{"title":"Lou Reed","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"do-angels-need-haircuts-poems-by-lou-reed","title":"Do Angels Need Haircuts?: Early Poems by Lou Reed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn August of 1970, 28-year-old Lou Reed quit the Velvet Underground, moved home to Long Island, New York, and embarked on a fascinating alternate creative path: poetry. Spending months in relative isolation, the musician refashioned himself, publicly vowing to never again play rock and roll. Reed wrote verse and contributed his work to journals and small press publications. “I’m a poet,” he proclaimed from the stage of St. Mark’s Church in March 1971. Though his retirement from music wouldn’t last―only six months later he began recording his debut solo album―Reed’s passionate identification with the written word was solidified, and would last the rest of his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDo Angels Need Haircuts?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinary snapshot of this turning point in Reed’s career. This book, the first to be produced by the Lou Reed Archive, gathers poems, photographs from the era―by Mick Rock, Moe Tucker, and others― as well as images from rare poetry zines. Featuring a new foreword by Anne Waldman, archival notes by Don Fleming, and an afterword by Laurie Anderson, Do Angels Need Haircuts? provides a window to a little-known chapter in the life of one of the most singular and uncompromising voices in American popular culture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthology Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030938566914,"sku":"BK-ANT-DANH-001-Q","price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_4528_1f349461-e942-4a42-b84e-d344d6e484cb.jpg?v=1791261039"},{"product_id":"lou-reed-1972-1986-every-album-every-song-on-track","title":"Lou Reed 1972-1986: Every Album, Every Song (On Track)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eOn Track \u003c\/em\u003eseries examines an artist’s entire output, track by track – or that within a specified date range – the series brings together expert analysis with both fact and opinion.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis book examines the work of the first decade-and-a-half of Lou Reed as a solo artist. It would be easy to paint these years with a broad brush; with the ghost of The Velvet Underground in its aftermath slowly yet gradually gaining cultural influence, this slow-burning legacy would both tether and liberate its key participant. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBetween the years of 1972 and 1986, Lou Reed would seek, achieve, reject, lament, and once again pine for professional success while the excesses and extremities of a life lived in public wielded their own unruly impact. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile this book seeks to maintain its focus on the music first and foremost, with an artist like Lou Reed, it seems impossible for the personal to stay divorced from the product. We see a tentative, crestfallen Lou begin to emerge from his parental Long Island, NY cocoon to test the waters for a solo career. There is worldwide stardom and success, then banishment, followed by the embracement and rejection of various commercial enterprises, to midlife revision and rejuvenation. Multiple partners of influence, both professional and personal, would be accumulated and jettisoned, all leaving lasting traces. Lou did a lot in fourteen years, and it’s only half of the story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonicbond Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48384215286018,"sku":"BK-SON-LR-001-O","price":6.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0401\/6226\/3204\/files\/IMG_7772_1.jpg?v=1788435742"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.booksaboutart.co.uk\/collections\/lou-reed.oembed","provider":"Books About Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}