Live: Take No Prisoners [Live]

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Album Description
1992 RCA reissue of his 1978 double live album for BMG Music& recorded at the Bottom Line in New York City. Contains 10tracks, including both solo gems and classics from his dayswith the Velvet Underground, including 'Walk On The WildSide', 'Satellite Of Love', 'Sweet Jane', 'Pale Blue Eyes','Street Hassle', 'Berlin' and 'I'm Waiting For My Man'.Double slimline jewel case.

Tracks:

Sweet Jane
I Wanna Be Black
Satellite of Love
Pale Blue Eyes
Berlin
I'm Waiting for My Man

Tracks:

Coney Island Baby
Street Hassle
Walk on the Wild Side
Leave Me Alone

Album Description

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. BMG. 2006.

Album Details

2006 Issued Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

Customer Reviews:

A Rare Treat.......2007-05-30

A very rare album on any format (even i only own it on vinyl) of some performances by lou in late 74'. probably the best live cuts of any of reeds work. this album gives you a great feel of what a night with lou was like in his glam days. great quality of recording and reeds interaction with the crowd through most of the songs make it #1 for me. the real stand outs here are "sweet jane", "satellite of love", a wonderfully bluesy 10+ minute rendition of "waiting for the man" and his telling of how he wrote "walk on the wild side" while it's played. a must for any reed/velvets fan.

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if it ain't the r n r animal himself...
Strange release in the first place
lou reed- take no prisioners
Swallow!
"I Just Flew In From Miami F.L.A. and Boy Are My Arms Tired..."

Live: Take No Prisoners
Lou Reed
Manufacturer: Arista
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00006JJ2Y
Release Date: 2002-09-24

Tracks:

Sweet Jane
I Wanna Be Black
Satellite Of Love
Pale Blue Eyes
Berlin
I'm Waiting For My Man

Tracks:

Coney Island Baby
Street Hassle
Walk On The Wild Side
Leave Me Alone

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Recorded at New York's Bottom Line in 1978 following the release of the acclaimed Street Hassle, this live document probably isn't for the casual Lou Reed fan. But if you appreciate pre-New York Lou, Take No Prisoners demonstrates, perhaps more than any other Reed artifact, the importance of major attitude and myth to classic punk. Often called "the Lou Reed comedy album," Prisoners has the totally revved-up artist coming on like a rock & roll Lenny Bruce as he delivers often hilarious monologues: Sweet Jane" and "Walk on the Wild Side" are nothing but that, with the band vamping behind him. Reed's targeted subjects include Barbra Streisand, Robert Christgau, Patti Smith, politics, the music biz, members of the audience, and, most importantly, himself. It's terrific if you like that kind of thing. The band's terrific, too, especially on "Coney Island Baby" and "Street Hassle." But as live rock albums go, this one is best viewed as the funniest of the genre, and it's reportedly one of Lou's faves. --Bill Holdship

Customer Reviews:

if it ain't the r n r animal himself..........2007-05-20

I have been a Lou Reed fan since the early seventies, and in my opinion his best solo albums are Transformer, Berlin, Street Hassle and Take No Prisoners. That's right, I rate TOP among Lou's best recordings. I think the performances are excellent, examples being the jazzy version of I Wanna Be Black, a moving, powerful version of Coney Island Baby and the masterful delivery of Street Hassle. The way Sweet Jane kicks in at the beginning of the album is priceless. The singing is among the best of all his recordings. While the album doesn't necessarily grab a hold of you immediately, repeated listens reveal Lou at his sleazy, street-wise best.

Strange release in the first place.......2007-02-27

Lou Reed is a genius and deserves the right to artistic experiments like this one. Remembering my vinyl copy I believe it was recorded with two microphones encased in something resembling a human head (I am not kidding) which may be what is holding back a pristine remastering. I don't have the inclination to buy this yet but the best cut is 'I wanna be black' which is totally different that what appeared on the studio release earlier. I went to the Bottom Line several times during his reign there (he seemed to play there every 6 months, one year my girlfriend's b-day, our anniversary, my b-day....)This cd does capture the madness of those days. We eventually took enough friends to capture a back table and almost got thrown out for pounding our beer bottles on the table if I am not mistaken. This release was one of those nights where it sounds like he pounded back about 5 coffees and a pack of cigarettes before jumping on stage....I am just sorry I haven't been able to follow his art like I used to, lost faith around the 'drinking in public' period. Ever hear his Rock and Roll heart release?

lou reed- take no prisioners.......2007-01-06

It's a weird live concert, in which lou is very much under drug effects and keeps talking and insulting, laughing, screeming, pull anothers leg. well in fact, If you like weird things about lou reed as the metal machine, this is defenetly a Master Opera. you must have it

Swallow!.......2006-01-17

'If you all expected that Metal Machine Music would have been the last surprise, just swallow it', Reed must have thought back then. He just strikes again by releasing a double album of live versions where, instead of performing (singing) his songs along with the very nice instrumental treatment they received from the band, he decided to simply speak most of the time. He criticises everything and everybody here, with no character/persona construction and no poses: it's simple Lou Read-himself, the man, and the many opinions he wants to share with you, like it or not. It's a really enjoyable experience for fans. The record gives the impression that you're there, in front of the man, sometimes laughing from his harsh words, sometimes wishing he would REALLY do your favourite song, sometimes imagining you're going back home to hear the definitive versions of the studio albums. But meanwhile you're travelling through the cover pictures and if it's your thing you'll like to spend this time inside of Lou's world. For casual listeners it can be a disappointment though. Begin elsewhere and then come check it later.

