LOU REED 1998-11-29 Idiot's Delight WNEW FM broadcast

"Idiot's Delight"
WNEW FM
New York
29 November 1998

Lou is interviewed on air by Vin Scelsa and plays his private recordings

(SOME OFFICIALLY RELEASED TRACKS REMOVED - SEE BELOW)

Disc 1

(Officially released track removed: Perfect Day (from "Perfect Night"))
D101: Lou Talks 32.09
D102: Sweet Jane 4.10*
D103: Lou Talks 4.26
D104: Dirty Blvd 4.19*
D105: Lou Talks 2.55
D106: Lou Talks 3.02
D107: Turning Time Around 3.25*
D108: Lou Talks 3.07
(Officially released track removed: Talking Book (from "Perfect Night"))

Disc 2

D201 Lou Talks 11.30
(Officially released track removed: Riptide (from "PBS Sessions At West 54th"))
D202: Spine Music 2.59**
D203: Lou Talks 7.36
D204: Better Get Up And Dance (cut) 0.29***
D205: Lou Talks 2.19
(Officially released track/material removed: Sacred Music Of Corsica?)
D206: Lou Talks 2.31
(Officially released track removed: Busload Of Faith (from "Perfect Night"))
D207: Lou Talks 3.01
(Officially released track removed: September Song (studio version 2))

*tracks D102, D104, D107 recorded live at the White House, Washington DC, USA, 16th September 1998
**track D202: Recorded in Germany 199?
***track D204 recorded in Groningen, Holland, 1st May 1977

personnel (White House 1998)
Lou Reed: guitar, vocals
Mike Rathke: guitar
Fernando Saunders: bass, backing vocals
Tony "Thunder" Smith: drums
Milan Hlavsa: bass (?)

personnel (track D202)
Lou Reed: guitar

personnel (Groningen 1977)
Lou Reed: guitar, vocals
Jeffrey Roth: guitar
Michael Fonfara: keyboards
Bruce Yaw: bass
Marty Fogel: saxophone
Michael Suchorsky: drums
(despite Lou's comment, I am confident that Doug Yule does not appear on Track D204)

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This is a really another really good interview - Lou obviously feels very relaxed and comfortable talking with Vin. This show catches Lou in the middle of a run of appearances at the Kniitting Factory (his local club....), and only a couple of months after he played in front of Presidents Clinton and Havel at the White House.

Lou has brought in his personal recordings and talks Vin through them as they're playing....it really doesn't get much better than this!

RIP Lou

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