Lou Reed "New York" C/D?

“Busload Of Faith” (Solo Version) might be interesting

what's a work tape?

and what's the remastering supposed to do? this record sounds great

I always liked Lou's liner notes for this one

Is the box set getting deleted? It looks like Amazon is clearing out their stock and offering it for like $38 before taxes, WELL below half the retail price.

Is the concert video worth having? I already have the album - I have no use for the in-studio detritus and I don't think the remaster is supposed to be better unless you need to have this on vinyl - so the live material is the only thing I'd be interested in.

I saw the tour at the time, and also saw the video on VHS. It seemed very dark, maybe the DVD format will help that. There's not a lot of changes to the New York material - they do an a cappella breakdown on "Halloween Parade", and I think Lou expands his monologue on "Beginning of a Great Adventure".
The show I saw was pretty desultory, especially after the Feelies who were amazing.

I also saw this tour, in Chicago, and the Feelies’ set was unfortunately very muddy and monochromatic, due to an indifferent PA mix. Lou and his band sounded great, especially drummer Robert Medici who absolutely killed.

I bought the LP on release, but have since given it away. Interesting that it’s a 2-LP set now; I remember the original record sounding surprisingly good for something longer than standard LP length.

I bought the LP on release, but have since given it away. Interesting that it’s a 2-LP set now; I remember the original record sounding surprisingly good for something longer than standard LP length.

Yeah, it can be done, but I think some compromises would be unavoidable. Bob Dylan's Desire and Elvis Costello's King of America were two more 57-minute albums that were squeezed on to one LP, and when MFSL reissued both, I was surprised they cut the former at 45 rpm on to two records while keeping the latter to one LP at 33 1/3 - maybe it had something to do with sales projections?

The old CD is actually mastered well, and I'd rather just let it play in one sitting.

For $40 the New York deluxe set is definitely a steal — the live stuff is sharp, the works-in-progress disc isn't exactly essential but it's cool. DVD looks good to me ...

xp The original tape sounded pretty good!

This is my favorite Lou Reed album, but I have fond memories of listening to the vinyl at a formative age...