Bowie-polished sleaze-Transformer era, Walk on the Wild Side dripping downtown decadence. Leather, lipstick, and lines that cut deeper than blades. He didn't start glam, he bled it dry. More basement tapes surfacing weekly.
Lou Reed’s velvet sleaze strolls in – like nothing you’ve heard before! Lou Reed’s Walk On The Wildside, a one-page advert in Melody Maker, November 25, 1972.
One bassline to rule them all – Lou takes the wild side mainstream! Released as a 7-inch vinyl single in the UK on November 24, 1972, on RCA Victor (catalogue: RCA 2303), Lou Reed’s “Walk On The Wild Side” was the lead single from Transformer. Lou Reed’s “Walk On The Wild Side” was the lead single from Transformer . Backed with “Perfect Day,” this Bowie/Ronson-produced velvet underground classic — with its iconic “colored girls” backing and Herbie Flowers’ double-tracked bass
Reed's Bowie-Ronson Revival Lou Reed’s Transformer LP, was released in the UK on November 8, 1972, on RCA Victor Records (catalogue: LSP-4807). This 11-track glam rock masterpiece, produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson—both ardent Velvet Underground fans—was Reed’s second solo outing after his debut’s commercial flop. Anchored by the provocative “Walk On The Wild Side” (touching on taboo topics like sexual orientation, gender identity, prostitution, and drug use), it also d
