Lewis - L'Amour NEW LP "Mysterious" Grey Colored Vinyl Gatefold Only 200 Copies

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Housed in a deluxe Stoughton tip-on gatefold jacket. Includes download card. "In 1983, a man named Lewis recorded an album named L'Amour, which was released on the unknown label R.A.W. And that's about all we know. The record itself is a delicate, whispered album, reflecting the way the artist himself -- spectral, movie star-like -- almost disappears into the grey of the cover. It should come as no surprise that it failed to shout loudly enough to be noticed, another private press album that sank without trace. The ingredients are simple: smooth synthesizers, feather-light piano, ethereal, occasionally inaudible vocals and the gentle plucking of acoustic guitars. But the effects are arresting: a spine-tingling, sombre album that echoes Springsteen's Nebraska or Angelo Badalamenti's atmospheric soundtracks. Later, Arthur Russell would grasp for something similar on the epochal World of Echo LP. L'Amour is a true discovery of the blog age, uncovered in an Edmonton flea-market by collector Jon Murphy, passed on to private press fanatic Aaron Levin, shared on the internet and speculated over by lovers of curious LPs. There's almost no information about Lewis or the album on the internet. There's precious little on the sleeve: a dedication to Sports Illustrated supermodel Christie Brinkley, a photo credit for Ed Colver, the noted L.A. punk rock photographer, and credits for engineer Bob Kinsey and synth player Philip Lees. All that was known of Lewis is conjecture: a rumor that he was a con artist who fled after not paying for L'Amour'sphoto-shoot and a dubious theory that he was not actually of this earth."
A1 Thought The World Of You 2:34 A2 Cool Night In Paris 3:16 A3 My Whole Life 2:21 A4 Even Rainbows Turn Blue 3:34 A5 Like To See You Again 4:25 B1 Things Just Happen That Way 4:25 B2 Summer's Moon 3:52 B3 Let's Fall In Love Tonight 3:44 B4 Love Showered Me 4:05 B5 Romance For Two 4:50

Companies etc

• Copyright (c) – Light In The Attic Records & Distribution, LLC
• Recorded At – Music Lab (4)
• Lacquer Cut At – Golden Mastering
• Remastered At – John Baldwin Mastering

Credits

• Engineer – Bob Kinsey
• Executive-Producer [Re-Release Executive Producer] – Josh Wright, Matt Sullivan (4)
• Liner Notes – Jack D. Fleischer
• Music By, Lyrics By, Composed By – Lewis (20)
• Photography By [Original LP Cover And Photos Of Lewis By And Courtesy Of] – Ed Colver
• Piano, Guitar, Vocals – Lewis (20)
• Reissue Producer [Produced For Re-Release] – Jack D. Fleischer, Matt Sullivan (4)
• Remastered By – John Baldwin (5)
• Synthesizer – Philip Lees (2)

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