"I Just Flew In From Miami F.L.A. and Boy Are My Arms Tired...".......2005-07-21

If you're reading this review, you've already taken a ganders at the track listing. You probably think "wow, what a great set! My favorite VU and Lou Reed songs performed live!" This is all well and good, unless you plan on actually listening to the tracks. if you wanna do that, check out one of Lou's other 3,000 live albums instead. If you love Lou and want to take a double shot of Lou's attitude, have a few laughs, and hear him talk about whatever was on his mind, then you may enjoy this. I do. This is what the Velvet Underground would've sounded like if it was fronted by Larry David; at times it sounds like a Charles Bukowski performance, or a lecture delivered by Hunter Thompson at a University. Both these guys drew crowds who sometimes cared less about their writing and more about being around their infamous personalities and to hear their drunken ramblings. This album is like that; the music often takes a backseat to Lou's personality, and drunken ramblings. That being said, the music is still top notch, and if you're still interested in this live document after reading all the reviews, then by all means get it. Just know what you're getting yourself into.

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Live Take No Prisoners
Lou Reed
Manufacturer: Msi Music Corp
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000DEOLK
Release Date: 2002-08-28

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Needs a revamp
Needs a revamp
Its Like Witnessing the Scene of an Accident
A live album with a reason for living
This is NOT anything like "Rock 'n Roll Animal"

Live: Take No Prisoners
Lou Reed
Manufacturer: Buddha
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000050G7F
Release Date: 2002-01-01

Tracks:

Sweet Jane
I Wanna Be Black
Satellite of Love
Pale Blue Eyes
Berlin
I'm Waiting for My Man

Tracks:

Coney Island Baby
Street Hassle
Walk on the Wild Side
Leave Me Alone

Customer Reviews:

Needs a revamp.......2002-02-26

This album is the Everyman Band at it's best, and I would give it a five-star rating in a minute if it weren't for one thing: the edits. This album was compiled from a series of shows, some of which were more than three hours long (with some versions of songs reportedly lasting up to forty minutes.) When it came time to release the original double LP set, editing decisions of course had to be made. Thus, "Waiting For My Man," starts in near the last verse, even while clocking in at twelve minutes. "Walk on the Wild Side," another long entry, never even gets to the proper song. Instead, it's Lou spouting off while the band patiently plays the riff and waits for him to get going. Don't get me wrong, even these truncated versions are very enjoyable, however with the longer CD format, there is NO EXCUSE for such a short version of this album. At a minimum, the cut-up songs that appeared on the orginal should be full-length for the CD release. Even better would be a box set with tons of songs from the hours and hours of tapes made for this release. Or even better than that, how about ALL of the shows as a multi-volume series?

Needs a revamp.......2002-02-26

Its Like Witnessing the Scene of an Accident.......2002-01-13

Take No Prisoners presents a fascinating view of the rock 'n' roll ego soaked in absurd doses of the whole gammet of drugs. Lou's drug-raged banter decorates many of thye songs, especially Sweet Jane and Walk on the Wildside. The band is good, but the real appeal of this album is more as a sociological oddity. Lou is smart enough that his wasted babbling is really quite funny and interesting. I really do like this album!

A live album with a reason for living.......2001-11-23

In my opinion, most live albums are redundant - often the live versions of the songs are just poor facsimiles of the studio versions. But Take No Prisoners may be uniquely worth hearing for two reasons. First, Lou Reed's stage patter is often very funny in this performances and seamlessly becomes part of the song he is playing; he alternates between monologuing and singing in a way that seems very natural and comfortable. And somehow it doesn't get old for me - you would think after a while, the talking would get annoying after repeated listenings, but somehow it doesn't - perhaps because his monologs are so well integrated into the music. The other reason that this is a good live album is that the songs are often radically re-configured for this performance - for instance, "Coney Island Baby" is transformed from a singer-songwriter sort of thing into a Springsteen-and-the-E-Street-Band-style workout. "Berlin" is similarly fleshed out by the presence of a horn section and background vocalists. "Waiting For The Man" is a sort of slow, bluesy vamp (this number isn't quite as successful as some of the others, admittedly). "Sweet Jane" and "Street Hassle" stay fairly close to the originals, but they are still strong performances. I'm not a fan of Lou's other live albums without the Velvet Underground (particularly Rock n Roll Animal, which I find borderline unlistenable except for "Sweet Jane" (minus the guitar intro) and "White Light/White Heat"), but this one is definitely recommended.

This is NOT anything like "Rock 'n Roll Animal".......2001-11-19

These shows were not for anyone looking for a reprise of "Rock 'n Roll Animal". In truth, this "Live CD" can barely qualify as music. This is the REAL Lou Reed. If you're a diehard fan, you'll appreciate his performance immensely. If you want a reprise of "Rock 'n Roll Animal", stay very far away!

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