Lee Hazlewood - Something Special
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Artikel Name: Something SpecialGenre: Rock englischsprachig Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: LIGHT IN THE ATTIC Titelanzahl: 12
Trackliste LP - 1
1. Lee Hazlewood - Shades 2. Lee Hazlewood - This Town 3. Lee Hazlewood - Child 4. Lee Hazlewood - Stone Cold Blues 5. Lee Hazlewood - Little War 6. Lee Hazlewood - Them Girls 7. Lee Hazlewood - Fort Worth 8. Lee Hazlewood - Hands 9. Lee Hazlewood - Mannford Oklahoma 10. Lee Hazlewood - Summer Night 11. Lee Hazlewood - Moochie Ladeux 12. Lee Hazlewood - Lone Ranger Ain't My Friend AnymoreBeschreibung
Beschreibung
The Something Special album has a strange history, even by the standards of Lee Hazlewood's incredibly strange solo career. Recorded (with the exception of one number) in 1967, it was scheduled for release by MGM and even given a catalog number and a cover, but was canceled; it did come out in Germany 20 years later. Hazlewood fans eager to investigate an album that's never been easy to hear may be disappointed to find it a spare, almost nonchalant collection that sounds like the work of a sozzled if unpredictably eccentric lounge combo. It's almost totally lacking the gorgeous, eccentric arrangements and memorably quirky pop songs of his productions for Nancy Sinatra (and for that matter his two prior MGM LPs from 1966-1967, The Very Special World of Lee Hazlewood and Lee Hazlewood-ism: Its Cause and Cure). One song, "Shades," does recall those first two albums, for the very good reason that it was recorded in 1966 during sessions for Lee Hazlewood-ism: Its Cause and Cure, though it wasn't as good as most of the songs that ended up on that LP. Otherwise Something Special sounds like an outlet for humorous, slightly off-the-wall, and quite uncommercial Hazlewood ditties blending jazz, country, folksy philosophy, and a bit of folk and blues. Occasional dumb sub-Louis Armstrong scatting in the background (by Billy Strange) adds to the air of a project that doesn't seem intended to have been taken that seriously.Something Special was included in its entirety on the 2002 Big Beat release These Boots Are Made for Walkin': The Complete MGM Recordings, and earned a straight reissue on Water in 2007. [The album was re-released on LP in 2015 and added two bonus tracks, "Moochie Ladeux" and "The Lone Ranger Ain't My Friend Anymore."] ~ Richie Unterberger
Richie Unterberger
Beschreibung
MGM Records expected Lee Hazlewood to duplicate his success as a producer and songwriter when he stepped to the forefront as a solo artist, but his first two albums for the label -- 1966's The Very Special World of Lee Hazlewood and 1967's Lee Hazlewoodism: Its Cause and Cure -- were purposefully quirky efforts that had all but nothing to do with rock & roll and soon sank without a trace. Hazlewood's tenure with the label came to a close with 1968's Something Special, and despite the strength of the performances, this sounds like a contractual obligation album if there ever were such a thing. Billy Strange's elaborate orchestrations were gone (except on the opening track, "Shades," a leftover from the Lee Hazlewoodism sessions), and instead Hazlewood was backed by a small combo (dominated by pianist Don Randi and bassist Chuck Berghofer) playing late-night blues changes with a jazz undertow, while Hazlewood's easygoing vocals, half hipster recitation and half rootsy twang, hovered over the top. As always, Hazlewood seemed to be doing just what he felt like at the moment, and though the scale is smaller, the execution clearly reflects his laid-back, crushed-velvet-on-denim persona, and Don Randi's gravel-voiced scatting (which suggests Tom Waits time traveling into Los Angeles in the late '60s) is a creative line in the sand that will either engage or alienate listeners. Something Special is too expert to sound tossed off, but it certainly doesn't sound fussed over, and the fact it was knocked out in four evenings sounds about right, though the skill of Hazlewood's accompanists allows this to sound expert and spontaneous at once. MGM saw little commercial potential in Something Special and didn't give it an American release in 1968, making it available only in Germany and Scandinavia, but it received a belated U.S. debut in the 21st century, and it's a modest but fascinating piece of the puzzle of Hazlewood's career as a headliner. ~ Mark Deming
Mark Deming
Mitwirkende
- Artist: Lee Hazlewood
- Record Label: Light in the Attic Records
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