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Love ~ Black Beauty (1973) {Original US}

Love ~ Black Beauty
Vinyl transfer in 24/96 & 16/44.1 | 1 LP
Artwork With 28 page Booklet
High Moon Records ~ HMRLP-01 (2013)
Mastered for Vinyl by Doug Sax & Robert Hadley at The Mastering Lab

It’s been forty years since Love recorded Black Beauty. Cut adrift from Elektra, Love were sliding into obscurity when Arthur reassembled the band one more time to record the raw and brooding R&B suite that would become Black Beauty. Heavier than their bitter-sweet psychedelic masterpiece Forever Changes – which is still routinely found among the single digits in all-time best albums lists – Black Beauty was shelved in 1973 as Buffalo Records went bust, consigning a crucial turning point in Arthur Lee’s turbulent career to cutting room floor.

High Moon Records
Black Beauty is that rarest of rock artifacts: an un-released, full-length studio album, from an undisputed musical genius. It represents the missing link in a catalog that also includes Forever Changes, the seminal 1967 Love album the New York Times called “one of the most affecting and beguiling albums of all time.” With Black Beauty, Arthur Lee manages to combine searing ’70's rock with gorgeous melodies and stellar songwriting – topped off by his most distinctive, snarling, soulful vocals ever.

Interview With Dan Hersch re: Black Beauty
http://floweringtoilet.blogspot.com/2013/08/dan-hersch-on-mastering-loves-long-lost.html

TRACKS
01. Young & Able (Good & Evil)
02. Midnight Sun
03. Can't Find It
04. Walk Right In
05. Skid
06. Beep Beep
07. Stay Away
08. Lonely Pigs
09. See Myself In You
10. Product Of The Times

CREDITS
Art Direction, Design – Greg Allen
Bass – Robert Rozelle
Drums, Percussion, Vocals – Joe Blocker
Guitar, Harpsichord – Melvan Whittington
Guitar, Vocals, Harpsichord – Arthur Lee
Liner Notes – Ben Edmonds
Mastered By – Dan Hersch
Mastered By [Vinyl] – Doug Sax, Robert Hadley
Photography By – Herbert Worthington
Producer – Arthur Lee
Product Manager – Birdie Breeze

EQUIPMENT
-VPI HW-16.5 RCM
-Clearaudio Concept w/ Verify magnetic-bearing tonearm
-Clearaudio Talismann V2 Gold Ebenholz MC
-Musical Suroundings The Phonomena II preamp
-Zoom H4n
-Audioquest interconnects