{"product_id":"hudson-river-wind-meditations-deluxe-edition-w-glacial-blue-wax","title":"Hudson River Wind Meditations - Deluxe Edition (w\/ Glacial Blue Wax)","description":"[[Release Detail]][[Release Description]]\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cem\u003e“I first composed this music for myself as an adjunct to meditation, Tai Chi, and bodywork, and as music to play in the background of life, to replace the everyday cacophony with new and ordered sounds of an unpredictable nature. New sounds freed from preconception. …over time, friends who heard the music asked if I could make them copies. I then wrote two more pieces with the same intent: to relax the body, mind, and spirit and facilitate meditation.” - Lou Reed\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cem\u003eLou Reed’s\u003c\/em\u003e final solo album, \u003cem\u003eHudson River Wind Meditations\u003c\/em\u003e, is one of his most personal musical works, combining Reed's love of creating drone music with his passion for Tai Chi, yoga, and meditation. The album's ambient soundscapes have been described as a counterpoint to his intense \u003cem\u003eMetal Machine Music\u003c\/em\u003e album—but they are similar outliers in Reed's 40+ year exploration of drone music and feedback harmonics. It's for a certain time and place of mind.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n  The album has been remastered by the GRAMMY®-nominated engineer John Baldwin with vinyl pressed at Record Technology Inc. (RTI). The Double LP and CD releases are designed by GRAMMY®-winning artist, Masaki Koike, and feature new liner notes by renowned Yoga instructor and author, Eddie Stern, who guided Reed’s practice for years. Also included in the physical editions is a fascinating conversation between author\/journalist Jonathan Cott (Rolling Stone, The New Yorker) and Reed’s wife, artist Laurie Anderson, who discusses the album, as well as her husband’s devotion to Tai Chi – one of the album’s primary inspirations.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cem\u003eHudson River Wind Meditations\u003c\/em\u003e marks the latest release in LITA’s Lou Reed Archival Series. Launched in 2022 in tandem with the late artist’s 80th birthday, the ongoing series has celebrated one of America’s most influential songwriters through such acclaimed collections as \u003cem\u003eWords \u0026amp; Music, May 1965\u003c\/em\u003e featuring many of Reed’s earliest (and previously-unreleased) recordings, including the earliest-known versions of “I’m Waiting for the Man” and “Pale Blue Eyes.”\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n[[Selling Points]]\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRelease no. 2 in the Lou Reed Archive Series, following the multi-GRAMMY®-nominated Words \u0026amp; Music, May 1965\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eProduced in partnership with Light in the Attic, Laurie Anderson and the Lou Reed Archive\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLou’s final solo album finally available again\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRemastered by GRAMMY®-nominated engineer John Baldwin\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ePackage designed by multi-GRAMMY®-winning artist Masaki Koike\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDouble LP pressed at RTI\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e20-page LP book featuring unseen photography by Lou, Q\u0026amp;A with Laurie Anderson \u0026amp; Jonathan Cott, essay by Eddie Stern, and archival interviews with Lou and Hal Willner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeluxe Edition: limited to 500 units and includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDouble LP pressed on Glacial Blue Wax\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eFive 8x10 photos of the Hudson River photographed by Lou Reed and printed on 10-pt High Gloss Kromekote C1S cover stock and housed in a glassine envelope\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e24”x36” fold-out poster designed by Yolanda Cuomo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n[[Catalog Number]]LITA 190[[Artist]]Lou Reed","brand":"Light in the Attic","offers":[{"title":"Hudson River Wind Meditations - Deluxe Edition (w\/ Glacial Blue Wax) \/ Vinyl \/ Bundle","offer_id":44269512786165,"sku":"LITA190-1-2-123","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0080\/6417\/2096\/files\/lita190_Bundle3_1.jpg?v=1701316565","url":"https:\/\/lightintheattic.net\/products\/hudson-river-wind-meditations-deluxe-edition-w-glacial-blue-wax","provider":"Light in the Attic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}