{"title":"Lee Hazlewood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLee Hazlewood was an American singer, songwriter, actor and producer. He was born on July 9, 1929 in Mannford, Oklahoma, USA and passed away on August 4, 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Hazlewood is best known for his work with Nancy Sinatra in their iconic duo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a career spanning several decades, Hazlewood made significant contributions to the music industry as both a performer and behind-the-scenes talent. His unique blend of country, pop and rockabilly influences set him apart from his contemporaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHazlewood's collaborations with Nancy Sinatra produced numerous hits that remain beloved classics today. Their chemistry and musical synergy captivated audiences worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"fools-rebel-rousers-and-girls-on-death-row-the-lee-hazlewood-story-1955-1962","title":"Fools, Rebel Rousers and Girls on Death Row - the Lee Hazlewood Story 1955-1962","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe late Lee Hazlewood is one of Rock and Roll and Pop’s most iconic cult men, with a huge reputation as a producer, songwriter and singer. This 35-track compilation presents an eclectic selection of rarities, juxtaposed alongside a handful of his early hits. Hazelwood’s early productions are particularly collectable, notably his own recordings. Included herein are his very earliest known demo’s, from 1955\/56, which highlight his distinctive, resonant baritone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Robinson and The Shacklefords,plus his near legendary \u003ci\u003eGirl On Death Row\u003c\/i\u003e. Apart from Hazlewood himself, featured artists include Duane Eddy, Sanford Clark, Al Casey, Ray Sharpe, The Sharps, Barbara Dane and Ramona King. This compilation is a mandatory purchase for all Lee Hazlewood collectors\/completists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jasmine","offers":[{"title":"CD.","offer_id":50387910230347,"sku":"1047048","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/049b9346-b3a3-4bac-8948-2c4d28b45a9d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726338257"},{"product_id":"something-special-2","title":"Something Special","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlbum remastered from the original tapes with bonus track. The three years spent on MGM Records between 1966 and 1968 were golden ones for Lee Hazlewood. He spent them working with his muse, Suzi Jane Hokom, writing a still-unreleased book, The Quiet Revenge of Elmo Furback, competing with Phil Spector from their respective studios, and coming up with the formula for the 'boy \/ girl' songs for which he'd become famous. In fact, the unflattering portrait on the cover of 'Something Special' did little to hint at how hip this late-flowering talent (he was in his late 30s when 'These Boots Are Made For Walkin' made him a star songwriter) had become. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe common strand on the MGM trilogy is one of the unexpected happening. They were an ill fit for a major label-experimental, difficult to pigeonhole, and unpredictable. Those descriptors apply nowhere more aptly than 'Something Special'. Where 1966's 'The Very Special World Of Lee Hazlewood' and 1967's 'Lee Hazlewoodism: Its Cause And Cure' had employed an arranger, Billy Strange, and a full orchestra, Something Special stripped things back and brought in a flavor of jazz and blues, complete with gravelly-voiced scatting courtesy of collaborator Don Randi. This sat alongside tracks like 'Little War' and 'Hands,' the kind of late night, acoustic balladeering Hazlewood would later seize for his career-highlight LP, 'Requiem For An Almost Lady'. The sound was that of a stripped-down nightclub jazz \/ blues \/ folk combo, fully rejecting the psychedelic music going on all over the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album made clear that forging a career as a serious star was not at the top of Hazlewood's agenda, and at the third opportunity, he'd let the listener in on the joke. Tellingly, Hokom recalls Hazlewood saying the MGM albums were his \"expensive demos. I'm sure that MGM thought that they would be successful.\" Little chance of that with Something Special -it was originally released only in Germany. The same year, Hazlewood founded the LHI imprint, and began building his own empire, one we've been lovingly archiving for the past few years. We now present this missing link in the story, three albums that generated some of Hazlewood's best-and most varied-work. 