Richard Robinson

As maker, Richard Robinson’s primary credential does Lou Reed’s 1st single album, and generally aiding Reed to make the changeover from ex-Velvet Underground leader to single star. At the start from the 1970s, Robinson was barely the type of market vet one may have assumed would be eligible for use an designer of Reed’s stature. He previously done information for the Flamin’ Groovies and Hackamore Brick, both cultish back-to-basics rings that drew huzzahs from some rock and roll critics, and also have in retrospect been lauded by some authors as hazy antecedents of fresh influx, as the organizations ran counter towards the even more psychedelic and intensifying trends of your day. At that time, nevertheless, they were simply little-known rings and LPs. And Reed, in fact, was not as well popular himself, the Velvet Underground having offered few information, and their worldwide cult having however to develop in to the monster it ultimately became. Robinson acquired also been involved with other media, functioning as a rock and roll writer for Move magazine, and performing a radio present on New York’s WNEW. Along with his wife (and fellow rock and roll article writer) Lisa Robinson, and Lenny Kaye, he began the music mag Rock Scene, among the much less serious-minded rock and roll publications from the ’70s. Richard Meltzer once composed that Lisa Robinson would toss celebrations for Reed with the goal of ingratiating the Robinson few with the vocalist/songwriter, and getting him in the return trail being a single musician, with Richard Robinson as manufacturer. It had been a groupie-like circumstance, however the benefits do run both methods. Reed is at circumstances of lethargy, not really doing a lot of anything for a few months after departing the Velvet Underground in 1970, and required some inspiration to repair his musical profession being a soloist. And Richard Robinson do reach co-produce (with Reed) Reed’s initial record, Lou Reed, in London for RCA in 1972. The record, nevertheless, was underproduced and didn’t obtain the most from the material, including leftovers in the Velvet Underground period that hadn’t managed to get onto the Velvets’ four studio room LPs, such as for example “Lisa Says,” “I CANNOT Stand It,” “Walk and Speak It,” and “Sea.” Oddly, helping musicians around the recording included Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe of Yes, aswell as veteran English program drummer Clem Cattini. For his following recording, Reed allow Robinson loose and caused David Bowie, leading to the a lot more effective Transformer. The irascible Reed had not been finished with Robinson, nevertheless, and caused him once again on Street Trouble, among the performer’s better past due-’70s albums. Robinson’s perhaps most obviously other production careers were from the Flamin’ Groovies’ Teenage Mind and David Johansen’s 1st single recording. Richard and Lisa Robinson had been active through the entire ’70s as rock and roll authors and general scenemakers in the brand new York rock and roll world. By 1999, Richard Robinson was advertising magic items and developing websites about magic as well as for magicians.