Don Fleming & Jason Stern - Late Junction: The Lou Reed Archive Mixtape

DON FLEMING & JASON STERN - LATE JUNCTION: THE LOU REED ARCHIVE MIXTAPE (320kbs-m4a/70mb/31mins)
BBC Radio 3 broadcast: 23rd September 2022

Verity Sharp shares an exclusive mixtape from the Lou Reed Archive, celebrating the work of the influential American musician, singer, songwriter, and poet. A leading figure in New York's underground music scene, most famously as leader of The Velvet Underground, Reed is celebrated for his avant-garde approach to rock as well as his lyrical storytelling and love of sonic poetry. This year he would have turned 80, and to mark it the Lou Reed Archive is releasing a previously unheard collection of demos and recordings, including the earliest known versions of some of his most famous songs.

For Late Junction, the overseers of the Lou Reed Archive Don Fleming and Jason Stern have curated a mixtape of some of these 1965 demos, as well as early recordings of Reed talking about and performing his poetry, and some of his favourite tracks from artists like Ornette Coleman and Scott Walker.

Produced by Katie Callin and Gabriel Francis
A Reduced Listening production for BBC Radio 3

Lou Reed - Lou's 12-Bar Instrumental (1963/64 Home Recording) [Light In The Attic]
Lou Reed - Stockpile [Light In The Attic]
Lou Reed - Lipstick [Anthology Recordings]
The Velvet Underground - Ride Into The Sun [Velvets]
Lou Reed - Heroin (poetry reading, St Marks 1971) [Not Given]
Lou Reed - Heroin (May 1965 Demo) [Light In The Attic]
Lou Reed - Men Of Good Fortune (May 1965 Demo) [Light In The Attic]
Lou Reed - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Partial) (1963-64 Home Recording) [Light In The Attic]
Lou Reed - Street Hassle [Arista]
Kanye West - Black Skinhead [Def Jam Recordings]
Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman [Atlantic]
Nolan Strong - The Wind [Fortune]
Antony And The Johnsons - The Lake [Secretly Canadian]
Lou Reed - We Are The People (poetry reading, St Marks 1971) [Not Given]
Scott Walker - Epizootics! [4AD]
Lou Reed - Endless Cycle [Sire]
Ornette Coleman - Lonely Woman [Atlantic]
Ann Peebles - I Can'’t Stand The Rain [London]
Laurie Anderson - From The Air [Big Science]
Lou Reed - Spirited Leaves Of Autumn (poetry reading, St Marks 1971) [Not Given]
Nolan Strong - The Wind [Fortune]
Lou Reed - Gee Whiz (1958 Rehearsal) [Light In The Attic]
Lou Reed - Lipstick (poetry reading, St Marks 1971) [Not Given]
Kanye West - I Am God [Def Jam Recordings]
Jimmy Scott - Someone To Watch Over Me [Warner Jazz]
Lou Reed - I'm Waiting For The Man (May 1965 Alternate Version) [Light In The Attic]

Intro (320kbs-m4a/21mb/9mins)
Outro (320kbs-m4a/2mb/1min)