Lou ReedMetal Machine Music

Label:

RCA – L2-1101

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

Netherlands

Released:

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Noise

Tracklist

A Metal Machine Music A-1 16:01
B Metal Machine Music A-2 16:01
C Metal Machine Music A-3 16:01
D Metal Machine Music A-4 16:01

Credits

  • Design [Cover]Acy Lehman
  • Producer, Performer, Written-By, Design [Cover]Lou Reed

Notes

Subtitled "The Amine β Ring"

Text on the sleeve:
"SPECIFICATIONS
Sony 1/2 track
Uher 1/4 track
Pioneer 1/4 track
5 piggyback Marshall Tube Amps in series
Arbiter distortion (Jimi's)
Marantz Preamps
Marantz Amps
Altec Voice of America Monitor Speakers
Sennheiser Headphones
Drone cognizance and harmonic possibilities vis a vis Lamont Young's Dream Music
Rock orientation, melodically disguised, i.e. drag
Avoidance of any type of atonality.
Electro-Voice high filter microphones
Fender Tremolo Unit
Sunn Tremolo Unit
Ring Modulator/Octave Relay Jump
Fender Dual Showman Bass Amp with Reverb Unit (Pre-Columbia) white
No Synthesizers
No Arp
No Instruments?
--10 db + 57db
--20 hz--+30,000 hz
--12 kz--+28,000 kz
Distortion 0.02 bass and treble ceilings
Combinations and Permutations built upon constant harmonic Density Increase and Melodic Distractions.
STRICT STEREO SEPARATION
No panning
No phasing
No"

℗ 1975 RCA Records
Special thanks to Bob Ludwig
Mastered at Sterling Sound

Lead-out groove matrices. Hand-etched:
L- 21101 - A
L- 21101 - B
L- 21101 - C
L- 21101 - D
And an 'H' in a ring on each side.

Unlike the US version, D Side of the Netherlands pressing, does not end in a locked groove. Also, unlike the US version, this release comes in a single sleeve format. Orange RCA labels.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Other (Rights Society): STEMRA

Other Versions (5 of 38)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Metal Machine Music (The Amine β Ring) (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Indianapolis Pressing, Gatefold) RCA Victor L2-1101 US 1975
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Metal Machine Music *The Amine β Ring (2×LP, Album, Quadraphonic, Stereo) RCA D2-1101 US 1975
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Metal Machine Music (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) RCA Victor L2-1101, L2 1101 1975
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Metal Machine Music (8-Track Cartridge, Album) RCA S2-1101 US 1975
Metal Machine Music (Cassette, Album) RCA K2-1101 US 1975

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