baby 6.27
D208: Waves Of Fear 3.39
D209: Band Intro 1.41
D210: Some Kinda Love 5.48
D211: Rock And Roll 7.07

disc 3
D301: soundcheck/interview, Danish Radio, Roskilde, 28 June 1984 5.21
D302: interview by Lisa Robinson, Radio 1990 (US cable TV), 30 June 1984 4.16
D303: interview by Andy Batten-Foster, BBC Radio 1, (broadcast) 14 July 1984 14.23
D304: phone interview, KLSU FM, Baton Rouge, 06 September 1984 9.01
D305: phone interview, XTRA Radio, Tijuana, 02 November 1984 4.44
D306: interview by Andy Peebles, "Saturday Live" show, BBC Radio 1, 15 December 1984 11.36
D307: interview, EON FM, Melbourne, 11 November 1985 5.31

(officially released tracks excised from D303, D306 and D307)

Lou Reed: guitar, vocals
Robert Quine: guitar
Peter Wood: keyboards, backing vocals
Fernando Saunders: fretless bass, backing vocals
Lenny Ferrari: drums

lineage: (unknown generation) TDK SA60 cassettes - Pioneer CTS670D player - wav - flac (level 8) - you

original recording engineer unknown
transfer to wav May 2009 by lurid_uk
uploaded to Dime May 2009 by lurid_uk
RESEEDED Dec 2010 by lurid_uk

DKB Concertpromotion presents the 1984 European Tour

01 December: Johanneshov Isstadion, Stockholm
02 December: Falkoner Teatret, Copenhagen
04 December: Sportspalais Ahoy, Rotterdam
05 December: Philipshalle, Dusseldorf
07 December: Palais de Beaulieu, Lausanne
09 December: Velodrome Anoeta, San Sebastian
10 December: Palacio Municipal de Deportes, Barcelona
12 December: Palasport, Padova
13 December: Palasport, Milan
16 December: The Academy, London
17 December: The Academy, London
18 December: Old Grey Whistle Test TV show, London

This was the first date of the (2nd) European leg of the world tour to promote "New Sensations". The band had been on the road on and off since the summer and things were getting a bit strained between Lou and Bob Quine. Bob reputedly referred to this as the "No Sensations" tour - no drink, no drugs, no parties, no fun. These problems would come to a head in early 1985: they fell out badly and would never play together again. A real pity, with Lou the long-term loser in my opinion.

But Lou's in a good mood here, introducing most of the songs with a few words. He at least seems to be enjoying himself, even if his vocal performances are more workmanlike than passionate or inspired. Sound quality is pretty good. The entire European leg of this tour was preserved on audience tapes (and the setlist never changed).

Lou did a lot of promotional work to support "New Sensations" - the mid-1980s were his most "user-friendly" years since the very early 1970s. RCA also pushed hard for the LP to be a commercial success: 7" singles with picture sleeves, 12" singles, a promo video interview, special remixes - the whole gamut of mid-80s promotional pressure was brought to bear on potential Lou Reed record buyers. And it succeeded, to an extent - the LP entered the top 100 in the USA LP charts and the promo videos for both "I Love You Suzanne" and "My Red Joystick" were in heavy rotation on MTV (alongside, if I recall correctly, Michael Jackson's "Thriller"). But it was all to prove futile - Lou perversely followed up this faux-success with the truly dreadful "Mistrial" ("...it's the best album I've ever made....").

Disc 3 is a compilation of interviews with Lou (mostly) in "hey - I'm a nice guy now: why not buy my new LP?" mode. Quality isn't great, but you'll get the picture. A long way from either those classic 70s speedfreak monologues or his more recent "you're dirt and I'm doing you a big favour just talking to you" approach. Those were different times.

scans included:
1. RCA Press Kit for "Legendary Hearts" Jan 1983
2. RCA Press Kit for "New Sensations" May 1984 (a rare photo of Lou smiling!)
3. 1984 European Tour Crew Itinerary (extract)
4. some 1984 European tour ticket stubs
5. some 1984 press cuttings
6. CD artwork

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