Words & Music May 1965

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The inaugural title in Light In The Attic’s Lou Reed Archive Series, this deluxe set is foil numbered and limited to 7,500 copies worldwide on black vinyl. All tracks previously unreleased, and includes seven unheard Lou Reed compositions.
Includes a saddle-stitched, die-cut 28-page book featuring lyrics, archival photos, and liner notes, a 7″ record containing six previously unreleased tracks, an archival reproduction of letter written by Reed to Delmore Schwartz, and a CD containing complete audio from the package.
The LPs are housed in printed inner sleeves lined with plastic bags, and both the 7″ and the CD come in uniquely designed printed inner sleeves. All three formats are housed in stylized, die-cut jackets. The CD and 7″ are placed in a pocket on the left side of the album’s inner gatefold jacket. The book is placed in the right side pocket.

A1 to D2: May 1965 Demos
D3: May 1965 Alternate Version
E1: 1958 Rehearsal
E2 to F4: 1963/64 Home Recordings

CD-1 to CD-10: May 1965 Demos
CD-11: May 1965 Alternate Version
CD-12: 1958 Rehearsal
CD-13 to CD-17: 1963/64 Home Recordings

A1/CD-1, B1/CD-3, D2/CD-10, D3/CD-11: © 1967, EMI Music Publishing, Ltd., Oakfield Avenue Music, Ltd. ● All rights for Oakfield Avenue Music, Ltd. administered by EMI Music Publishing, Ltd.
A2/CD-2, B2 to C2/CD-4 to CD-7, D1/CD-9: © 1965, EMI Music Publishing, Ltd., Lou Reed Music. ● All rights for Lou Reed Music administered by EMI Music Publishing, Ltd.
C3/CD-8: © 1969, EMI Music Publishing, Ltd., Oakfield Avenue Music, Ltd. ● All rights for Oakfield Avenue Music, Ltd. administered by EMI Music Publishing, Ltd.
E1: © 1958, EMI Music Publishing, Ltd., Lou Reed Music. All rights for Lou Reed Music administered by EMI Music Publishing, Ltd.
E2, F1, F3, F4: © 1964, EMI Music Publishing, Ltd., Lou Reed Music. All rights for Lou Reed Music administered by EMI Music Publishing, Ltd.
F2: © 1963, Universal Tunes

All runouts are etched except stamped ‘GOLDEN’ on sides A to D.
The runout details indicate that the two 12″s were cut at Golden Mastering and pressed by RTI, and that the 7″ were cut at Third Man Mastering and pressed by Third Man Pressing.

[Obi:]
• All tracks previously unreleased
• Produced in partnership with Laurie Anderson and the Lou Reed Archive
• 45 RPM 2LP set pressed on Audiophile-Quality 180-gram vinyl at RTI
• Remastered from the original analog tapes […]
• Includes bonus 7-inch record, housed in die-cut picture sleeve containing the first-ever vinyl release of six previously-unreleased tracks […]
• Saddle-stitched, die-cut 28-page book featuring lyrics, archival photos, and liner notes […]
• Archival reproduction of letter written by Reed to Delmore Schwartz, circa 1964
• Includes CD containing complete audio from the package, housed in die-cut jacket
• Entire package housed in stylized, die-cut gatefold LP jacket manufactured by Stoughton Printing Co.
• Foil numbered and limited to 7,500 copies worldwide

[Book:]
Release Executive Producers – Matt Sullivan and Josh Wright for Light in the Attic
Mastering – John Baldwin, JohnBaldwinMastering.com
Tapes transferred […] at MARS
Photos/archival materials courtesy of Lou Reed Archive, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. © 2022 Canal Street Communications, Inc. except letter to Delmore Schwartz courtesy of Johan Kugelberg/Boo-Hooray (available in Deluxe Edition (LITA 189))

[Labels & LP, 7″ & CD rear sleeves:]
℗ & © 2022 Canal Street Communications, Inc. Under Exclusive License to Light in the Attic Records & Distribution LLC