A special collectible 6LP 12″ vinyl edition, Lou Reed – The RCA & Arista Vinyl Collection, Vol 1 will be available on Friday, November 18.

Each of the six album titles will be pressed on high fidelity 150 gram vinyl and housed in a meticulous facsimile reproduction of the album’s original packaging including a 30 page book.

The albums are: Transformer (1972), Berlin (1973), Rock n Roll Animal (1974), Coney Island Baby (1975), Street Hassle (1978) and The Blue Mask (1982). The set is available now for pre-order by clicking here.

Lou Reed is inside the latest Uncut! Collaborators recall the sordid dramas behind Reed’s Street Hassle album

Also available, the 17-disc deluxe box set anthology compiles 16 albums from 1972 to 1986, remastered under Reed’s personal supervision, Lou Reed – The RCA & Arista Album Collection is released on October 7.

The October 2016 issue of Uncut is now on sale in the UK – featuring our cover story on David Bowie, plus Margo Price, Lou Reed, David Crosby, Devendra Banhart, Van Der Graaf Generator, The Turtles, The Beatles, Granny Takes A Trip, Kate Bush, Drive-By Truckers, Jack White, Ray Charles, Led Zeppelin, Wilco and more plus 32 pages of reviews and our free 15-track CD

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