Vinyl records

Lou Reed vinyl records

39 albums with 1,298 vinyl pressings between them. Open an album to see all its pressings and how to spot the first one.

Lewis Allan Reed. American musician, songwriter, poet, and photographer Born March 2, 1942, Brooklyn, New York - Died October 27, 2013, Southampton, New York Reed's music career began in 1958, when he recorded with his high school band, . During his time at Syracuse University in the early 1960's he formed a series of bands, but was most deeply impacted by his professor, American poet and writer Delmore Schwartz. Following college, he became a stock songwriter/musician for , and then in 1964, with John Cale, formed . In 1970, he left the Velvet Underground during the recording of Loaded. He signed a contract with RCA Records in 1971 and continued to perform until shortly before his death.