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Light in the Attic

Lee Hazlewood

13

13 was never supposed to be a Lee Hazlewood album. It is perhaps the strangest record in one of the most varied discographies in music. The bombastic brass-heavy funk, deep blues and soul paired with Hazlewood’s subterranean baritone would be best enjoyed with a tall Chivas in an off-strip seedy Vegas lounge. It also features one of Hazlewood’s greatest lines ever “One week in San Francisco, existing on Nabisco, cookies and bad dreams, sad scenes and dodging paranoia.” By 1972 Lee Hazlewood had settled in his new homeland of Sweden. His days were spent carousing, making movies with Torbjörn Axelman and releasing albums. To keep up his prolific recorded output, Lee began to mine the recently defunct LHI Records archives for material. One such gem, was an unreleased album by Larry Marks. In what became the final days of LHI, staff producer Larry Marks’ sonic fingerprints were on nearly everything; songwriting, producing, arranging, and singing. His most profound contribution was steering the creative direction of the label towards soul and R&B, arranging the downright funky LHI singles by Barbara Randolph and Jon Christian. Larry’s concept was to take Hazlewood’s strongest compositions and arrange them in a soul vibe. An album was completed, but with no distribution in America and no funding, Lee had no vehicle to release Larry’s record. The tapes were taken to Sweden, Larry’s voice was wiped and Hazlewood’s was dubbed....13 was born.

LP - Lee Hazlewood comic strip, the story of 13 told through original artwork by Jess Rotter. Includes previously unreleased session outtake of Cold Hard Times plus never before heard Hazlewood compositions Drums and Susie. Download card for complete 13 sessions including Larry Marks unreleased album, session outtakes and acoustic demos, 29 tracks total. Liner notes by Hunter Lea including interviews with Larry Marks, Joe Cannon, Torbjörn Axelman and Suzi Jane Hokom. LP housed in a deluxe Gatefold Stoughton tip-on jacket.

Tracklist

• 1. You Look Like a Lady
  2. Tulsa Sunday
  3. Ten Or Eleven Towns Ago
  4. Toocie and the River
  5. She Comes Running
  6. Rosacoke Street
  7. I Move Around
  8. And I Loved You Then
  9. Hej, Me I'm Riding
  10. Cold Hard Times
  11. Drums
  12. The Start
  13. Suzie