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Metal Machine Music
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Lou Reed papers
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Series I: Recordings
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Metal Machine Music" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1975. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cf998f28-beae-433c-98ee-06d42ee35919
Chicago/Turabian Format
Music Division, The New York Public Library. "Metal Machine Music" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed February 21, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cf998f28-beae-433c-98ee-06d42ee35919
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Music Division, The New York Public Library. (1975). Metal Machine Music Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cf998f28-beae-433c-98ee-06d42ee35919
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