Lee Hazlewood -- Search and Destroy

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I think I need to check what the 305 tracks are. Me too! But yeah, the Spotify version is what I have, and enough for now (maybe...) Best way to find it: put the main part of the title, There's A Dream I've Been Saving.

dow, Sunday, 8 December 2013 22:34 (ten years ago) link

"Dark End": yeah, was thinking he and A-M were getting all turned on by the danger, and then he bleats, "Aw, let 'em find us"---the jaded cowpoke, mebbe fixing to mosey on, or just country-fatalistic about the available thrills and spills (reminds me of Lou Reed at times).

dow, Sunday, 8 December 2013 22:38 (ten years ago) link

The CD version also includes the first legit DVD of his movie, Cowboy In Sweden; haven't seen that. LITA site doesn't seem to specify what the other tracks (incl 17 LPs and many 45s) are, on the deluxe ed.'s data discs. Oh well. They do provide a trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgQ1tdmn-Jo

dow, Sunday, 8 December 2013 22:56 (ten years ago) link

How is the book? I already have most of the previous reissues, but the book is the one thing that could get me to plunge into the LITA box.

Elvis Telecom, Monday, 9 December 2013 01:07 (ten years ago) link

I can't pay $89 for a book no matter how awesome it looks. It's a sign of my mental illness that I'm like maybe I should pay double that for a DVD stuffed with songs basically plus a book lol. :-\

One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Monday, 9 December 2013 01:42 (ten years ago) link

The book is beautiful and elegantly written but maybe not worth $89. THe boxset is the biggest one I own - it's a beast.

Deafening silence (DL), Monday, 9 December 2013 10:02 (ten years ago) link

Afraid to see the video of Cowboy in Sweden, because I've already made such a video for it in my head. It's solidly in the the form of a corny variety show sketches, a la Sonny & Cher and Donnie & Marie, providing maximum contrast with the high craft of the songs.

bendy, Monday, 9 December 2013 11:55 (ten years ago) link

one year passes...

Thanks! Wonder if this show was recorded...?

dow, Sunday, 29 March 2015 14:32 (nine years ago) link

Dying to know what some of those "Movie Facts" were.

Big Iron Shirt Wearer (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 29 March 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link

one month passes...

And now Wyndham Wallace's book, rec by author of recent Robert Wyatt bio:

Marcus O'Dair
‏@marcusodair

.@WyndhamWallace is on @BBCGidCoeShow next week, talking about his brilliant Lee Hazlewood book, Lee, Myself and I. Recommended.

dow, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 22:53 (eight years ago) link

Rock's Backpages has a free Lee section at the moment (dunno for how long)

http://www.rocksbackpages.com/public/img/home/129-free.jpg

A COWBOY IN NEW YORK — Wyndham Wallace recalls his first encounter with the legendary Lee Hazlewood in 1999 and NME's Tony Stewart talks Nancy Sinatra and more with Lee in 1971. PLUS exclusive audio of "the ol' sonofabitch" talking about his early years in Oklahoma…
That last is an epic mp3 talk with/to/at Barney Hoskyns. You gotta go here and scroll down through this vast trove of freebies, also register, but it worked pretty well for me:
http://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Free

dow, Friday, 22 May 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link

two months pass...

Nad here's the Lee concert, with comments by facilitator Wyndham Wallace, whose dream come true:
(mp3s, get 'em while you can)
http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=2436

dow, Friday, 31 July 2015 01:00 (eight years ago) link

"movie facts" still such an incredible clothing slogan

tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Friday, 31 July 2015 09:04 (eight years ago) link

eight months pass...
three years pass...

New album of 1955-1956 material out today!
https://leehazlewood.bandcamp.com/album/400-miles-from-l-a-1955-56

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnAlNilp48E

Elvis Telecom, Friday, 13 September 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link

Nice overview:

https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/lee-hazlewood-musician-texas/

Holy Shit at him going to high school with revisionist Western stalwart L.Q. Jones.

a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 22:13 (four years ago) link

(... one for the 'the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually still alive' thread)

Let them eat Pfifferlinge an Schneckensauce (Tom D.), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 22:15 (four years ago) link

Really enjoyed that article. His push 'n' pull affection for the landscape of petroleum refineries and Methodists adds a bit of new understanding to his eccentricities.

bendy, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 14:32 (four years ago) link

one year passes...

this clip was new to me, nicely done

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbtKHrI-OAs

buzza, Sunday, 5 September 2021 09:59 (two years ago) link

ten months pass...

We are so very excited to announce the next release in our Lee Hazlewood archival series, The Sweet Ride: Lost Recordings 1965-68, a new compilation of demos, outtakes, and home recordings from Lee’s most prolific and successful era. https://t.co/276FrR2dIb pic.twitter.com/ITZwoh44g6

— Light In The Attic (@lightintheattic) July 29, 2022

dow, Friday, 29 July 2022 22:50 (one year ago) link

For a long time I thought that the Belly song “Sweet Ride” was a Lee Hazlewood composition bc I’m absolutely certain I saw it erroneously credited as such somewhere. As is clear from this new comp, Lee’s “Sweet Ride” is an entirely different song. Funnily enough though, Belly’s song sounds very much like it could be a Hazlewood tune.

My pick for underrated Hazlewood composition is “In Our Time,” recorded by him and later, with bowdlerized lyrics, by Nancy Sinatra.

Josefa, Saturday, 30 July 2022 17:15 (one year ago) link

"For A Day Like Today" was my top Spotify song a couple of years ago.

You probably already knew this, but the Sweet Ride film had another perspective theme song written & recorded by Moby Grape which they mime to in the film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glo-RJ4go-I

I did not already know this.

Let's Get Ready to Trimble (Tom D.), Saturday, 30 July 2022 19:12 (one year ago) link

Nor I.

My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 July 2022 19:34 (one year ago) link

I do know that a very interesting upcoming book will feature a detailed analysis of the recording of “Omaha.”

My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 30 July 2022 19:35 (one year ago) link

ten months pass...

i know this was posted before by me and maybe others but don't see it, broken link perhaps
great song but prime wrecking crew footage is what makes it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54x78pcWIgc

buzza, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 07:49 (ten months ago) link

INA youtube channel has some gems in there among the rote tv promotional stuff

buzza, Tuesday, 13 June 2023 07:59 (ten months ago) link

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFNDY9ocrhE

buzza, Saturday, 29 July 2023 08:13 (eight months ago) link

his best song, maybe. always puts me in a space.

Terrycoth Baphomet (bendy), Friday, 4 August 2023 14:31 (eight months ago) link

one month passes...

TIL that Reprise thought they could make lightning strike twice by having Lee produce another Rat Pack daughter...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7DI__tn7fw

an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 26 September 2023 04:54 (six months ago) link


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