The Lhi Years: Singles, Nudes and Backsides 1968-71 [Remastered]

by Lee Hazlewood

Overview

One could go off the rails trying to explain the odd genius of Lee Hazlewood. A born wanderer, a natural iconoclast, and a man who simply heard music his own way and was somehow able to sail the shark-infested waters of the music business on his own terms by out-sharking the sharks and doing what he pleased, Hazlewood defied easy definitions. He was a fascinating songwriter with a sort of desert Vegas cowboy vision of life, and he was a subtle, brilliant, and innovative producer in the studio, crafting recordings that had enough echo, space, and surprises that Phil Spector viewed him as a mentor. Hazlewood was every bit as eccentric as Spector, too, and at the close of the '60s, he suddenly moved to Stockholm, started his own label, LHI (Lee Hazlewood Industries), and turned out a fair amount of extremely interesting material, most of which wasn't even remotely aimed at commercial success. Light in the Attic Records has begun an archival reissue series of some of these rare Hazlewood sides, and this set, which covers 1968 to 1971, is the first of these. With a sparse and yet somehow strangely lush production sound full of reverb and echo, spooky strings, and hushed percussion, Hazlewood sounds here like a resigned and weary ex-patriot cowboy version of Leonard Cohen crossed with Sun Records-era Johnny Cash, all of which would make these recordings simply curios if the songs weren't so good -- and they're good. "No Train to Stockholm" is brilliant, and so, too, is the bleak beauty of "If It's Monday Morning" and the weary wisdom of "I Just Learned to Run." Hazlewood manages to sound resigned, lightly disgusted, heartbroken, and deathbed wise as he sings his way through these songs, none of which ever hit anywhere near an AM radio station. It's easy to be excited for more volumes in this series after hearing this one. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	12/15/2023
Label:	Light In The Attic Records
UPC:	0826853008419

Tracks

1. Califia (Stone Rider)
2. The Bed
3. Sleep in the Grass
4. Leather and Lace
5. If It's Monday Morning
6. The Night Before
7. Bye Babe
8. Victims of the Night
9. Chico
10. Hey Cowboy
11. No Train to Stockholm
12. Won't You Tell Your Dreams
13. Nobody Like You
14. Trouble Maker
15. What's More I Don't Need Her
16. Come On Home to Me
17. I Just Learned to Run

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lee Hazlewood   Primary Artist
Suzi Jane Hokom   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Nina Lizell   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Ann-Margret   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Edgar Lustgarten   Brass
Jesse Ehrlich   Brass
Jack Nitzsche   Keyboards
Chuck Berghofer   Bass (Upright)
Clarence White   Guitar
Curtis Amy   Flute
Virgil Evans   Brass
Lyle Ritz   Bass
John Rotella   Brass,Woodwind
Lew McCreary   Brass,Woodwind
Jerry Cole   Bass,Guitar
Ray Pohlman   Bass
Vic Flick   Guitar
Nicky Hopkins   Keyboards
Mischa Russell   Strings
Jerome Reisler   Strings
Arthur Maebe   Brass
Armand Kaproff   Brass
George Kast   Brass
Assa Drori   Strings
Wilbert Nuttycombe   Brass,Strings
Nathan Gershman   Strings
Arnold Belnick   Brass
Donnie Owens   Guitar,Guitar (Rhythm)
James Getzoff   Brass,Woodwind
Roy Caton   Brass
Robert Barene   Strings
Gary Coleman   Drums,Percussion
Jack Sperling   Drums
Don Randi   Organ,Piano
Vincent DeRosa   Brass,Woodwind
Jim Gordon   Drums
Jim Horn   Brass,Woodwind
Plas Johnson   Brass
Ralph Schaeffer   Strings
Sam Goldstein   Drums
Victor Feldman   Piano
Alan Estes   Percussion
William Hinshaw   Brass
Oliver Mitchell   Brass,Woodwind
Shari Zippert   Strings
Ray Kelley   Strings
David Filerman   Strings
Anthony Terran   Brass,Woodwind
Leonard Malarsky   Brass,Strings
Vito Mangano   Brass,Woodwind
Gregory Bemko   Strings
Stanley Plummer   Strings
Henry Sigismonti   Brass
Ray Kelly   Strings
Harold Bemko   Strings
Lou Klass   Strings
Murray Adler   Strings
Tibor Zelig   Strings
Henry Ferber   Brass,Strings
Harold Diner   Brass,Woodwind
Joe Cannon   Guitar
Paul N. Humphrey   Drums
Jerome Kessler   Strings
Russ Titleman   Guitar
Raymond Kelley   Brass
William Kurasch   Strings
Alton Hendrickson   Guitar
Carl LaMagna   Strings
David a. Duke   Brass,Woodwind
Big Jim Sullivan   Guitar
Louis Blackburn   Brass
James O'Rafferty   Pedal Steel
David Cohen   Guitar
Gerald McGee   Guitar
Christine Maleveska   Strings
Donald Owens   Guitar
Igor Heroshevsky   Strings
Thomas Holbrook   Bass

Technical Credits

Patrick McCarthy   Project Coordinator
Shel Talmy   Composer,Producer
Jack Nitzsche   Arranger
Lars Samuelson   Arranger
Eddie Brackett   Engineer
Charlie McCoy   Arranger
David Whitaker   Arranger
Lee Hazlewood   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Josh Wright   Executive Producer
Jimmie Haskell   Arranger
Moseley   Composer
Brian Kehew   Transfers
Donnie Owens   Producer
Wyndham Wallace   Liner Notes
Billy Strange   Arranger
Larry Marks   Producer
Damon Lyon-Shaw   Engineer
Henry Owings   Design
B. Belland   Composer
Jim Walters   Engineer
Matt Sullivan   Executive Producer,Compilation Producer
Joe Nixon   Producer
Johnny Arthy   Arranger
John Baldwin   Remastering
J. Nixon   Composer
Big Jim Sullivan   Arranger
Jason Grant   Proof Reading
D.T. Summerville   Composer
Hunter Lea   Compilation Producer