Lou Reed 1973-04 KMET FM Los Angeles, USA Electric Tongue interview 2025 transfer

(I previously shared these files here in November 2008 - this is a fresh transfer from the original cassette)

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

"The Electric Tongue" Interview by Martin Perlich
KMET Los Angeles
USA
1973-04 (?)

01: interview segment 1 6.00
Make Up (Lou Reed "Transformer" studio version) REMOVED
02: interview segment 2 2.40
Lonesome Cowboy Bill (Velvet Underground "Loaded" studio version) REMOVED
03: interview segment 3 12.45

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

original recording engineer unknown
transfer to wav April 2025 by lurid_uk
shared on Dime April 2026 by lurid_uk

I picked this cassette up on Ebay in 2007 or so. 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 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.

RIP Lou

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