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Thanks Mark! This is great!

The blog "Albums That Should Exist" has used the new AI technology to increase the vocals on both nights of End of Cole Avenue and it came out pretty good! The first night was always pretty unlistenable because of the low vocals. This new version is not perfect but it's a lot better. You can find ...

Elizabeth (Betty) Kronstad posted this on Facebook. There are two Beautiful songs labeled "Home Recordings with Bettye Kronstad" in the Lou Archive in the library. They are Lou singing with an acoustic guitar and I've never heard the songs anywhere else. They are up at the top of my list of cool ...

Thanks! This is beautiful

...the Jokermen podcast is a humor podcast that I don't personally find very funny so I'm not recommending the episode either wait, it's meant to be funny? Jokermen is not a documentary podcast. It is a type of humor podcast that is becoming fairly common among all types of subjects (from fashion ...

That guy is not a very consequential musician so I'm surprised anyone would want to hear what he has to say LOL! If being the singer/guitarist of both Galaxie 500 and Luna doesn't make you a consequential musician (particularly in the lineage of the VU) then I don't know what does. I guess it's ...

Interesting. And what is "No John Blues" like? Just a rambling jam? Any good? My notes on the "Untitled Song" are from a little while back. I can't exactly remember what "No John Blues" was. I believe it was Lou singing while playing the piano but there were a couple songs with that arrangement in ...

I was listening to the Lou Reed archive at the New York Public Library and I found something that I haven’t heard anyone mention before. There is a tape titled: “560545 1. Reed. 2. No John Blues [Demo Jam Session/Reed in Conversation with Someone About Hypnosis] circa 1968.” This tape features six ta ...

The musician Simon Love contacted Doug about the song and this is what he had to say: “I do remember the song but not the exact title. It was probably recorded and then left off the album. Possibly when someone was researching what masters were owned when the company was acquired, a pressing was o ...

The record is at a store in Los Angeles named CD Trader. I spoke to them and they do not yet know what the price of the record will be. You can call them at 818-705-3544