Lou Reed - Words & Music, May 1965

Released 21st October 2022.

Light in the Attic Records, in cooperation with Laurie Anderson, proudly announces the inaugural title in their ongoing Lou Reed Archive Series: Words & Music, May 1965.

Released in tandem with the late artists 80th birthday celebrations, the album offers an extraordinary, unvarnished, and plainly poignant insight into one of Americas true poet-songwriters. Capturing Reed in his formative years, this previously unreleased collection of songspenned by a young Lou Reed, recorded to tape with the help of future bandmate John Cale, and mailed to himself as a poor mans copyrightremained sealed in its original envelope and unopened for nearly 50 years. Its contents embody some of the most vital, groundbreaking contributions to American popular music committed to tape in the 20th century. Through examination of these songs rooted firmly in the folk tradition, we see clearly Lous lasting influence on