Item #6471 Lou Reed: Revising the Legend [in Fusion No. 78]

Lou Reed: Revising the Legend [in Fusion No. 78]

Boston: Fusion Magazine, 1972. Offset. Saddle stapled in wraps. [64] pp. 8 ½ x 10 ½ in. Very good. Item #6471

Rare issue of Fusion with a feature on Lou Reed by Ed McCirnack, published September 1972. The feature, illustrated with black-and-white photographs, reports on the day-to-day life of the artist during this period and includes rare creative musings from Reed.

This issue also includes an op-ed about the enigmatic author J.D. Salinger and coverage of The Troubles in Ireland.

“There are hip people, brilliant people, people I absolutely love…Yet on another level they are the scum of the earth…and in so many ways I am like them, I am no different, no better, so how can what I’ve done mean anything?...But I love rock and roll…”.

Price: $100.00