SCARCE 1974 PROMO ARTHUR LEE & LOVE = REEL TO REAL - HARD HENDRIXY SOUL PSYCH

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       RARE 1974 PROMOTIONAL COLLECTIBLE!

               MINTY CLEAN VINYL!

                         ARTHUR LEE

                AND        

          ..... LOVE .....

            Reel To Real                          

                     USA - RSO RECORDS - 4804 (PROMO)

RARE ADVANCED RELEASE PROMOTIONAL ...Original 1974 first pressing of one of the underestimated albums in the LOVE discography....

Reel To Real might be easier to understand if thought of as Arthur Lee's third solo album (after Vindicator and the never-released Black Beauty) rather than as a Love album. Certainly it has little in common with Love's best-known work, Forever Changes, or their final Elektra album, Four Sail. It does share some common ground with the Hendrix-like hard-rock of Vindicator, but rather than psychedelia or hard-rock, Reel To Real is predominantly hardroc LOVE with soul edge, harkening back to Arthur Lee's earliest work with The American Four and LAG and very good if you listen and has catchy tracks if you repeat plays.

Reel to Real is easily one of the hardest to find LOVE albums, selling few copies upon its initial release in 1974, and never having been released on CD. Many think that by 1974 Arthur Lee was a sad drug casualty who had completely lost his way musically, this is not the case, he was just on the heavy Hendrix vibe path.

The easiest way to describe the album is as a cross between the Hendrix-inspired hard-rock Lee aspired to post-Forever Changes and the greasy soul music of Lee's American Four pre-Love outfit.

No matter, it's undeniable that Lee assembled a crack band--in terms of technique, perhaps the best of his career--the band is tight. "Time Is Like A River," "Good Old Fashion Dream," and "Who Are You?" are genuinely strong with soulful vocals by Lee. "Which Witch Is Which" is a great take on William DeVaughn's "Be Thankful For What You Got" sound a bit like Cadet-era Terry Callier, and "Busted Feet" is a compelling amalgam of Hendrix and Memphis Soul-psych.

Lee re-recorded and re-styled three songs from previous releases, "Everybody's Gotta Live" and "Busted Feet" and hey sound better the second time around -not to mention the remake of the great "Singing Cowboy, from Four Sail". The band locks into a solid groove and Lee sells the positive message with a genuinely enthusiastic performance. Lee is certainly passionate about this project and does sound ‘with it’ and not like some lost acid casualty.

"Time is Like a River" and "Be Thankful for What You've Got" are excellent slices of infectiously smooth 70’s R&B and stand-out tracks.

"Who are You?" is also very good. "Which Witch is Which" is classified as psychedelic may remind many of the "Out Here/Four Sail" era Love.

"Busted Feet" is groovin' on late Hendrix vibe and "Everybody's Gotta Live" makes a nice closing track, much better than remembered.

Reel To Real is a far better album than many may think remembered and actually sounds more like an artistic re-birth for Arthur Lee than the last gasp of a spent creative force. Had the album met a better fate commercially it might have provided a blueprint for bringing Lee's music to a broader audience during the 1970s. It was tough picking which songs to highlight from the album, in the end tried to strike a balance between presenting the best quality songs, and representing the overall sound of the album, which is very much unique in Lee's career. If you approach this music without the baggage of this being a '60s sound Love album, we think you might really dig it.

"Time Is Like A River"

"Stop the Music"

"Who Are You"

"Good Old Fashion Dream"

"Which Witch is Which?"

"With A Little Energy"

"Singing Cowboy"

"Be Thankful For What You Got"

"You Said You Would"

"Busted Feet"

"Everybody's Gotta Live"

CONDITION: The cover: In solid shape, almost 40 years old, VG+(+) bright colors and all, has a tiny sticker pull at top right (very minor, just small) also a small, Very small, promo saw mark at top left (NO cut corners) has no writing and no split seams ... houses the original hard cardbord printed/photo color sleeve which is M- clean ... Also has a promotional sticker at upper right corner that raises the value as a unique pre-release promo item

The vinyl: all clean and smooth M- across both sides...will play perfectly fine

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANYONE'S COLLECTION !

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All imperfections are noted both cover & record