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Lou Reed Playing Cover Songs

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Title

Lou Reed Playing Cover Songs

Collection

Lou Reed papers
Series I: Recordings
Subseries I. A. Demos and Rehearsals

Names

Reed, Lou (Creator)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1960 - 1969

Table Of Contents

1. [Unknown Song - Siedmann]; 2. [Hava Nagila - Siedmann]; 3. [Unknown Song - Siedmann]; 4. [Que Sera Sera - Siedmann]; 5. [Low volume talking]; 6. [Someone walking around and conversation]; 7. All I Do Is Dream [Reed]; 8. [Instrumental Song - Reed]; 9. Please Don't Go [Reed]; 10. Don't Think Twice It's Alright [Reed]; 11. [Instrumental Song - Reed]; 12. Michael Row The Boat Ashore [Reed]; 13. [Instrumental Song - Reed]; 14. Don't Think Twice It's Alright [Reed]; 15. Don't Think Twice It's Alright [Reed]; 16. Blowin' In The Wind [Reed]; 17. [Instrumental Song - Reed]

Library Location

Music Division
Shelf locator: JPB 18-01

Genres

Music

Notes

Content: The beginning of the tape contains a recording of a child named Eric Siedmann performing songs on May 25, 1967. At 11:29 the tapes features Reed, and an occasional second vocalist/instrumentalist playing cover songs.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audiotape reel (32 min.) : 1/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

Archives ID: 24078
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21759149
AMI Identifier: myd_560538_v01f01_em
Archives EAD ID: 3149949
Archives Components ID: 1534921
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c4b241f0-0ae7-0137-be58-7d8bff779f4d

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

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MLA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Lou Reed Playing Cover Songs" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1960 - 1969. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c4b241f0-0ae7-0137-be58-7d8bff779f4d

APA format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1960 - 1969). Lou Reed Playing Cover Songs Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c4b241f0-0ae7-0137-be58-7d8bff779f4d

Chicago/Turabian Format

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Lou Reed Playing Cover Songs" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c4b241f0-0ae7-0137-be58-7d8bff779f4d

Wikipedia citation

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