The History of Syracuse Music (4 LPs - sealed) Lou Reed
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Description
Unavailable for years, never issued on CD here are 4 volumes from the legendary series - all still sealed (so forgive the glare on the pictures).
You get Vol 5, 7, 12 & 13
According to Joe Viglione of the All Music Guide:
"For rock historians as well as fans of Lou Reed and Ronnie James Dio,
The History of Syracuse Music series is an absolute must. With intense and
precise liner notes written by the "Syracuse Music Authority," (ok - not Don Bombard)
rare and valuable music is able to be processed and appreciated on this very
underground compilation, which was available by mail order. It is enlightening,
the included songs came from disc sources. There are 17 tracks on Vol. 7 (covering
the years 1957-1975), including Lou Reed's extremely rare and wonderful "Cycle
Annie" from the Pickwick Soundsville! album. Information that Reed was on Syracuse
University's enrollment roster in the fall of 1960 (as "Lou Allen") is rather
interesting and will make for more Reed lore. There are three columns of liner
notes inside the gatefold, giving insight into the careers of Reed, Felix Cavaliere,
Mike Esposito of the Blues Magoos, and other artists who drifted through "the
boundaries of Onondaga County" up in Syracuse. Hearing the late Bud Ballou do
a snippet of his radio show is interesting (he went on to fame on Boston radio
in the '60s), while "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" by Dio sounds nothing like the
heavy metal singer who joined Ritchie Blackmore of Deep Purple, but the liner
notes say it is! The album comes in gold and, with plenty of photos on the cover
and inside the gatefold, it is certainly worth having. The Sidewinders are not
the Andy Paley band that recorded for RCA in the '70s; this is a soul group
performing James Brown's "Cold Sweat" in 1967. There are two Elf tracks from
1973 and 1974 that sound more like the Dio who listeners know and love, and the
Belmonts' track from 1975 features Dan Elliot sounding like the Happenings.
This is an intriguing collection that sheds some light on important music history.
The History of Syracuse Music, Vol. 7 is worthwhile. It probably won't be as
valuable in collectors' circles as the discs that house the original recordings,
such as Soundsville!, nor will it be sought out like The East Village Other:
Electric Newspaper (which has bits of the Velvet Underground performing), but
it is an admirable effort, and by documenting history has its own place in
history."
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