The newest installment in LITA’s critically acclaimed Lou Reed Archive Sequence is a compilation of pop songs penned by Reed throughout his mid-60s stint as a workers songwriter for the long-defunct label Pickwick Information. The compilation follows on the heels of Lou Reed’s Hudson River Wind Meditations (2023 reissue) and Words & Music, May 1965 (2022).
Why Don’t You Smile Now… has been restored and remastered by GRAMMY-nominated mastering engineer John Baldwin. Each the 2xLP & CD editions function in-depth booklets with unseen photographs, liner notes by Richie Unterberger (creator of such acclaimed titles as White Gentle/White Warmth: The Velvet Underground day-by-day), and an essay by Lenny Kaye.
Tracklist:
Facet A
- The Primitives – “The Ostrich”
- The Beachnuts – “Cycle Annie”
- The Hello-Lifes – “I’m Gonna Combat”
- The Hello-Lifes – “Soul Metropolis”
- Ronnie Dickerson – “Oh No Don’t Do It”
- Ronnie Dickerson – “Love Can Make You Cry”
- The Hollywoods – “Teardrop In The Sand”
- The Roughnecks – “You’re Driving Me Insane”
Facet B
- The Primitives – “Sneaky Pete”
- Terry Philips – “Wild One”
- Spongy And The Dolls – “Actually – Actually – Actually – Actually – Actually – Actually Love”
- The Foxes – “Soul Metropolis”
- The J Brothers – “Ya Operating, However I’ll Getcha”
- Beverley Ann – “We Bought Bother”
- The All Night time Staff – “Why Don’t You Smile”
- Jeannie Larimore – “Johnny Received’t Surf No Extra”
Facet C
- Robertha Williams – “Inform Mamma To not Cry”
- Roobertha Williams – “Possibly Tomorrow”
- Terry Philips – “Flowers For The Girl”
- Terry Philips – “This Rose”
Facet D
- The Surfsiders – “Surfin’”
- The Surfsiders – “Little Deuce Coupe”
- The Beachnuts – “Unhappy, Lonely Orphan Boy”
- The Beachnuts – “I’ve Bought a Tiger in My Tank”
- Ronnie Dickerson – “What About Me”
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