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HMRRM 001CD
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Ryan Martin's debut album, For All the Beautiful Losers, is the work of a passionate, bold artist with a wide-screen vision. Drawing on artists like Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, and Townes van Zandt, as well as more modern influences like Sparklehorse and Elliott Smith, these songs are full of timeless melodies, big hooks, evocative lyrics, and buckets of soul. Exploring personal takes on classic themes of love and longing, heartbreak and alienation, Martin's honest lyrics are woven through with compelling imagery and beautiful turns of phrase. From the soulful, Stones-y swagger of "New York Women" to the buoyant indie-folk of "Replacement Avenue" to the fragile beauty of "Blue Blue Winter" and "Either Way (I Am Free)," the depth and range in these songs is striking. Inspired sonic touches abound: the jubilant horns on the Brian Wilson-influenced "Private Holiday"; the hammered dulcimer coda on "Blue Blue Winter"; the regal French horn intro on "Fool in Love"; and the retro-futurist Mellotron and drum machine on "Either Way (I Am Free)" all elevate and illuminate this outstanding collection of songs. Originally from Los Gatos, California, Martin played the cafe and bar circuit from San Francisco to LA as a teenager, eventually landing in New York City in 2009. He soon found both an audience for his music and six deeply talented musicians from the local scene who became the core players on For All the Beautiful Losers and in his powerful live band.
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Black Beauty, the never-before-released masterpiece by Arthur Lee's legendary psychedelic rock band Love is available as a TrueSound Audiophile CD packaged in a hardbound eco-book. The deluxe CD comes with a 64-page photo-filled booklet. Both formats come with bonus tracks featuring explosive live performances, two unreleased Arthur Lee studio cuts and an unearthed Arthur Lee interview from 1974. Recorded in 1973 for the ambitious new label Buffalo Records, the album remained unreleased when the company folded. Finally, after 39 years High Moon Records is honored to fulfill Arthur Lee's wish that Black Beauty be heard by music fans worldwide. Black Beauty is making its first-ever official release in any format, anywhere! With unparalleled sound and state-of-the-art packaging, critics are hailing Black Beauty as an instant classic. Black Beauty is that rarest of rock artifacts: an unreleased, full-length studio album, from an undisputed musical genius. Black Beauty is the missing link in a catalog that includes Forever Changes, the classic 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 '70s rock with gorgeous melodies and stellar songwriting, topped off by his most distinctive, snarling, soulful vocals. ever. With its wonderfully eclectic collection of songs, the album offers Love fans a rare glimpse into a previously-undocumented phase of Arthur Lee's fabled career, while shining a light for new fans to discover the unique genius that is the music of Arthur Lee and Love.
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HMR 001LP
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Deluxe 180 gram LP packaged in a tip-on sleeve, comes with a 28-page booklet and download code.
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Two Sides to Every Story, the criminally long out-of-print solo album from Gene Clark, a founding member of The Byrds, is available as a deluxe CD reissue packaged in a hardbound eco-book. Finally available on CD, this remastered version of the 1977 RSO album features absolutely stunning sound. Two Sides to Every Story was voted #3 in the 2010 Uncut feature "Readers 50 Greatest Lost Albums." From the country-rocking "Kansas City Southern," to the to the achingly, melancholy, strings-and-synthesizer-draped "Sister Moon," Two Sides is a masterfully eclectic album that AllMusic proclaims "succeeds on many more levels than more heralded No Other. " Produced by Thomas Jefferson Kaye (who also produced Clark's masterpiece No Other), the album features an all-star cast of musical co-conspirators: Emmylou Harris on backing vocals, banjo virtuoso Douglas Dillard, country violin legend Byron Berline, pedal-steel ace Al Perkins, and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter on guitar. Gene Clark served as The Byrds' chief songwriter in the mid-'60s, penning some of their most essential songs, including "Feel a Whole Lot Better," "Eight Miles High" and "You Showed Me." Clark is widely considered to be the pioneer of three musical genres: folk-rock, country-rock, and psychedelic-rock. Gene Clark's inimitable songwriting and singing continue to inspire and influence countless artists, including: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (who recorded TWO of his compositions on their 2010 Grammy-winning Album of the Year, Raising Sand), Bob Dylan, Fairport Convention, R.E.M., Tom Petty, Yo La Tengo, the Flamin' Groovies, Teenage Fanclub, and Wilco. Features bonus cuts on an exclusive download card with over 90 minutes of unheard Gene Clark in 24-bit WAV files.
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HMR 002LP
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Deluxe 180 gram LP packaged in a tip-on sleeve, comes with a 16-page booklet and download code
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