Lou Reed - All Tomorrow’s Dance Parties (Norton EP-097, 2000) 7" EX/EX RARE

	£		25
	$		33

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🎶 Lou Reed – All Tomorrow’s Dance Parties (Norton EP-097, 2000) 7" Vinyl

⭐ Lou Reed’s earliest known recordings – historically important pre-Velvet Underground artifact!

📀 Release Details:

• Label: Norton Records – EP-097

• Format: 7" EP, 45rpm

• Released: 2000 (demos from 1958–62)

• Tracks:
  • Your Love – Lewis Reed (unissued 1962 demo)
  • Merry Go Round – Lewis Reed (unissued 1962 demo)
  • So Blue – Phil Harris & Lewis Reed (original Time 1002 single, 1958)
  • Leave Her For Me – Lewis Reed (original Time 1002 single, 1958)

• Condition: EX/NM – vinyl glossy and unmarked, sleeve sharp with only light handling.

🎤 Collector’s Background:
This EP is essential listening for any serious Lou Reed or Velvet Underground collector. These are the first professional recordings Lou Reed ever made — long before the Warhol Factory, Heroin, or Transformer.

🗓 1958: Reed (still “Lewis Reed”) formed The Shades, a group of high-school friends from Freeport, Long Island. Under the name The Jades, they cut So Blue and Leave Her For Me for Bob Shad’s fledgling Time Records. Despite being just 16, Reed was already writing songs laced with bittersweet teenage angst — a precursor to the dark lyrical themes that would define his career.

🗓 1962: Reed cut solo demos (Your Love, Merry Go Round) that were never issued at the time. These recordings are presented here for the very first time, offering a rare glimpse of Lou developing his sound, bridging 1950s doo-wop and the proto-punk grit of the Velvet Underground.

Norton Records — legendary for garage/rock’n’roll rarities — lovingly curated and mastered these tracks, making this release the definitive way to own them on vinyl.

💡 Why Collectors Want This EP:

• Earliest Lou Reed recordings (pre-Velvets) – historically significant

• Officially licensed reissue by Norton Records, pressed in small quantities

• Clean EX/NM copy – top condition for display or play

• Perfect entry point for a Lou Reed collection or a finishing piece for completists

🔥 A must-own piece of rock history – Lou Reed before The Velvet Underground.
Perfect for collectors who appreciate the roots of one of rock’s most influential songwriters.

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