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Lou Reed
The Shepherd Of Brooklyn

Album DE 1984 on Forgotten Gold label
Rock (Glam, Classic Rock)

Sources: * tracks A1 to A4: Retro Rock 82-29, Bottom Line, New York City, May 1978 * track A5: unknown * tracks B1 to B3 were part of a performance at the Stockholm Concert House on May 14th, 1974. Credited on the label to "The Temporary Things & Harry Feld". The back cover features two Kate Simon photos of Lou (with his 1956 Telcaster in one of them) at the St. Marks Of The Bowery Church in New York, summer 1976. Sleeve notes include a parody "personal message" from Lou: This is a personal message from Lou which he sent us just one day before the sleeve was printed: Hi, my name is Lou Reed they say, and I want you to listen to me. I know I didn't have too much to say recently but now I'm going to talk to you and that's just because "THE SHEPHERD OF BROOKLYN" is not one of the usual "limited editions" but in fact the last original Lou Reed-edition ever. You are one of the 300 lucky sheep in the world to have bought the LOU REED MEMORIAL ALBUM, bless you! Well, there has been some confusion about my name currently. Some dudes have recorded an LP called "LEGENDARY HEARTS" as an attempt to imitate my style which shouldn't be of any relevance had they not used MY name to sell this load of Rolling Stones' B-Sides. I don't wanna be involved in all that Sixties-Revival and Velvet Aeroplane stuff. I have completely retired from showbiz and I dedicate my time to writing, motorcycles and housewives. A lot of hours are also spent on positive drinking. Sometimes there are no royalty cheques for "While Side Shuffle" or other antique mazurkas, then I go to my local peep-show to work as a money-exchanger. Hope to see you there. Musically I guarantee I'm as dead as a doornail, there's only one Lou Reed and he's no longer churning out product. By the way - there will be a sophisticated musical about my life called "VELVET FLOYD - A LEGEND SUCKED DRY" in the near future, hope you'll like it but I only do a low-profile-job in it. So "THE SHEPHERD OF BROOKLYN" is a final tribute to all the people who made me able to buy 1 liter of Scotch and 2 gramms of cocaine every day. I think this is one of my least boring works besides "BERLIN" and "ROCK AND ROLL HEART". Side A must have been recorded during the period when I released "TAKE NO PILLS" though the box notes say it was recorded in '75. Who cares anyway, I think I just forgot to include these cuts on "TAKE NO PRESENTS". Side B is a beautiful gift to the many of you who love the silly guitar noises I often provided you with. It's classic axe boogie & a good slice of immortal swine solos played by the invaluable talents of Mr. Dick Wagner & Mr. Steve Hunter. Real good cockrock from a Scandinavian gig in 1974. Originally "THE SHEPHERD OF BROOKLYN" should have been released as a 12" E.P. containing only 1978 material. The E.P. was to be titled "THE IDIOT OF CONEY ISLAND". But then your old man Lou who is a wise man decided that every sheep should get what he or she deserves, so the whole rubbish came out as an LP featuring all your favourite tunes. Unfortunately, a 60 minute version of your obvious all time favourite tune, the legendary "WILD SIDE SHUFFLE" got lost in the toilet during the final mix. Cry & remember me this way. Yours sincerely, LOU Stereo - Also available on tape Tape Operator & Practical Advisory Board: Donald Innozenz van Vliet Distributed by Neue Werte Tontrager GmbH & Co., KG, Igorplatz 1a, 2000 Hamburg 60 The front picture was taken during a soccer game in 1972 and shows (from left to right) the following men of good fortune: David Jones, ex-rocker, before he finally decided to become an accountant; James Jewel Osterberg, Hobo of Detroit known for his ability to write very moving songs about flowers and harmony only surpassed by such greats as Joni Mitchell, Art Garfunkel and Bob Dylan; Marc Feld, popular as the King of Protect Singing before he died in his subversive bathtub in Paris; Tony De Fries, Dealer; Lou Reed, Italian hairdresser, now established as the Shepherd of Brooklyn whose current songs sound as simple as he looks.

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