In February 1978, “Arista” label released “Street Hassle”, the eight Lou Reed album. It was recorded in 1977, at “The Record Plant” in New York City, and live in  Munich,  Wiesbaden,  Ludwigshafen, Germany, and was produced by Lou Reed and Richard Robinson.

Personnel:

• Lou Reed – lead vocal, guitar, bass, piano, mixing
• Jeffrey Ross – lead guitar
• Stuart Heinrich – guitar, backing vocals
• Michael Fonfara- piano
• Marty Fogel – amplified saxophone
• Steve Friedman – lead bass, backing vocals
• Michael Suchorsky – drums
• Aram Schefrin – string arrangements
• Jo’Anna Kameron, Angela Howard, Christine Wiltshire, Genya Ravan- backing vocals
• Bruce Springsteen- spoken word
• Manfred Schunke, Heiner Friesz – engineer
• Rod O’Brien – engineer, mixing
• Gray Russell, Gregg Caruso – engineer assistant
• Ted Jensenat – mastering

Track listing:

All tracks by Lou Reed.

1. Gimmie Some Good Times
2. Dirt
3. Street Hassle

• Waltzing Matilda
• Street Hassle
• Slipaway

4. I Wanna Be Black
5. Real Good Time Together
6. Shooting Star
7. Leave Me Alone
8. Wait