LOU REED METAL MACHINE MUSIC VINYL LP 1ST PRESS A1/B1/C1/D1- MINT
  £   31
  $   41

 


£ 31 Sold For
Feb 8, 2013 Sold Date
Feb 3, 2013 Start Date
£   10 Start price
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This is an extremely rare original 1st Press of the Classic 1975 Lou Reed LP - Metal Machine Music (The Amine B Ring)

On RCA Ref CPL2 1101 - Runoffs are A1//D1//B1//C1 - USA Pressing

Double LP - Both of which grade as Mint
Gatefold Sleeve - The nice thick card type grades as an EX+

This is what a BBC Review said of the album

"A cult classic of challengingly complex sound collages.
John Eyles 2010-04-20
Since its release in 1975, Metal Machine Music has remained one of the most notorious and misunderstood albums in rock history.
Untrue myths have long circulated about it, some based on deliberate disinformation. Suffice to say, Lou Reed did not record it to get out of his RCA contract.
In stark contrast to the popular Reed albums that preceded it, such as Transformer and Berlin, MMM featured no songs or vocals.
Instead, the double album contained four sides – each one lasting around 16 minutes – of electric guitars feeding back to create a complex multi-layered sound collage.
On release, the album was almost universally panned by critics.
Reed fans expecting more songs in the vein of Perfect Day or Walk on the Wild Side reacted badly to the sound of the new album.
Many purchasers returned their copies. MMM was withdrawn within three weeks of its release.
However, those who listened closely to their copy of the record discovered not cacophony but a vibrant new music which combined the sound and energy of rock with
elements of contemporary composition by composers like La Monte Young – with whom John Cale had played before joining Reed in The Velvet Underground.
Slowly but steadily, MMM became a cult classic, and its influence grew exponentially.
It gave birth to categories such as noise and industrial music, which did not exist in 1975. 
Its effects have continued to be felt ever since across the world, most notably in Japan and Germany.
In 2002, the Berlin-based saxophonist Ulrich Krieger transcribed the album to be played by his ten-piece ensemble Zeitkratzer.
Lou Reed was so impressed that he joined them for a performance in Berlin. Subsequently, Reed and Krieger formed Metal Machine Trio, which plays live improvised
music in the spirit of MMM."


Beautiful copy  - VERY rare - VERY experimental - If you like your albums wierd -  this is for you

Track Listings - well not tracks so much as 'Specifications'

Sony 1/2 Track
Uher 1/4 Track
Pioneer 1/4 Track
5 Piggyback Marshall Tube
 Amps in Series
Arbitor Distorter (Jimis)
Marantz Preamps
Marantz amps
Altec Voice of America
 Monitor Speakers
Sennheiser Headphones
Drone Cognizance and harmonic
 possibilities vis a vis
 Lamont Young's Dream Music
Rock orientation, melodically
 Disguised, i.e. drag
Avoidance of any type of atonality
Electrovoice high filter microphones
Fender Tremelo Unit
Sunn Tremelo Unit
Ring Modulator/Octave Relay Jump
Fender dual showman bass amp with
 Reverb unit (Pre columbia) white
No Synthesisers
No Arp
No Instruments
--10db+ 57db
--20hz--+30,000hz
12kz--+28,000kz
Distortion 0.02 bass an treble ceilings
Combinations and Permutations
built upon constant harmonic Density Increase and Melodic Distractions
Stricy Stereo Separation
No Panning
No Phasing
No


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