Light in the Attic Records has released another tantalizing piece of Lou Reed and Velvet Underground lore in the form of the earliest known recording of the song “Heroin.” The track will ...

Next month, the reissue label Light In The Attic is releasing some of Lou Reed’s earliest demos as ... eventual Velvet Underground classic, “Heroin.” As Spin points out, this version is ...

A previously unreleased May 1965 demo of Lou Reed's "Heroin" has been shared from Words & Music, May 1965, the first release from the new Lou Reed archive series. Words & Music, May 1965 was announced ...

The Lou Reed archive is at the New York Public Library ... where we hear him singing “Heroin” in a folky style reminiscent of Bob Dylan. Fast-forward two years and we get the album version ...

2022 marks nine years since Lou Reed’s passing ... demo of what will become the beloved Velvet Underground hit “Heroin.” The original is known for the slowly creeping guitar and rushing ...

Lou Reed strode onto the stage at Max’s Kansas ... He introduced “I’m Waiting for the Man,” a heroin addict’s codependent lament to his dealer, as “a tender folk song from the early ...

“Words and music by Lou Reed,” he intones at the start of each ... He also tries out an early version of “Heroin” with a plunky walking bassline on the low strings that sucks the liquid ...

“Lou Reed: Caught Between the Twisted Stars ... the tape’s versions of “I’m Waiting for the Man,” “Pale Blue Eyes” and “Heroin” are miles away from the explosive sound the ...

Light in the Attic has partnered with Laurie Anderson for the Lou Reed Archive Series ... also includes the earliest known recordings of “Heroin” and “Pale Blue Eyes,” plus multiple ...

And Lou Reed was its ambiguous sovereign ... in a hotel in Times Square.) Songs like “Heroin,” “I’m Waiting for the Man,” and “Venus in Furs” were celebrated for being more ...