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'Lou Reed's Berlin'

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Lou Reed's 1973 album, "Berlin," a rock opera about two junkies in love, isn't really a lost masterpiece. Reed deliberately misplaced it. "Berlin" was such a resounding flop upon its release that Reed never performed it live - that is, until a five-night run at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn in 2006. The event featured a distinctly Reedian mix of collaborators: the sexually ambiguous singer-songwriter...

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