Lou Reed 1973 KMET Los Angeles Electric Tongue interview NO MUSIC CONTENT

Q: you've been married for how long?
A: I dont know.....

"The Electric Tongue" Interview by Martin Perlich
KMET Los Angeles
early 1973

01: interview segment 1 (6.12)
(officially released track removed: Make Up (Lou Reed "Transformer" studio version))
02: interview segment 2 (2.46)
(officially released track removed: Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Velvet Underground "3rd LP" studio version))
03: interview segment 3 (13.12)

lineage: TRACS C60 cassette - Pioneer CT-S670D player - (WavePad) - wav - flac (level 8) - you

original recording engineer unknown
transfer to wav November 2008 by lurid_uk
uploaded to Dime November 2008 by lurid_uk

I picked this up recently on Ebay. It was undated, but it appears to have been recorded in Los Angeles during Lou's spring 1973 US tour to promote "Transformer" - that dates it to probably April or May 1973. It doesn't sound like a recording of a radio show - more like a "working copy" of material intended for broadcast. I don't know if it was ever actually broadcast at all. For a 35 year old cassette, the sound quality is surprisingly good (but it sounds as if it was recorded outdoors, on a very windy day).

It's certainly an interesting interview, covering subjects like sexuality, "glitter rock", politics, the "Transformer" LP, Iggy Pop..... Lou simply wouldn't entertain topics like these nowadays. Dennis Katz is present, but is only occasionally audible.

scans included with torrent files:

1. the original cassette
2. "Deaf Mute In A Telephone Booth" by Lester Bangs, Creem, July 1973
3. "The Eerie Roots Of Lou Reed's New Transformer", Circus, April 1973
4. early 1973 US tour ticket stubs
5. early 1973 US tour photos by Andy Kent

Distribute widely but do not sell!
Give copies to all your friends!

The best place to find accurate information about all aspects of Lou Reed's career as a solo artist is: www.arrakis.es/~e.miquel/rnranimal/