Lou Reed 1978-05-18 New York WPIX FM broadcast

The Bottom Line
New York
18 May 1978 (late show)

01: Lou talks 2.39
02: Street Hassle 12.45

Lou Reed: guitar, vocals
Stuart Heinrich: guitar
Ellard "Moose" Bowles: bass
Michael Fonfara: keyboards
Marty Fogel: sax
Michael Suchorsky: drums
Angela Howard: backing vocals
Christine Faith: backing vocals

lineage: unknown generation cassette - Pioneer CT-S670D player - wav - flac (level 8) - you

original recording engineer unknown
transfer to wav June 2009 by lurid_uk
uploaded to Dime June 2009 by lurid_uk

During the late 1970s, Lou was a regular guest on New York's WPIX and often brought in his own tapes to talk about and play on the air. On this show (possibly broadcast on 25th May?), he brought in a binaural recording from his recent residency at the Bottom Line Club. This performance of "Street Hassle" was NOT included on the RCA/Arista "Take No Prisoners" 2LP set (this version is over 40 seconds longer than the version on that release).

Sound quality is a bit muddy.

I've included a few scans of 1970s Bottom Line ticket stubs + a few pictures

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