Lou Reed '73 U.K 1st LP Berlin RCA mint- + INSERT Velvet Underground

	£		59
	$		78

Please read instructions before bidding:

• I offer combined shipping. If paid too much for shipping I will refund
• Please take a look at the shipping rates below for multiple discount
• Please take some time and read instructions below, if questions please ask

Band/Record: Lou Reed - Berlin

Label/Matrix: UK 1973 RCA Victor RS 1002 with A-1E // B-2E

Condition Record/Sleeve: Mint-/EX+ (record immaculate, looks unplayed, DREAM audio. Cover clean and unwritten, like new)

Extra Info: Fantastic Album  Original UK 1st press LP on the RCA label + Shorewood Packaging cover + INSERT  ... Wow ..minty dream audio ... VERY RARE !!

~~~ Sometimes called the most depressing album ever made, “Berlin” is the story of Caroline and Jim, a lowlife couple in the title city — she is promiscuous, he beats her, and they both do lots of drugs — and the tragic dissolution of their relationship. The demimonde of drugs and sadomasochism glamorized in songs by the Velvet Underground, Mr. Reed’s visionary 1960s avant-rock band, is shown with miserable consequences, as in “The Bed,” when Caroline commits suicide and Jim remains bitterly numb (…)

The album was made at a high point in Mr. Reed’s career. His second solo record, “Transformer,” produced by David Bowie and released in 1972, had become a glam-rock keystone.  

“The expectation was that I was going to do something very commercial with him,” Mr. Ezrin said from his office in Toronto. “Sort of Alice Cooper-ish, real mainstream. In reality I had become mesmerized by the poetry and by the art of Lou. Maybe I lost sight of my mandate. Honestly I can look back and say I probably didn’t do what I was hired to do.”

Recorded in London with a group of high-profile musicians including Steve Winwood and Jack Bruce, the songs of “Berlin” are rock filtered through a Brecht-Weill sensibility, with piano at the center of arrangements for band, horns and strings. Songs like “The Bed” and “The Kids” are among the most joyless Mr. Reed has ever recorded, but also some of his most delicate and intense.

The album has a narrative that stretches over 10 songs, and Mr. Reed and Mr. Ezrin had dreams of staging it. “We were bordering on genius with this work,” Mr. Ezrin said. “We were doing things that you’re just not supposed to do with rock music.” (…)

Though it stalled at No. 98 on the charts and drifted in and out of print, over time “Berlin” has built a passionate cult audience. One of its most ardent fans is Mr. Julian Schnabel, who called the album the soundtrack to his life. “This record was the embodiment of love’s dark sisters: jealousy, rage and loss,” he said. “It may be the most romantic record ever made.”

Picture overview; please take a look at the pictures:

Payment instruction/Check out: Since i will be listing a lot of records in the next few weeks, i cannot know when you have finished shopping. Let me know when you want an invoice. Please do not pay me without my invoice. I make use of the Ebay invoice system, if you pay before my invoice i may lose track of your payment. Within the EU I prefer (free) IBAN transactions to my bank account. Paypal transactions OK.

Return policy and After sales: I stand for the quality of my vinyl so i will take back records. However, i will only take back if buyer agrees to share the the costs of the return postage. All packages will be sent with registered mail. If a package is delayed please communicate with me first in stead of drop complaints at paypal!

Shipping: All records will be carefully packed by me and I do not charge handling. Shipping will take place with air/priority mail and signed for only. Packages above 2kg will be shipped with TNT Global Express with track & trace code. Please take a look at the shipping rates. Combined shipping is offered. Please take a closer look at my shipping rates. It is OK to wait a few days/weeks with payment in order to obtain efficient shipping. Packages till 2kg and 5kg are relatively cheap also worldwide, so take your advantage !! Please take a closer look at the shipping rates:

EU I: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Luxenbourg, Austria, Spain, U.K and Sweden

EU II: Bulgaria, Estland, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Letland, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slowakia and Czech Republick

EU III: Cyprus, Greece, Malta, Albania, Andorra, Bosnie-Herz., Canar. Islands, Faer. Islands, Gibraltar, Greenland, Island, Channel islands, Croatia, Lichtenstein, Macedonia, Moldavia, Montenegro, Norway, Ukraine, San Marino, Servia, Turky, Vatican, Swiss

World: USA, Kazachstan, Canada, South America, Australia, Africa

E-Sunshine records