Lou Reed / Laurie Anderson / Lester Bangs ~ and 50 similar items

LOU REED / LAURIE ANDERSON / LESTER BANGS ~ 2 x CD P/B BOOK ~ PSYCHOTIC REACTIONS AND CARBURETOR DUNG / BRIGHT RED - TIGHTROPE / NYC MAN, LOU REED, THE COLLECTION. Who wants to play the guess the connections parlor game...? Two CD albums featuring Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson, one a double disc collection of vaguely Best Of Reed material, solo and with the Velvet Underground, and which includes studio and live tracks, the other is an album in two parts by Laurie Anderson, with Lou Reed making an appearance, as any good husband would, and, finally, changing the format a bit, there's a compendium of the writings of the one-and-only Lester Bangs, 1960's and 1970s Rock journalism at its most idiosyncratic, and which features lengthy musings on Lou Reed, interviews, insults traded, Metal Machine Music being the main culprit...hugely entertaining and a million miles away from what passes as journalism these days... - CD's are all playtested, no playback issues to report. - The 3 discs are in very good condition, as per 'used' status. - Various pictures uploaded, all taken from the actual items, what you see is what you get...study the pictures carefully, they are part of the description, too. - The jewel cases have the usual light scuffing and other small signs of shelfwear, etc, but are in good working order. - The inlay booklets / cards are in very good condition, any specific details for these items are listed below. - For tracklisting details see either the pictures of the discs, or the pictures of the rear of the inlay cards... - The book is used, full details for it, below. - Check all the details listed below carefully, make sure these are the ones you want. Lou Reed - NYC Man / The Collection Double disc set, a mixture of live tracks, studio tracks and with tracks from his solo career and also a few from the Velvet Underground days... 31 tracks and a generous 158 minutes. On RCA, catalog number 82876 50564 2 2003 CD album release. Discs in good condition, a couple of very light marks on Disc 1, Disc 2 unblemished. 20 page inlay book, with notes by Lou Reed on the songs, source, intention etc. next up... Laurie Anderson - Bright Red / Tightrope Themed album, split into two parts, kind of...includes contributions from a stellar cast - Brian Eno, Adrian Belew, Marc Ribot and Lou Reed, himself... 14 tracks and 52 minutes. On Warner Bros, catalog number 9 45634 2 1994 CD album release. Disc in very good condition. 20 page inlay booklet with artwork, credits and other artistic input...it's Laurie Anderson, after all... finally... Lester Bangs ~ Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung. Collection of writings from Creem, Rolling Stone, New York Rocker, all genres covered, at some point, hugely entertaining and with a lengthy middle section devoted to some sort of love / hate relationship with Lou Reed, well, there's another connection...pictures uploaded show the contents pages. 392 pages. Published by Vintage / Random House 1988 edition. 130 mm x 205 mm . The glossy laminated cover has curled edges and slight shelf wear. Pages in good condition, no pen or ink marks etc. Spine fully intact. Buy-it-Now, two albums, one book, hours of challenging fun await...and all in one convenient package... $18.95 Postage - USA - Free shipping....nice! Media Mail, please note. Tracking numbers will be added as early as possible. Oversea shipping, most welcome, wherever, no problem. Thanks for looking! :o)