The blah title; the none-more-black box; it ain’t sexy, but it’s a stark answer to a serious question: How to package Lou Reed, post-Velvet Underground, in a manner that allows its hotly remastered mix (courtesy of Reed and his latter-day producer Hal Willner with Rob Santos) to shine (it sparkles) and gives the collection’s very … Continue reading Essential New Music: Lou Reed’s “The RCA & Arista Albums Collection”