LOU REED 1976-10-25 Toronto incomplete audience recording from master cassette RESEED

"...words that you couldn't quite hear and pictures you couldn't quite see...."

2014 RESEED NOTE: these are the same .wav files I shared back in 2007. I've removed the "extra" Boston 76 tracks and updated this info file.

Massey Hall
Toronto
Canada
25 October 1976

Disc 1
D101: CHUM FM review of show (broadcast 26 Oct 1976) 1.55
D102: Sweet Jane 4.04
D103: I Believe In Love 5.29
D104: Lisa Says 7.07
D105: Kicks 7.50
D106: She's My Best Friend 6.20
D107: Waiting For The Man 7.12
D108: Sheltered Life 2.03
D109: The Kids 5.25
D110: Claim To Fame 3.01
D111: Vicious Circle 3.35

Disc 2
D201: Walk On The Wild Side 5.46
D202: Coney Island Baby 7.28
D203: Rock And Roll Heart 3.32
D204: Charlie's Girl 5.17
D205: Kill Your Sons 4.48
D206: Satellite of Love 5.20

Lou Reed: vocals, guitar
Michael Fonfara: keyboards
Bruce Yaw: bass
Marty Fogel: sax
Michael Suchorsky: drums

lineage: master MAXELL cassette - Pioneer CTS-670D cassette player - flac (level 8) - you

original audience recording by Anthony
transfer to wav November 2007 by lurid_uk
uploaded to Dime November 2007 by lurid_uk
reseeded on Dime January 2014 by lurid_uk

I'm not sure that there is much more to be said about Lou's tour of North America in late 1976. The Toronto show was one of the earlier dates, but the set list doesn't contain any surprises. The CHUM FM review is short but very entertaining - the reviewer clearly doesn't know much about Lou or his music.

This audience recording is average quality at best - Anthony's friends are very appreciative but unfortunately audible in various places. Having previously recorded Lou's 1975 show at the same venue, Anthony obviously thought that a single C90 cassette would be long enough for the 1976 concert as well....it should be treated as a historical document rather than as a hi-fi listening experience. No attempt at improvement on my part - aside from normalising, what you get is how it came off the cassette.

RIP Lou

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