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Black Beauty

by Love

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  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      $11.49 USD  or more

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    • Includes full-color booklet with extensive Black Beauty essay by Ben Edmonds (Creem, Rolling Stone, Mojo), featuring all-new interviews with band members, colleagues and close friends of Arthur Lee, as well as abundant, never-before-seen Black Beauty-era photographs by Herbert Worthington (cover photographer of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours.)
    • Brilliantly re-mastered by multi-Grammy® Award nominee Dan Hersch (Paul Simon, the Kinks, the Cars).
    • Limited Numbered Edition of 5000
    • CD includes 6 bonus tracks

    Includes unlimited streaming of Black Beauty via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    • 180-gram vinyl LP, packaged in state-of-the-art tip-on sleeve with 11” x 11” full-color, 28-page book.
    • Includes download card for High Quality MP3s.
    • Extensive Black Beauty essay by Ben Edmonds (Creem, Rolling Stone, MOJO), featuring all-new interviews with band members, colleagues and close friends of Arthur Lee.
    • Abundant, never-before-seen Black Beauty-era photographs by Herbert Worthington, cover photographer of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours.
    • Brilliantly re-mastered by multi-Grammy® Award nominee Dan Hersch (Paul Simon, the Kinks, the Cars).
    • Mastered for vinyl by multi-Grammy® Award winner Doug Sax (Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, The Who).
    • Limited Numbered Edition of 5000

    Includes unlimited streaming of Black Beauty via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days

      $26.99 USD or more 

     

1.
Young & Able (Good & Evil) 03:24
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2.
Midnight Sun 03:33
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3.
Can't Find It 03:46
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4.
Walk Right In 03:23
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5.
Skid 02:52
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6.
Beep Beep 02:14
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7.
Stay Away 02:47
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8.
Lonely Pigs 04:25
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9.
See Myself In You 03:03
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10.
Product Of The Times [Boston Tea Party, 1970] 04:11
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11.
(Title Song From The Motion Picture) Thomasine & Bushrod [1974 - bonus track] 02:26
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12.
Arthur Lee Interview [by Steven Rosen - 1974 - bonus track] 22:16
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13.
Every Time I Look Up, I'm Down [Electric Gardens, Glasgow, 30 May 1974 - bonus track] 03:32
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14.
Nothing [Electric Gardens, Glasgow, 30 May 1974 - bonus track] 03:06
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15.
Keep On Shining [Electric Gardens, Glasgow, 30 May 1974 - bonus track] 05:56
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16.
L.A. Blues [Arthur Lee and Ventilator, 1996 - bonus track] 03:02
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about

“A lost classic.” – Rolling Stone
“Black Beauty is as eclectic and eccentric as any of Love’s best” – Mojo

Black Beauty, the never-before-released masterpiece by Arthur Lee’s legendary band Love is making its first-ever official release in any format, anywhere! Chosen as one of Time Magazine’s most anticipated releases, critics are hailing the album as an instant classic. Black Beauty is that rarest of rock artifacts: an un-released, full-length studio album, from an undisputed musical genius. It represents the missing link in a catalog that also includes Forever Changes, the seminal 1967 Love album the New York Times called “one of the most affecting and beguiling albums of all time.” With Black Beauty, Arthur Lee manages to combine searing ’70’s rock with gorgeous melodies and stellar songwriting – topped off by his most distinctive, snarling, soulful vocals ever. With unparalleled sound, and a wonderfully eclectic collection of songs, the album offers Love fans a rare glimpse into a previously undocumented phase of Arthur Lee’s career, while shining a light for new fans to discover the unique genius that is the music of Arthur Lee and Love. David Fricke wrote about the album in Rolling Stone: “Black Beauty might have been received as a strong comeback for Lee, a turn to steamy R & B, with heavy-guitar punch — if it had come out.” High Moon Records is honored to finally grant Arthur Lee’s wish for Black Beauty to be available to music fans worldwide.

credits

released August 17, 2018

PRODUCED FOR RELEASE BY GEORGE BAER WALLACE AND J.D. MARTIGNON

HONORING AND PRESERVING THE MEMORY OF ARTHUR LEE: DIANE LEE
CONSULTING PRODUCER: MARK LINN

PROJECT COORDINATION: BIRDIE BREEZE

LINER NOTES: BEN EDMONDS
ALL PHOTOGRAPHS: C HERBERT WORTHINGTON EXCEPT WHERE NOTED
MASTERED BY DAN HERSCH AT D2 MASTERING, ATWATER VILLAGE, CA

ACETATE TRANSFERS: JOHN STROTHER AT PENGUIN STUDIOS, CA

ART DIRECTION AND DESIGN: GREG ALLEN FOR OMNIVORE CREATIVE

COVER DESIGN AND ADDITIONAL LAYOUT: STEVE STANLEY FOR NOW DESIGNS
EDITORIAL SUPERVISION: SHERYL FARBER
LEGAL REPRESENTATION: PAUL SOMMERSTEIN
ACETATES COURTESY OF RILEY RACER, JOHN STERLING, AND CHRIS BOYLE

BUFFALO RECORDS CARD PROVIDED BY NEAL AMES

ADDITIONAL PHOTOS: PAGE 26 COURTESY OF CHRIS BOYLE • PAGE 43 FROM ARTHUR LEE’S PERSONAL PHOTO ALBUM, COURTESY OF DIANE LEE • PAGE 33 © CHRIS WALTER: WWW.SONOMAGRAPHICS.CO.UK • PAGE 47 & 54 COURTESY OF JOHN STERLING • PAGE 50 COURTESY OF MAX JULIEN • PAGE 52 COURTESY OF STEVEN ROSEN

HIGH MOON RECORDS WISHES TO EXPRESS OUR UTMOST GRATITUDE TO THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE:
MICHAEL BUTLER, DIANE LEE, MARK LINN, BEN EDMONDS, HERBERT WORTHINGTON, MAX
JULIEN, STEVEN ROSEN, MATT DEVINE, PAUL SOMMERSTEIN, DAN AND CANDI HERSCH, DOUG SAX, ROBERT HADLEY, JAYMES QUIRINO, MELVAN WHITTINGTON, JOE BLOCKER, JOHN STERLING, SHERWOOD AKUNA, J. NAYER HARDIN, RILEY RACER, PATTI ROZELLE, CHRIS BOYLE, RONNIE HARAN MELLEN, CHASE MELLEN, STEVE STANLEY, SHERYL FARBER, NEAL AMES, JOHN STROTHER, LAURETTA CHARLTON, MARILYN LAVERTY, MARK SATLOF, REBECCA SHAPIRO, JOSH PAGE, MICHELLE PLASENCIA, JUDY SAMUEL, ANALISE DUBNER, BILL KOPASE, LUCAS VAN LENTEN, PATRICK WHALEN, DAVID HOUSDEN, ED “THE FREEDOM MAN” TOUSSAINT, PAMELA GOODCHILD, TORBEN SKOTT, JILL CHECKER, YOGI CHECKER, DAKOTA SMITH, LOIS WALLACE, THOMAS WALLACE, BARBARA SHORTT, PATRICIA SANTI, DENISE GODDERIS, CLOVIS MYCOTAN MARTIGNON
FOR “L.A. BLUES,” MATT DEVINE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE SPECIAL THANKS TO MARK B. LINN, AND THANKS TO DIANE LEE, GEORGE WALLACE, JOHN P. STROHM, BILL BARTELL, MIKE RANDLE, BRAD LANER, LINDA DEVINE

DEDICATED WITH LOVE AND RESPECT TO: ARTHUR LEE AND ROBERT ROZELLE

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