Lou Reed – Metal Machine Music
Label: |
Legacy – 19802882411 |
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Format: |
2 x
Vinyl
, LP, Album, Record Store Day, Reissue, Special Cut
, Silver Metallic, 50th Anniversary Edition
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Country: |
US |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Electronic |
Style: |
Experimental |
Tracklist
| A | Metal Machine Music A-1 | |
| B | Metal Machine Music A-2 | |
| C | Metal Machine Music A-3 | |
| D | Metal Machine Music A-4 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – RCA Records
- Copyright © – RCA Records
- Record Company – Sony Music Entertainment
- Distributed By – Sony Music Entertainment
- Mastered At – Sterling Sound
- Mastered At – Gateway Mastering
- Lacquer Cut At – Take Out Vinyl
Credits
- Art Direction [Original Release] – Lou Reed
- Art Direction, Design – Frank Harkins
- Cover – Lou Reed
- Lacquer Cut By [Vinyl Mastering By] – Jeff Powell
- Liner Notes – Thurston Moore
- Mastered By – Bob Ludwig
- Photography By [Original Cover Photo] – Lau Buur Nielsen
- Producer – Lou Reed
- Reissue Producer [Produced For Release By] – Rob Santos
- Written-By – Lou Reed
Notes
Record Store Day 2025 "RSD Exclusive" release, limited to 2500 copies.
50th Anniversary edition. Issued in a silver embossed gatefold cover and spot-varnished inner sleeves.
Runouts are etched.
On the back cover:
℗ 1975 & © 1975, 2025 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment
On the labels:
℗ 1975 & © 1975, 2025 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
On the inner sleeve:
© 1975, 2025 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
Mastered at Sterling Sound
Released in June 1975 as RCA Victor L2-1101
Mastered at Gateway Mastering, Portland ME
Vinyl Mastering at Take Out Vinyl, Memphis, TN
There is a locked groove at the end of side D.
50th Anniversary edition. Issued in a silver embossed gatefold cover and spot-varnished inner sleeves.
Runouts are etched.
On the back cover:
℗ 1975 & © 1975, 2025 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment
On the labels:
℗ 1975 & © 1975, 2025 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
On the inner sleeve:
© 1975, 2025 RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment.
Mastered at Sterling Sound
Released in June 1975 as RCA Victor L2-1101
Mastered at Gateway Mastering, Portland ME
Vinyl Mastering at Take Out Vinyl, Memphis, TN
There is a locked groove at the end of side D.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 1 9028 82411 8
- Other (Hype sticker): 19802882411S1
- Other (Record 1 inner sleeve): 19802882411SV1
- Other (Record 2 inner sleeve): 19802882411SV2
- Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 19802882411A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 19802882411B
- Matrix / Runout (Side C label): 19802882411C
- Matrix / Runout (Side D label): 19802882411D
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): 19802882411-A J POWELL
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): 19802882411-B J POWELL
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): 19802882411-C J POWELL
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): 19802882411-D J POWELL
Other Versions (5 of 38)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| 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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Recently Edited
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Metal Machine Music (2×LP, Album) | RCA | L-21101, L2-1101 | Netherlands | 1975 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Metal Machine Music (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) | RCA Victor | L2-1101, L2 1101 | 1975 | |||
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Recently Edited
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Metal Machine Music (8-Track Cartridge, Album) | RCA | S2-1101 | US | 1975 |
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Reviews
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Edited one month agoIs this the 2010 Lou Reed remix, or the original 1975 mix?
Reading the comments below, I see that this edition has the fake locked-groove (in the audio) followed by a real lock-groove. The Lou Reed Sister Ray Recordings 2010 release also had a fake lock groove followed by a real-lock groove -
If you are reading this, you are only here to be entertained by the comedy from each person who gives a review.
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Just curious, does this silver RSD version of MMM preserve the Side D locked run-off groove that the OG has?
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Edited one month agoNice reissue, vinyl is silent and flat, some liner notes by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth , not for everyone but Im glad I picked this up… this album is sooo rock n roll , love it! …Lou is such a bad ass! 😂
I also love the minimal “ metallic “ cover and the metallic color vinyl, both compliment the music imho …its a great package -
The reissue cover is a disappointment. If you’re gonna pay $50+ for the reissue, you might as well pay a little more for an original with the iconic cover. -
I'm assuming this is a remaster from the original master tapes. Hopefully it's an improvement. Can you hear the vocals in the new remaster? In the original release, the vocals were totally lost in the mix.
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Beware i opened my sealed copy and it had one lp in one side of the gatefold and nothing else. -
Nearly pulled the trigger on a '75 pressing last year, but I held off and I'm glad I did. The embossed jacket, inner sleeves, and metallic vinyl are a treat. It feels contradictory to describe this pressing as noise free, so I will just say it sounds great. One of my favorite RSD pickups this year -
There’s a lot of noise on my copy. Ha ha ha.
Actually, there is some slight warping on the (otherwise clean) discs, but it won’t bother me too much since I will rarely play them.
And I love the new cover, down with the haters!
An excruciating, godawful hour of noise, yet somehow, absolutely essential!
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