The RCA & Arista Album Collection

'Box set includes poster, 5 prints in an envelope, and a hard bound book. CDs come in miniature replica LP sleeves. Memorabilia courtesy of Lou Reed Archive, Barbara (Fulks) Wilkinson, John Holmstrom, Sony Music Archives.

-'Lou Reed': recorded December, 1971 - January, 1972, Morgan Studios, London. Released April, 1972 as RCA Victor LSP-4701.
Pop #189 / chart debut: 6/24/1972.

-'Transformer': recorded August, 1972, Trident Studios, London. Released November 8, 1972 as RCA Victor AFL1-4807. Mixed at Trident Studios, London. Pop #29 / chart debut: 12/16/1972.

-'Berlin': basic tracks recorded Morgan Studios, London, overdubbing at CTS Studios, London by Richard Kewzey and at Record Plant Studios, New York by Greg Calbi, Dennis Ferrante, Jim Frank, Joe Lopes, Pat Martin, Jay Messina, Jim Reeves, Ed Sprigg, Danny Turbeville & Shelley Yakus. Mixed at The Record Plant. Produced for Nimbus 9 Productions Limited. Released July, 1973 as RCA Victor APL1-0207. Pop #98 / chart debut:10/20/1973.

-'Rock N Roll Animal': recorded live at Howard Stein's Academy of Music, NYC, December 21, 1973. Remote Recording: The Record Plant. Released February, 1974 as RCA Victor APL1-047. Produced for Anxiety Productions. Pop #45 / chart debut:3/2/1974.

-'Sally Can't Dance': recorded at Electric Lady, N.Y.C.. Mastered at RCA Studios, Toronto. Produced for Anxiety Productions Ltd. Released in August, 1974 as RCA Victor CPL1-0611. Pop #10 / chart debut: 10/5/1974.

-'Metal Machine Music': recorded 1974, Lou's Apartament. Mastered at Sterling Sound. Released in June, 1975 as RCA Victor CPL2-1101. Specifications: Sony 1/2 track, Uher 1/4 track, Pioneer 1/4 track, 5 piggyback Marshall Tube Amps in series, Arbiter distorter (Jimi's), 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, Electro-Voice 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 Synthesizers, No Arp, No Instruments?, --10 db + 57 db, --20 hz--+30,000 hz, --12 hz--+28,000 hz, Distortion 0.02 bass and treble ceilings.
Combinations and permutations built upon constant harmonic Density Increase and Melodic Distractions.
Strict Stereo Separation: No panning, No phasing, No.

-'Coney Island Baby': recorded, mixed and mastered at Mediasound, New York, October 1975. Released in January, 1976 as RCA Victor APL1-0915. Pop #41 / chart debut: 2/7/1976.

-'Rock And Roll Heart': recorded and mixed at The Record Plant, New York. Mastered at The Cutting Room. Released in October, 1976 as Arista AL 4100. Pop #64 / chart debut: 11/13/1976.

-'Street Hassle': live recording Munich, Wiesbaden, Ludwigshaflen, West Germany 1978. Studio recording: The Record Plant, New York City. Mixed at The Record Plant, New York City. Mastered at Sterling Sound. Released in February, 1978 as Arista AB 4169. Pop #89 / chart debut: 4/8/1978.

.'Live Take No Prisoners': recorded live at The Botton Line, New York Cty, May 17-21, 1978. Mixed at Delta Studios, Wilster, Germany. Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, NY. Produced for Sister Ray Enterprises, Ltd. Released November, 1978 as Arista AL 8502.

-'The Bells': recorded & mixed at Delta Studios, Wilster, West Germany. Mastered at Sterling Sound. Released in April, 1979 as Arista AB 4229. Pop #130 / chart debut: 6/2/1979.

-'Growing Up In Public': recorded at AIR Studios, Montserrat. Mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York City. Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York City. Produced for Sister Ray Enterprises, Inc.. Released in April, 1980 as Arista AL 9522. Pop #158 / chart debut: 5/10/1980.

-'The Blue Mask': recorded at RCA Studios, New York, Oct. 1981. Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York. Released in January, 1982 as RCA AFK1-4211. This album contains no instrumental overdubs with the exception of my lead guitar in 'My House'. All Vocals are overdubbed with the exception of 'The Heroine'. My guitar is the one on the right stereo channel and was built by the Guitarman. Pop #169 / chart debut: 2/27/1982.

-'Legendary Hearts': recorded and engineered for Audio Airlines, Inc. at RCA Studios, New York. Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York. Produced for Sister Ray Enterprises, Inc.. Released in March 1983 as RCA AFL1-4568. Pop #159 / chart debut: 4/9/1983.

-'New Sensation': recorded Skyline Studios, New York City. Mixed at Atlantic Studios. Mastered at Sterling Sounds, New York City. Produced for Sister Ray Enterprises, Inc.. Proton P600M Monitor courtesy of Proton Inc., 737 W. Artesia Blvd., Compton, CA 90220. Released in April, 1984 as RCA AFL1-4998. Pop #56 / chart debut: 6/16/1984.

'Mistrial': recorded at Power Station, New York in 1986. Released in April, 1986 as RCA AFL1-7190. Pop #47 / chart debut: 5/24/1986.

On CDs: © 1972, 2016 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. ℗ 1972 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
On insert: This compilation ℗ & © Sony Music Entertainment.'[discogs][]