USED VINYL
Lou Reed – Transformer (Staff Pick!)
$26.98
The record
Title: Lou Reed - Transformer
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1972, Glam Rock, Art Rock and Proto-Punk, Brooklyn, New York 8/26
Matrix #: AYL1-3806
Condition: EX (TC) | Members: Lou R (42' - 13') | Producer: David Bowie, Mick Ronson
Cultural Facts:
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Factory Lore: “Walk on the Wild Side” was built around real people from Andy Warhol’s Factory circle, including Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, Joe Dallesandro, Jackie Curtis, and Joe Campbell, turning Reed’s downtown New York world into one of his most famous songs.
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Studio Lore: David Bowie and Mick Ronson produced the album in London, with Ronson also contributing guitar, piano, strings, and arrangements that helped shape its glam-era sound.
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Personal Struggle: As a teenager, Reed underwent electroconvulsive therapy after his parents sought psychiatric treatment for behavior they considered troubling, an experience he later described as traumatic and referenced in his writing.
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