<Tr> <Td> Rolling Stone </Td> <Td> (not rated) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Rolling Stone Record Guide </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Rock n Roll Animal is a live album by Lou Reed, released by RCA Records in 1974 . In its original form, it features five songs, four of which are Velvet Underground songs . The musicians were Pentti Glan (drums) and Prakash John (bass), Ray Colcord (keyboards), and Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter on guitars . (The two guitarists would later form the basis of the second Alice Cooper band, beginning on Welcome to My Nightmare, which also features Glan and John .) </P> <P> The album was recorded live on December 21, 1973 (1973 - 12 - 21), at Howard Stein's Academy of Music in New York City . A sleeper hit, it peaked at #45 on the Billboard album chart during a twenty - eight week stay before earning Reed's first RIAA gold certification in 1978 . </P>

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