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20. I Saw A Dream Come True

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On November 27th, 2015, High Moon Records will be reissuing the final studio album from one of rock music’s most gifted and enigmatic legends — expanded with 12 bonus tracks. Available on CD/Digital for the first time and back on Vinyl after more than 40 years, Reel To Real captures Arthur Lee and Love at the peak of their rock/funk/soul powers.

“Rich in soulful, unconventional details, masterful singing, crunchy-guitar rock, straight-up Stax-grounded soul, eccentric psychedelia and contemporary funk.” 
– David Fricke, Rolling Stone

Originally recorded and released in 1974 on RSO Records, this beautifully packaged, deluxe reissue features vibrant, remastered audio from the original tapes, a 32-page booklet with an illuminating essay by Rolling Stone’s David Fricke, and a trove of candid, unpublished photos.

What Arthur Lee began on Love’s Black Beauty (released by High Moon Records to wide acclaim in 2013), he brought to fruition on Reel To Real. Armed with a major label budget 
and a powerful, intuitive band, he dug deep into the blues, soul, and rock grooves that first inspired him, reaching out to a new audience with his fierce and forward-thinking personal vision. The album features Arthur’s beloved Black Beauty band: drummer Joe Blocker, guitarist Melvan Whittington, and bassist Robert Rozelle — who Lee referred to as “cats who can play funky and rock" — augmented by guitar-ace John Sterling and cameo appearances by legendary guitarists Harvey Mandel and “Buzzy” Feiten. 

“Lee was perfectly at ease stretching the boundaries of his music to encompass the sounds 
of the world at large.” – NPR Music

To a palette of stinging guitars, explosive brass (arranged by Arthur Lee), deep funk bass and clavinet, splashes of spacey synthesizer, and dream-team female backing vocals, Arthur Lee brought his funkiest and most soulful collection of songs, channeling the most visceral vocal performances he ever committed to tape.

High Moon Records has unearthed 11 revelatory, previously-unreleased tracks from the original sessions, including alternate takes and mixes, live-in-studio rehearsals, and 4 newly-discovered Arthur Lee originals: “Do It Yourself,” “I Gotta Remember,” “Somebody,” and “You Gotta Feel It.” These songs (three fully-produced rockers, and a spare, Imagine-era John Lennon-by-way-of Sly Stone studio sketch) were previously unknown to all but their original participants, and present a major addition to Arthur Lee’s catalog. Other bonus track highlights include the guitar fury in the extended, alternate mix of “Busted Feet,” the eccentric and darkly-comic single mix of “You Said You Would,” and an impromptu studio rehearsal of Forever Changes outtake “Wonder People (I Do Wonder).” This ultra-rare bonus material fills out the picture of a fearless, agile and very funky ensemble, led by a masterful singer-songwriter at his feral, exultant best.

(c) 2015 High Moon Records

Time Is Like A River

High Moon Records has released “Graveyard Hop”, the second single from the deluxe reissue of Love’s 1974 album Reel To Real — available on CD for the first time and back on vinyl after more than 40 years. One of 12 previously unreleased bonus tracks, “Graveyard Hop” is an impromptu take on “Jailhouse Rock”, and a one-time-only, live-in-the-studio gem – weird, menacing, funny and unhinged. Premiering on Dangerous Minds the track is now available to hear and share on Soundcloud.
 
In just under two minutes of macabre mayhem, Arthur Lee howls and raves as if possessed, the band careening along at breakneck speed like a runaway train full of exploding fireworks. With it’s raw and wailing Chuck Berry guitars, raise-the-dead drum thunder and proto-punk intensity, Arthur summons, then mocks death with a delirious blast of rock ‘n’ roll catharsis – screaming “shove him in a casket, fit him in a hole, someone at the funeral home said that’s the way it goes” and later boiling it down to a growl - “everybody let’s...die”. “Graveyard Hop” will be released as an iTunes single tomorrow, October 23, as well as appearing on Halloween-themed streaming playlists. It will also be available as an immediate download with all digital pre-orders of the full album, along with the first single “Time Is Like A River”.

Graveyard Hop (Studio Rehearsal)

Arthur Lee and Love's 1974 studio album 'Reel To Real', reissued by High Moon Records in 2015. Deluxe version includes 12 bonus tracks, essay by Rolling Stone's David Fricke and unpublished archival photos.

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Arthur Lee & Love's 1974 studio album Reel To Real, reissued by High Moon Records in 2015. Deluxe version includes extensive liner notes, 12 bonus tracks and previously unpublished archival photos.

02 Stop The Music

Ryan Martin's label debut 'Gimme Some Light', out now on High Moon Records.

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1. See What Your Love Can Do

10-song Sampler
'Black Beauty' by Love
Mastered by Dan Hersch
Mastered for vinyl by Doug Sax
Produced by Arthur Lee
All songs by Arthur Lee
except ' Walk Right In' by Gus Cannon/Hosea Woods + 
'Skid' by Riley Racer/Angela Rackley

1. Young & Able
2.  Midnight Sun
3.   Can't Find It
4.   Walk Right In
5.   Skid
6.   Beep Beep
7.   Stay Away
8.   Lonely Pigs
9.   See Myself in You
10. Product of the Times (live)

All songs © Arthur Lee Entertainment/Forever Changes Music (BMI) except: “Skid” Riley Racer (BMI); “Walk Right In” Peer Music (BMI);
“Product Of The Times,” “Stay Away,” and “Always See Your Face” Trio Music Co. (BMI)/Grass Roots Productions (BMI).

All Rights Administered by BMG Rights Management (US) LLC.

All Rights Reserved    High Moon Records 2012

Love 'Black Beauty' 10-song sampler

12-song sampler
All songs by Ryan Martin
Zephyr Bird Music/BMI
© 2012 Ryan Martin

1.    New York Women 
2.    Little Tramp 
3.    Replacement Avenue
4.    Fool In Love 
5.    Either Way (I Am Free) 
6.    Whiskey Girl 
7.    Private Holiday 
8.    Hard Man To Love 
9.    Its Always Been Bad
10.  Blue Blue Winter 
11.  For The Going Down 
12.  Birds Through Buildings



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