Lou Reed - I'm So Free: The 1971 RCA Demos
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I'm So Free: The 1971 RCA Demos

Label RCA ‎– 19439944251Legacy ‎– 19439944251Sony Music ‎– 19439944251RCA Victor ‎– 19439944251
Format Vinyl, LP, Album, Record Store Day, Stereo
Barcode 0194399442517
Released 23 Apr 2022
Genre Rock
Style Acoustic
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This item is imported from Netherlands.

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A1 Perfect Day - Takes 1 & 2 4:01
A2 I'm So Free 2:07
A3 Wild Child 4:18
A4 I'm Sticking With You - Take 2 1:50
A5 Lisa Says 5:19
A6 Going Down - Take 2 2:25
A7 I Love You 2:09
B1 New York Telephone Conversation 1:38
B2 She's My Best Friend 2:41
B3 Kill Your Sons 4:44
B4 Berlin 4:33
B5 Ocean - Takes 1 & 2 5:03
B6 Ride Into The Sun - Take 2 2:27
Art Direction, Design – Frank Harkins
Engineer [Original Recording] – Pat Martin
Engineer [Original Recording] – Ray Hill
Liner Notes [Inner Sleeve] – David Fricke
Mastered By – Vic Anesini
Photography By [Photos] – Sony Music Archives
Producer [Original Recordings Produced By] – Richard Robinson
Producer [Produced For Release By] – Don Fleming
Producer [Produced For Release By] – Jason Stern
Producer [Produced For Release By] – Laurie Anderson
Producer [Produced For Release By] – Rob Santos
"Record store day exclusive" release.
Limited to 2000 copies according to Rough Trade UK - unknown if that's the total number for all of Europe. Other sources state 7550 copies which may be the US or global quantity.
Issued with a printed inner sleeve containing a photo & liner notes whilst images of RCA material are displayed on flipside.

This version plated and pressed by GZ Media.
Distinguishing characteristics:
– Sony Music logo to the left of the barcode on rear sleeve, under RCA Legacy logos.
– Labels have two lines of small print at bottom under the catalogue number, with 'Made in EU' declaration.
– Runouts have GZ laser-etched numbers, including the MRP matrix, but no hand-scribed hash numbers.

A simultaneously released version pressed at Memphis Record Pressing is here: .


Mastered [... at Battery Studios, New York, NY
Recorded October 27, 1971 at RCA Recording Studios, New York, NY
All tracks previously unreleased except Perfect Day (Take 2) issued as Transformer bonus track BMG Heritage CD 07863 65132 2, October 2002
℗ & © 2022 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. [... Made in the EU.
Barcode (Text) – 1 9439-94425-1 7
Barcode (Scanned, UPC-A) – 194399442517
Label Code – LC00316
Rights Society – BIEM/GEMA
Other (On inner sleeve) – 19439944251SV1
Matrix / Runout (Label side A) – 19439944251A
Matrix / Runout (Label side B) – 19439944251B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1) – MRP3510 / 19439944251 - A 236694E1/B
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1) – MRP3510 / 19439944251 - B 236694E2/A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2) – MRP3510 / 19439944251 - A 236694E1/A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2) – MRP3510 / 19439944251 - B 236694E2/A
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