Now Available: Lou Reed, NEW YORK: DELUXE EDITION

Lou Reed went through a number of different stages in his musical career, and we’re not just talking about the Velvet Under years and the solo years. Our man Lou spent the first half of the 1970s on RCA Records, spent the second half of the ‘70s on Arista Records, and returned to RCA for the first half of the ‘80s, after which he bounced over to Sire Records, where he remained for the rest of his career.

As it happens, it’s the Sire Records period that brings us here today: NEW YORK, Reed’s debut album for Sire, has just been reissued by Rhino Records in a deluxe edition, and given that it was one of the most acclaimed albums of his career, you can rest assured that we’ve done it up right.

NEW YORK: DELUXE EDITION is a 3-CD / DVD / 2-LP set – yes, the LPs are pressed on 180-gram vinyl – and in addition to including a newly-remastered version of the original 1989 album, it also includes 26 previously-unreleased live and studio recordings as well as the DVD debut of The New York Album, a concert video recorded during the NEW YORK tour. In addition, this set comes packaged with a 12” x 12” hardcover book featuring new liner notes by David Fricke and essays by Don Fleming, and it was produced by Fleming, Laurie Anderson, Bill Ingot, Jason Stern, and the recently-deceased Hal Willner.

Excited yet? You should be. But if you’re not, then the full track listing ought to do the trick.

 
NEW YORK: DELUXE EDITION
Track Listing:

Disc One: Original Album (2020 Remaster)
1.      “Romeo Had Juliette”
2.      “Halloween Parade”
3.      “Dirty Blvd.”
4.      “Endless Cycle”
5.      “There Is No Time”
6.      “Last Great American Whale”
7.      “Beginning Of A Great Adventure”
8.      “Busload Of Faith”
9.      “Sick Of You”
10.  “Hold On”
11.  “Good Evening Mr. Waldheim”
12.  “Xmas In February”
13.  “Strawman”
14.  “Dime Store Mystery”
 
Disc Two: “New York” - Live 
1.      “Romeo Had Juliette” *
2.      “Halloween Parade” *
3.      “Dirty Blvd.” *
4.      “Endless Cycle” *
5.      “There Is No Time” *
6.      “Last Great American Whale” *
7.      “Beginning Of A Great Adventure” *
8.      “Busload Of Faith” *
9.      “Sick Of You” *
10.  “Hold On” *
11.  “Good Evening Mr. Waldheim” *
12.  “Xmas In February” *
13.  “Strawman” *
14.  “Dime Store Mystery” *

Disc Three: Works In Progress/Singles/Encore
1.      “Romeo Had Juliette” (7” Version) 
2.      “Dirty Blvd.” (Work Tape) *
3.      “Dirty Blvd.” (Rough Mix) *
4.      “Endless Cycle” (Work Tape) *
5.      “Last Great American Whale” (Work Tape) *
6.      “Beginning Of A Great Adventure” (Rough Mix) *
7.      “Busload Of Faith” (Solo Version) *
8.      “Sick Of You” (Work Tape) *
9.      “Sick Of You” (Rough Mix) *
10.  “Hold On” (Rough Mix) *
11.  “Strawman” (Rough Mix) *
12.  “The Room” (Non-LP Track)
13.  “Sweet Jane” (Live Encore) *
14.  “Walk On The Wild Side” (Live Encore) *

DVD
1.      “Romeo Had Juliette”
2.      “Halloween Parade”
3.      “Dirty Blvd.”
4.      “Endless Cycle”
5.      “There Is No Time”
6.      “Last Great American Whale”
7.      “Beginning Of A Great Adventure”
8.      “Busload Of Faith”
9.      “Sick Of You”
10.  “Hold On”
11.  “Good Evening Mr. Waldheim”
12.  “Xmas In February”
13.  “Strawman”
14.  “Dime Store Mystery”

Audio Only Bonus
15.  A Conversation with Lou Reed
 
Vinyl Track Listing

Side A
1.      “Romeo Had Juliette”
2.      “Halloween Parade”
3.      “Dirty Blvd.”
4.      “Endless Cycle”

Side B
1.      “There Is No Time”
2.      “Last Great American Whale”
3.      “Beginning of a Great Adventure”

Side C
1.      “Busload of Faith”
2.      “Sick of You”
3.      “Hold On”
4.      “Good Evening Mr. Waldheim”

Side D
1.      “Xmas In February”
2.      “Strawman”
3.      “Dime Store Mystery”

* previously unreleased