AMERICAN POET 1/1/2006 Quinn surveys the damage of

Quinn surveys the damage of hard drugs and the vicious cycle of addiction

Terry Saunders (Lady Thiang)

A couple of tracks later is the infectious "Shut Up Kiss Me

released on August 19

Fire of Unknown Origin

AMERICAN POET 1/1/2006 Quinn surveys the damage ofRecorded live at the Hempstead Theatre, New York, New York in 1972. Includes liner notes by Carlton P. Sandercock. Finally, this is an official release of the December 26, 1972, performance of Reed on a New York radio show, which had been floating around on numerous bootlegs for many years. The sound is at least as good as it's been on any of those bootlegs. As for the music, it's inarguably among the finest of Reed's solo work, released or