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Recorded during a 1972 reunion between Nancy and the enigmatic Hazlewood, the album contains some of the pair’s most enduring and ambitious duets including the epic ”Arkansas Coal (Suite),” the sensual “Paris Summer” and the incredibly powerful Dolly Parton-penned “Down From Dover.” Equal parts daring, psychedelic, cinematic, and sweet, \u003ci\u003eNancy and Lee Again\u003c\/i\u003e reveals with each track a timeless, natural chemistry between two artists who would remain influential for generations to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes bonus tracks “Machine Gun Kelly” and the previously unreleased “Think I’m Coming Down”. 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Includes the original 1972 album, plus all of Larry Mark's acoustic demos and tracks from his unreleased 1970 LHI LP for the first time on vinyl.  Previously unreleased session outtake of “Cold Hard Times” plus demos of obscure Hazlewood compositions “Drums,” “The Start,” “Susie,” “Miracle on 19th Street,” and “Peppermint Morning”. 30 total tracks. Remastered by Grammy®-nominated mastering engineer John Baldwin. Liner notes by Grammy®-nominated reissue producer Hunter Lea including interviews with Larry Marks, Joe Cannon, Torbjörn Axelman and Suzi Jane Hokom. Lee Hazlewood comic strip, the story of 13 told through original artwork by Jess Rotter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “Pimps… whores… pushers… dopers… gangsters… and bottom of the human chain shit-heels. Now you’re probably thinking I’m writing about major record companies and their unscrupulous executives… and lawyers. You could be right… but this time… YOU’RE WRONG! I’m describing the characters in my album ‘13’ …Some I knew… some I invented … some are true… some are false… some I liked… some I didn’t. But they all had a story to tell and I told it…none of ‘em seem to care… and I don’t either… have fun…\" - Lee Hazlewood  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“He (Lee) took my voice off the album and put his voice on the album. Now don’t forget these were in my keys, it was my charts, it was my everything. Lee Hazlewood was not even remotely going to be considered as an artist for this album and that’s the way he wanted it.” - Larry Marks \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album 13 was never supposed to be a Lee Hazlewood album. It is perhaps the strangest record in one of the most varied discographies in music. The Bombastic brass heavy funk, deep blues and soul paired with Hazlewood’s subterranean baritone would be best enjoyed with a tall Chivas in an off-strip seedy Vegas lounge. By 1972 Lee Hazlewood had settled in his new homeland of Sweden. His days were spent carousing, making movies with Torbjӧrn Axelman and releasing albums. To keep up his prolific recorded output, Lee began to mine the recently defunct LHI Records archives for material. One such gem, was an unreleased album by Larry Marks (LHI producer, artist and the voice of the first Scooby-Doo theme). Larry’s concept was to take Hazlewood’s strongest compositions and arrange them in a soul vibe. An album was completed, but with no distribution in America and no funding, Lee had no vehicle to release Larry’s record. 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Lushly orchestrated and-like the album that preceded it-half-sung, half-spoken in a way that Hazlewood made all his own, the album collected solo versions of songs made famous by Sinatra and others ('Sand,' ''Boots,' 'So Long Babe,' 'Summer Wine' - included as a bonus duet with Suzi Jane Hokom) alongside some of his career-best solo compositions, among them the Morricone-like opener, 'For One Moment.' It's a record of extremes: 'When A Fool Loves A Fool' is as light and throwaway as anything he ever laid down, while the wistful 'My Autumn's Done Come' (sample lyric: \"Let those I-don't-care days come in, I'm tired of holding my stomach in\") is as raw and honest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite MGM's best efforts, Hazlewood proved difficult to market without a Sinatra to temper his baritone drawl, and you'd suspect Hazlewood wasn't taking it quite as seriously as they might hoped anyway. 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Elsewhere, the honky tonk madness of 'Suzi Jane Is Back In Town,' the Byrds-like jangle of 'In Our Time' and-in the bonus tracks-an instrumental named \"Batman\" confirm this to be one of Hazlewood's most far-ranging, far-out LPs ever. It's the result of two main factors: ambition-to top Phil Spector, primarily-and cash, which paid for orchestras, plush studios, and the inestimable talents of arranger Billy Strange. \"I think the big sound of those records came out of the Spector thing,\" says Hokom, in the new liner notes. \"If you can have a big sound and you have money to burn... it was a flamboyancy.\" Released before the Nancy and Lee LP-a bona fide hit for Reprise Records - 'Hazlewoodism' was a tougher nut to crack, a record that confused by combining po-faced delivery with unabashed comical touches. By 1967, Hazlewood had founded the LHI imprint, and was busy building his own empire-one we've been lovingly archiving for the past few years. 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