V.A. (Lou Reed) - Why Don'T You Smile Now: Lou Reed At Pickwick Records 1964-1965 - Import CD

Credits:

V.A. (Lou Reed)

Description:

This Lou Reed Archive Series work is a collection of pop songs that Reed wrote while working as a staff songwriter for Pickwick Records, a label that went out of business in the mid-1960s. This compilation follows Lou Reed's Hudson River Wind Meditations (2023) and Words & Music, May 1965 (2022). One of the most original and innovative figures in music history, Reed got his start as Pickwick Records' in-house songwriter (and occasional session guitarist/vocalist) before establishing himself as an enduring singer, songwriter, musician, and poet. Reed's work for Pickwick, which encompasses everything from garage rock and girl groups to blue-eyed soul and teen idol ballads, ultimately offers a fascinating glimpse into his evolving and truly boundless artistry from its earliest stages. The album was restored and remastered by Grammy-nominated mastering engineer John Baldwin.Detailed booklet with never-before-published photos, liner notes by Richie Unterberger (noted music journalist and author of acclaimed titles such as White Light/White Heat: Velvet Underground Day by Day), and an essay by Lenny Kaye (legendary guitarist, co-founder of the Patti Smith Group, writer, producer, and curator of the ingenious garage rock anthology "Nuggets").

Tracklisting:

1. The Primitives - The Ostrich
2. The Beachnuts - Cycle Annie
3. The Hi-Lifes - I'm Gonna Fight
4. The Hi-Lifes - Soul City
5. Ronnie Dickerson - Oh No Don't Do It
6. Ronnie Dickerson - Love Can Make You Cry
7. The Hollywoods - Teardrop in the Sand
8. The Roughnecks - You're Driving Me Insane
9. The Primitives - Sneaky Pete
10. Terry Philips - Wild One
11. Spongy and the Dolls - Really - Really - Really - Really - Really - Really Love
12. The Foxes - Soul City
13. The J Brothers - Ya Running but I'll Getcha
14. Beverley Ann - We Got Trouble
15. The All Night Workers - Why Don't You Smile
16. Jeannie Larimore - Johnny Won't Surf No More
17. Robertha Williams - Tell Mamma Not to Cry
18. Robertha Williams - Maybe Tomorrow
19. Terry Philips - Flowers for the Lady
20. Terry Philips - This Rose
21. The Surfsiders - Surfin'
22. The Surfsiders - Little Deuce Coupe
23. The Beachnuts - Sad Lonely Orphan Boy
24. The Beachnuts - I've Got a Tiger in My Tank
25. Ronnie Dickerson - What About Me