Originally posted November 24, 2014
Arthur Lee & Love
Black Beauty & Rarities
Black Beauty & Rarities
The Unreleased "Black Beauty" Album and Assorted Rarities
Studio soundboard recordings @ 160
~This is NOT the remastered version~
Studio soundboard recordings @ 160
~This is NOT the remastered version~
On the whole, this particular line-up sounds perfectly rough and unrehearsed, generating a tense energy on “Skid” and “Stay Away” even as they suggest a band still figuring out exactly what they can do together. It’s a strong album, but it’s not another Forever Changes, whose accomplishments in retrospect were unrepeatable, or even another Four Sail. On the other hand, Lee wasn’t aiming to craft something in that vein. Still, especially considering the professional setbacks he had faced in the years leading up to Black Beauty-- which includes being dropped by Elektra and shuffling through a series of independent labels.
Track List:
01 The Ninth Wave
02 Rumble-Still-Skins
03 Soul Food
04 Luci Baines
05 It's The Marlin, Baby
06 Everybody Jerk
07 Slow Jerk
08 I Been Trying
09 My Diary
10 I'm Good & Evil (Do What I Do)
11 Midnight Sun
12 Walk Right In
13 Skid, Not Really A Friend
14 Beep Beep
15 Stay Away
16 I Got To Find It
17 Lonely Man
18 Where Were You
19 You're Just A Product Of The Time
20 Give Me A Little Energy
21 Feathered Fish #1
21 Feathered Fish #2
Thanks to the dead blog 8daysinapril.blogspot.com
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Bruna Rocha


Can I repost silent way? I'm a huge love/lee fan
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ReplyDeleteMany thanks for sharing. Thanks also for this beautiful version of You set The Scene.
Best regards from the French West Coast,
Robert
Enjoy, Robert!
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DeleteFascinating and have added links on my little blogspot SilentWay. I had just been posting quite a few Love albums from The Rockasteria [sorry ;)]since posting the '50th Forever Changes' anniversary edition. So it felt good to end it with this from you. Such a curious record. Thanks!
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