Lou Reed’s songwriting work before Velvet Underground compiled for new album
nme.comLou Reed‘s songwriting work for Pickwick Records in the mid-1960s is being compiled into a single album – find out more below.Before founding The Velvet Underground, Reed worked as a songwriter for Pickwick Records.
Now, the songs that he penned during his stint at the company in the mid-1960s have been compiled for a new album: ‘Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65’.The compilation album is due for release on September 27 via Light in the Attic, in partnership with Laurie Anderson and the Lou Reed Archive.
You can now pre-order the album in various packages. As suggested by the album’s name, ‘Why Don’t You Smile Now: Lou Reed at Pickwick Records 1964-65′ will comprise of the material that he had worked on between those two years.
The album’s opening track is The Primatives’ ‘The Ostrich’ that features Reed on lead vocals.You can listen to it below.Side A1.
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