Lou Reed’s momentary departure into pop with the mould-breaking New Sensations is naturally made with bold intentions and with dark wit intact, but ironic? no, simply pop in the hands of a master craftsman. As well as marking Lou Reed’s fourteenth solo studio album, New Sensations was also a statement of intent whilst similarly bearing the trademark parallels of transgressive wit and intelligence that accompany his historic path to solo artist. The album was a potent mix of anxious pop that found little room for the distorted, exotic mongo that guitarist Robert Quine honed in previous works with Reed. Accompanied by Fernando Saunders on bass, Peter Wood on keyboards and the return of drummer Fred Maher, Reed’s perverse new structure in steroid sound was taken on the road including a midday show at the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio Klondike proudly celebrates the posthumous performing career of the late Lou Reed with the entire WMMS-FM broadcast from his Coffee-Break performance at the Agora Ballroom on 3rd October 1984.
One of the better “bootleg” releases that we’ve seen Lou Reed shuffled off from this mortal. with a great band and Lou is pretty upbeat. The liner notes suck the writer doesn’t even know his topic. A lot of tracks from New Sensation album era.
Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, Ohio
10/03/1984
01 00:00 (DJ Intro) 0:42
02 00:42 Sweet Jane 4:08
03 04:50 Waiting for the Man 3:41
04 08.32 Martial Law 5:04
05 13:36 Legendary Hearts 3:42
06 17:18 Turn out the Lights 4:25
07 21:43 (Interview) 1:25
08 23:09 Sally can’t Dance 5:06
09 28:15 Walk on the Wild Side 5:18
10 33:33 Satellite of Love 6:25
11 39:59 (interview / Band Introduction) 1:23
12 41:22 My Red Joystick 5:10
13 46:33 New Sensations 7:11
14 53:44 Turn to Me 4:44
15 58:28 I Love You Suzanne / (DJ outro) 3:38
Lou Reed Band
Robert Quine (guitar)
Fernando Saunders (bass)
Peter Wood (keyboards)
Lenny Ferarri (drums)
The Fat Angel Sings 