LOVE – BLACK BEAUTY (180 GR)

Deluxe 180 gram LP packaged in a tip-on sleeve, with a 28 page booklet. Comes 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.