What Goes On

Nico / Lou Reed

The Bedroom Tapes: New York, April 1970

Grey Scale (UK) 2xCD

Private recordings 1968-72? (most likely ‘71)

CD 1 (66:33) - includes Conversation. These Days. Secret Side Acapella. All Tomorrow’s Parties. Lou Tuning. These Days. I’ll Keep It With Mine. Conversation and playback. Little Sister etc.

CD 2 (60:11) - includes All Tomorrow’s Parties. I’ll Be Your Mirror. Femme Fatale. I’ll Keep It With Mine. Jesse James and other folk songs. Little Queenie. Little Sister. Conversation with Danny Fields. Somebody etc.

Cenci writes: 2026 grey area release, which collects ‘remastered’ versions of recordings previously circulated on a number of bootlegs, with various location and date attributions, eg. Nico’s hotel room 1968 and 1970, Richard and Lisa Robinson’s NYC apartment 1971; rehearsals prior to the Cale, Reed, Nico show at Paris Bataclan 1972 etc. Likely the most complete edition of these tapes released to date.

SQ: B+ perfectly acceptable

Available in the 10 CD “Nico & Friends” box set.

Nico (coughing)

Lou (mildly disgusted): Oh Jesus, that sounds awful.