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Words & Music, May 1965 - Deluxe Edition
2LP + 7” Black $90
  • All tracks previously unreleased
  • Produced in partnership with Laurie Anderson and the Lou Reed Archive
  • Inaugural release in Light in the Attic’s Lou Reed Archive Series
  • Features the earliest-known recordings of “I’m Waiting for the Man,” “Pale Blue Eyes" and “Heroin" as made famous by The Velvet Underground
  • Includes seven unheard Lou Reed compositions
  • 45 RPM 2LP set pressed on Audiophile-Quality 180-gram black vinyl at RTI
  • Features the only vinyl release of “I’m Waiting for the Man – May 1965 Alternate Version”
  • Remastered from the original analog tapes by GRAMMY®-nominated engineer John Baldwin
  • Package designed by multi-GRAMMY®-winning artist Masaki Koike
  • Includes bonus 7-inch record, housed in die-cut picture sleeve containing the first-ever vinyl release of six unheard tracks recorded between 1958 and 1964, including early demos, a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right,” and a doo-wop serenade recorded in ‘58 when the legendary singer-songwriter was just sixteen years old
  • Saddle-stitched, die-cut 28-page book featuring lyrics, archival photos, and liner notes by Greil Marcus, Don Fleming and Jason Stern
  • Archival reproduction of letter written by Reed to Delmore Schwartz, circa 1964
  • Includes CD containing complete audio from the package, housed in die-cut jacket
  • Entire package housed in stylized, die-cut gatefold LP jacket manufactured by Stoughton Printing Co.
  • Foil numbered and limited to 7,500 copies worldwide on black vinyl

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Preview Tracklist

  • 1 I'm Waiting for the Man - May 1965 Demo
  • 2 Men of Good Fortune - May 1965 Demo
  • 3 Heroin - May 1965 Demo
  • 4 Too Late - May 1965 Demo
  • 5 Buttercup Song - May 1965 Demo
  • 6 Walk Alone - May 1965 Demo
  • 7 Buzz Buzz Buzz - May 1965 Demo
  • 8 Pale Blue Eyes - May 1965 Demo
  • 9 Stockpile - May 1965 Demo
  • 10 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams - May 1965 Demo
  • 11 I'm Waiting for the Man - May 1965 Alternate Version
  • 12 Gee Whiz - 1958 Rehearsal
  • 13 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down - 1963/64 Home Recording
  • 14 Michael, Row The Boat Ashore - 1963/64 Home Recording
  • 15 Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Partial) - 1963/64 Home Recording
  • 16 W & X, Y, Z Blues - 1963/64 Home Recording
  • 17 Lou's 12-Bar Instrumental - 1963/64 Home Recording