

I just went thru mine record collection and came upon two Lou Reed Lps that featured binaural laut Street Hassle and The Bells. In 1978, Lou Reed employs a dummy head designed by German sound engineer Manfred Schunk to make Street Hassle the first commercial pop album recorded in binaural audio, then follows that up. At the time, the singer was enduring a three-year forced hiatus from releasing any of his own work due to legal disputes with his former manager, although he was in the process of writing and recording music for his forthcoming album Darkness on the Edge of Town, to be released in June 1978. Discussion in Harmony Corner started by spotlightkid, Apr 24, 2008. Bruce Springsteen contributed spoken vocals during the "Slipaway" section of Street Hassle, alluding to his own Born to Run album in the final line. Unlike most live albums, the audience is completely muted from the mix during the concert recordings. The studio tracks were recorded in New York City, while the live recordings were made in Munich and Ludwigshafen, West Germany. All of the songs on Street Hassle were written by Reed, including "Real Good Time Together," a track that dates back to his days as a member of The Velvet Underground. Street Hassle combines live concert tapes (with overdubs) and studio recordings. audio sounds realistic to as many people as. Street Hassle is a 1978 album by Lou Reed, and is the first commercially released pop album to employ binaural recording technology. In 1978, Lou Reed was the first to release a binaural record, Street Hassle. Binaural albums can be played on standard.

The placement of the mics roughly approximates the position and distance between the average person’s ears. "The best solo album Lou Reed has ever done." - Rolling Stone, 1978 For his 1978 Street Hassle album, Lou Reed became the first major artist to produce an album using the Binaural sound recording system, a two-channel 3-D stereo technology that utilized microphones embedded into a wig dummy’s ears.
