From the time he began recording with the Velvet Underground in the 1960s until his death in 2013, Lou Reed released nearly 50 original albums. In Sweet, Wild and Vicious: Listening to Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground, out today via Trouser Press Books, Jim Higgins delves into each one, with descriptions, details, analysis and appraisals that will amplify and expand fans’ understanding and appreciation of them.
In his new book, Sweet, Wild and Vicious: Listening to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground, Milwaukee s Jim Higgins does a deep dive into each of the releases by the VU and by Reed, and adds plenty of depth with sections on their enduring influence and more. We asked him about it.
When Ira Robbins was publishing Trouser Press, he got mail from Pete Townshend and Joan Jett (who told him to get lost). Now he’s publishing a compilation, Nick Paumgarten writes.
On September 27, Trouser Press Books will publish Time Has Come Today: Rock and Roll Diaries 1967 – 2007 by Harold Bronson. Early praise for the book has come in from the likes of Dr. Demento, legendary journalist and author Robert Hilburn, and others.
Trouser Press Books is proud to announce The Bleecker Street Tapes: Echoes Of Greenwich Village, a new collection of profiles and essays by veteran music journalist Bruce Pollock to be published in paperback and e-book on June 6. Pre-orders are available now.
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