Home / Music / Lou Reed wrote surf and girl-group songs at Pickwick RecordsMusic linernotes album music the-foxes-(lou-reed)Lou Reed wrote surf and girl-group songs at Pickwick RecordsReed wrote and performed surf, girl-group, and garage rock songs under various pseudonyms at Pickwick Records, honing skills he would later apply to the Velvet Underground. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesLou Reed wrote knockoff songs at Pickwick Records before the Velvet UndergroundAll five tracks on The Sidewinder are Lee Morgan originals — trumpet virtuosity and compositional chopsA blowup between Mingus and Ellington almost derailed Money JungleDavid Bowie counted The Fugs among his 25 favourite albumsGene Clark briefly rejoined the Byrds for The Notorious Byrd BrothersExplorePiñata came out on Madlib's own label, Madlib Invazion.Ivo Watts-Russell advanced The Breeders $11,000 to make Pod.Alfred Lion produced Andrew Hill's Point of Departure for Blue Note.Polskie Nagrania — a state-owned Polish label — released this Kayah album.Peter Gabriel's Real World Records released Rated PG.Previous Nuggets rounds up psychedelic one-hit wonders from 1965-68Next Lou Reed wrote knockoff songs at Pickwick Records before the Velvet Underground