Lou Reed – Sally Can't Dance
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RCA Victor – L1-0611 |
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US |
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Pop |
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Pop Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | Ride Sally Ride | 4:00 | |
| A2 | Animal Language | 3:00 | |
| A3 | Baby Face | 5:01 | |
| A4 | N.Y. Stars | 3:59 | |
| B1 | Kill Your Sons | 3:35 | |
| B2 | Ennui | 3:37 | |
| B3 | Sally Can't Dance | 4:07 | |
| B4 | Billy | 5:01 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – RCA Corporation
- Produced For – Anxiety Productions Ltd.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
- Copyright © – RCA Records
- Published By – Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd.
- Published By – Dunbar Music, Inc.
- Recorded At – Electric Lady Studios
- Mastered At – RCA Studios, Toronto
- Lacquer Cut At – RCA Studios, Toronto
- Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood
Credits
- Arranged By [Horns, With] – Katz*
- Arranged By [Horns] – Lew Soloff
- Art Direction – Acy Lehman
- Artwork [Cover Art] – David Byrd*
- Backing Vocals – Michael Wendroff
- Bass, Backing Vocals – Prakash John
- Design Concept [Cover Concept] – Dennis Katz
- Drums – Whitey Glan
- Engineer [Re-mix] – Ralph Moss
- Engineer [Recording] – Mike Stone
- Graphics [Representation And Graphics] – Transformer (15)
- Guitar, Tambourine, Backing Vocals – Danny Weis
- Harmonica – Steve Katz
- Horns – Trevor Koehler
- Illustration [Back Cover] – René De La Bush
- Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Michael Fonfara
- Mastered By – George Semkiw
- Photography By [Back Cover Illustration From A Photograph By] – Lou Reed
- Photography By [Front Cover Illustration From A Photograph By] – Mick Rock
- Producer – Steve Katz
- Recorded By [Recordist] – Dave Whitman*
- Written-By – Lou Reed
Notes
Produced for Anxiety Productions Ltd.
Recorded at Electric Lady, N.Y.C.
Recording engineer: Mike Stone, courtesy Trident Studios, London.
Mastering at RCA Studios, Toronto.
© 1974, RCA Records (...) Printed in U.S.A.
All songs published by Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd./Dunbar Music, Inc.
Michael Wendroff appears through the courtesy of Buddah Records
Dynaflex
TM(s) ® RCA Corp. - Made in U.S.A.
℗ 1974 RCA Records
Includes printed inner sleeve.
RCA on sleeve, RCA Victor on labels.
Recorded at Electric Lady, N.Y.C.
Recording engineer: Mike Stone, courtesy Trident Studios, London.
Mastering at RCA Studios, Toronto.
© 1974, RCA Records (...) Printed in U.S.A.
All songs published by Oakfield Avenue Music Ltd./Dunbar Music, Inc.
Michael Wendroff appears through the courtesy of Buddah Records
Dynaflex
TM(s) ® RCA Corp. - Made in U.S.A.
℗ 1974 RCA Records
Includes printed inner sleeve.
RCA on sleeve, RCA Victor on labels.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Price Code (On spine): 0698
- Rights Society: BMI
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): L1-0611-A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): L1-0611-B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched [H stamped] - variant 1): L1-0611-A-2 ZDT H
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched [H stamped] - variant 1): L1-0611-B-2 ZDT H
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched [H stamped] - variant 2): L1-0611A-² ZDT. H
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched [H stamped] - variant 2): L1-0611B. ZDT. H
Other Versions (5 of 70)
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Sally Can't Dance (LP, Album, Stereo) | RCA Victor | L1-0611, L 10611 | Netherlands | 1974 | ||
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Sally Can't Dance (LP, Album) | RCA Victor | APL1-0611, APL1 0611 | UK | 1974 | ||
| Sally Can't Dance (LP, Album) | RCA Victor | 104.4055 | Brazil | 1974 | |||
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Sally Can't Dance (Cassette, Album) | RCA | APK1 0611 | UK | 1974 | ||
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Sally Can't Dance (LP, Album) | RCA Victor | L1-0611 | Italy | 1974 |
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Reviews
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Edited 2 years agoThis is arguably the best sounding recording of Lou Reed's 1970s output. I only have this regular Dynaflex US pressing, but the recording sounds good enough to match some Steely Dan recordings of the same period. A few cringe moments here & there, but it's still Lou Reed, backed by some very good studio aces. -
Alright, it’s NOT Lou at his best, but to my ears it sounds like the perfect stepping stone between Berlin and Coney Island Baby. And it displays elements of both (of course it does!). The live LPs that bookend this release almost seem like the work of another artist, featuring Reed’s Transformer/ Berlin touring ensemble.
In the studio Lou displays a more forward-facing momentum. A movement that doesn’t NEED to reference his past, except as a stylistic musical journey, updating from the past, morphing not the future. This momentum is certainly laid back in places (of course it is - it’s 1974 baby!) in other places he shows his dark side (Kill Your Sons) as well as his funkier side (Sally Can’t Dance). And it’s all a hip NY style that musically underpins much of this LP and it’s studio follow up, Coney island Baby.
That he pre-empted Bowie and all of the “Plastic Soul” bandwagon jumpers is just Lou: ahead of the curve, as he had been since the start of his career. After all he lived in the most influential, decadent, and vital city on the planet in 1974.
So he was there at cultural ground zero, from the VU onwards. Now I think it’s time to re-evaluate SCD. It’s high time all us listeners open our ears to Lou’s “where-I’m-at-in-’74” LP with a fresh perspective, unhindered by out-of-date standards.
Who knows, you might even consider giving it 4 stars.
And maybe even shake your ass a little to Lou’s funk.
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My original USA copy is a cut out ( bottom left) still shrink wrapped with a black&white RCA sticker top right. Underrated Lou Reed album. Choice cuts'Kill Your Sons"&Billy.
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