Lou Reed Transformer 24 Karat Gold CD RCA ohne Pappschlachtel (Slipcover) Rar

Produktinformation

Tonträger CD
Besonderheiten Pappschuber, Remastered, 24kt. Gold-CD
Jahr 1995
Orig. Release 1972
Zeit k.A.
Plattenfirma The RCA Records Label
Herstellungsland USA
Musikrichtung Rock: Glamrock
EAN-Nr. 078636660028
Katalog-Nr. RCA 66600-2 07863


         Tracks

1. Vicious 2:55  
2. Andy´s Chest 3:17  
3. Perfect Day 3:43  
4. Hangin´ ´round 3:39  
5. Walk On The Wild Side 4:12  
6. Make Up 2:58  
7. Satellite Of Love 3:40  
8. Wagon Wheel 3:19  
9. New York Telephone Conversation 1:31  
10. I´m So Free 3:07  
11. Goodnight Ladies 4:19







 Produktbeschreibungen

Transformer, Lou Reeds zweites Album der Post-Velvet-Underground-Phase wurde von David Bowie und Mick Ronson (Bowies Gitarrist) 1972 produziert. Es präsentiert solche Klassiker wie "Vicious" und "Walk On The Wild Side", aber auch eine flotte Version von "Andy's Chest", die Velvet Underground bereits aufgenommen hatte. Die ständigen blödelnden und dennoch großartigen Stimmen im Hintergrund sind Bowie uand Ronson zu verdanken. Macht euch bei den Mitwirkenden auf Lous übliche Typensammlung gefasst: Transvestiten, Junkies, Ausgeflippte, Holly, Candy, Little Joe, Sugar, Jacki -- sogar Harry, Mark, und John gucken mal rein, um Hi zu sagen und das mitten in "Satellite Of Love". "Goodnight Ladies" präsentiert einen rockigen Tuba Downbeat, und ein Bariton-Saxofon, dessen klagender Ton einen ins Tra-La-Land treibt. Was gibt es sonst noch: Reeds urwüchsige Gitarre und seine Texte wie "The tinsel light of starbreak/Is all that's left to applaud my heartbreak/And at 11 o'clock I watch the network news." --Dan Leone



SCALA (6/99)
Schon wegen des Monster-Hits "Walk On The Wild Side" zählt die 1973 veröffentlichte Trans- und Homosexuellen-Hommage "Transformer" zu den wichtigsten Alben der 70er. Wie so oft klang die CD-Erstüberspielung ziemlich lausig. Danach ließ die RCA zahlreiche Neuversionen dieses Klassikers in jedesmal besserer Klangqualität folgen. Doch das Verwirrspiel hat ein Ende: Bad Lous tiefgründelnder Nicht-Gesang, sein rüder Rock'n'Roll und erst recht seine düster-lasziven Balladen klingen in diesem Hochbit-Remaster so gut wie noch nie und für die fehlenden Bonustracks entschädigt der kenntnisreiche, englische Booklet-Text.
©Scala, Lothar Brandt

Review by Mark Deming
David Bowie has never been shy about acknowledging his influences, and since the boho decadence and sexual ambiguity of the Velvet Underground's music had a major impact on Bowie's work, it was only fitting that as Ziggy Stardust mania was reaching its peak, Bowie would offer Lou Reed some much needed help with his career, which was stuck in neutral after his first solo album came and went. Musically, Reed's work didn't have too much in common with the sonic bombast of the glam scene, but at least it was a place where his eccentricities could find a comfortable home, and on Transformer Bowie and his right-hand man, Mick Ronson, crafted a new sound for Reed that was better fitting (and more commercially astute) than the ambivalent tone of his first solo album. Ronson adds some guitar raunch to "Vicious" and "Hangin' Round" that's a lot flashier than what Reed cranked out with the Velvets, but still honors Lou's strengths in guitar-driven hard rock, while the imaginative arrangements Ronson cooked up for "Perfect Day," "Walk on the Wild Side," and "Goodnight Ladies" blend pop polish with musical thinking just as distinctive as Reed's lyrical conceits. And while Reed occasionally overplays his hand in writing stuff he figured the glam kids wanted ("Make Up" and "I'm So Free" being the most obvious examples), "Perfect Day," "Walk on the Wild Side," and "New York Telephone Conversation" proved he could still write about the demimonde with both perception and respect. The sound and style of Transformer would in many ways define Reed's career in the 1970s, and while it led him into a style that proved to be a dead end, you can't deny that Bowie and Ronson gave their hero a new lease on life — and a solid album in the bargain.
 

Condition: E:  EXCELLENT  

"Item Condition" notes:

SS / OVP:       CD & LP is factory sealed in shrink-wrap or cellophane.

NEU / NEW:      CD & LP is open and not yet played.(Achtung: = Nicht alle neuen CDs werden vom Hersteller eingeschweißt!)

NM: NEAR MINT   CD & LP Just about in perfect condition.

E:  EXCELLENT   CD & LP Near perfect, may show very light signs of use & maybe one very light scratch.

VG: VERY GOOD   CD & LP  CD has some very minor wear (several very light scratches or marks). If insert, may have dimple marks or very light wrinkles/folds,

G:  GOOD        CD & LP  Some to very heavier wear or tear (some to very scratches throughout the CD), still plays perfectly. If insert, may have some wrinkles, folds, ripples, tears or multiple case. If  case has cracked or is broken.

Demo-Copy:      CD & LP = Promo - not for sale - particularly rare!!