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Rock and Roll Diary: 1967–1980

Rock and Roll Diary: 1967-1980
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Compilation album by Lou Reed
Released 1980
Recorded 1967-1980
Genre Rock
Length 74:29
Label Arista
Lou Reed chronology
Growing Up in Public
(1980)Growing Up in Public1980
Rock and Roll Diary: 1967-1980
(1980)
The Blue Mask
(1982)The Blue Mask1982
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Rock and Roll Diary: 1967–1980 was released by Arista Records in 1980 as a double album split between tracks by the Velvet Underground and tracks by Lou Reed, attempting to demonstrate the arc of his songwriting over the first fifteen years of his career. The versions of "Heroin" and "Femme Fatale" are from the 1974 Velvet Underground live album 1969: The Velvet Underground Live. "Coney Island Baby" comes from the Live: Take No Prisoners album. The liner notes for the album were written by Ellen Willis.

An edited version of the album was released on compact disc on September 27, 1994.



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