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Watch the full movie right here: Lou Reed with the help of Andy Warhol at the “Factory“, made the velvet underground a massively influential band. However, it was “Transformer“, Lou Reed’s second solo album, which took him from cult hero of The Velvet Underground to international superstar status. The programme takes a track by track look at the album, which was produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson. In an exclusive interview in New York, Lou Reed talks of the making of the album and together with Ken Scott, the original engineer, takes us through the multitude track tapes of “Perfect Day“, “Vicious“, “Satellite of Love“ and “Walk On The Wild Side“ amongst others. In London Herbie Flowers shows us how the bass line on “Walk On The Wild Side“ was recorded, creating what is one of the most famous riffs in popular music. Dave Stuart of the Eurythmics talks of Lou
