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The Cowboy & the Lady
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Track Listings
1 | Am I That Easy to Forget? |
2 | Only Mama That'll Walk the Line |
3 | Greyhound Bus Depot |
4 | Walk On Out of My Mind |
5 | Hangin' On |
6 | Victims of the Night |
7 | Break My Mind |
8 | You Can't Imagine |
9 | Sweet Thing |
10 | No Regrets |
11 | Dark End of the Street |
12 | Sleep in the Grass |
13 | Chico |
14 | You Turn My Head Around |
15 | It's a Nice World to Visit (But Not to Live In) |
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Product Description
Smells Like Records continues its Lee Hazlewood reissue series with perhaps the strangest of Hazlewood's recordings his album of duets with actress Ann-Margret (star of Tommy, Carnal Knowledge and The Flintstones). This odd gem, originally released in 1969, was the first full-length LP on Lee's fledgling LHI label, following several singles by Ann-Margret & Lee, Honey Ltd. and others.
Taking a break from the frenzied pace of his late 60s songwriting work, Hazlewood recorded this collection of country-tinged and Hollywood-soaked songs about both the sweetness and loss of love. The duo perform cuts such as "Dark End of the Street" and "Only Mama That'll Walk the Line" in their own utterly inimitable style only natural for two personalities as inimitable as Lee and Ann-Margret. In addition, Lee performs Tom Rush's "No Regrets" solo, taking a cold, hard look at the aftermath of love gone wrong, in typical Hazlewood fashion.
Also included as bonus tracks are four extremely rare songs, which constituted the first two singles on LHI. "Sleep in the Grass" and "Chico", a pair of Hazlewood originals performed as duets with Ann-Margret, produced on par with his most baroque masterworks, were first released as LHI-2. "You Turned My Head Around" and "It's A Nice World To Visit (But Not to Live In)", two slices of Nuggets-era psych-pop sung by Ann-Margret solo, are possibly two of Lee's rarest and strangest productions. These four songs have been out-of-print since the time of their release and, along with The Cowboy & The Lady, make their first Hazlewood-approved appearance in 30 years.
About the Artist
Lee Hazlewood is one of modern musics most endearing iconoclasts. Best known for the timeless pop hits he wrote and/or produced for stars and legends ranging from Duane Eddy to Nancy Sinatra to Waylon Jennings to Dean Martin, Hazlewoods own LHI (Lee Hazlewood Industries) imprint issued several sterling solo albums throughout the 60s and 70s that until now have been hard to find even on the original LP format, and have increasingly fallen prey to the baser motives of collectors and bootleggers. These albums are now being released legally on compact disk for the first time.
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 inches; 2.88 Ounces
- Manufacturer : Smells Like Records
- Original Release Date : 2000
- SPARS Code : DDD
- Date First Available : December 12, 2006
- Label : Smells Like Records
- ASIN : B00004SBGF
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #328,219 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #414 in Baroque Pop
- #10,022 in Today's Country
- #135,625 in Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
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Lee Hazlewood began his recording career dabbling in country music, but up to this point, most of his work had been in the realm of pop and "cocktail" music. The Cowboy and the Lady marks his return to his country roots. His deep manly voice makes a perfect counterpoint to a sexy female one and so the duet is often the preferred vehicle of his musical expression. The realization of that expression on this recording, however, is a mixed bag.
There is some serious country here, but other songs range from bizarre to downright silly. And Ann-Margret's "country accent" at time seems strident and forced as on Sweet Thing. And except for three of the bonus tracks, there are no Hazlewood originals. Nevertheless, there is still much to enjoy.
My favorites are a classic-country quality rendition of Am I That Easy To Forget, a credible Only Mama That'll Walk The Line, the 60s standard Break My Mind, an excellent Ann-Margret solo on the delightful You Can't Imagine and a fine interpretation of No Regrets. The bonus tracks are mostly stinkers the best of which is the enigmatic Sleep In The Grass and the worst of which is the embarrassingly goofy Chico.
Though I give this recording only three stars, I still recommend it to those interested in following the twists and turns of Lee Hazlewood's storied career.
Im a big Hazlewood fan, and this was actually one of the last records of his i heard (odd, since its one of the ones still in print)...i think i avoided it cause of the Ann Margeret part, but hey, this record combined two of my favorite things...Lee Hazlewood and that 60's/70's Countrypolitan sound...
So it would probably take alot for me not to enjoy this album....
Well, i enjoyed it, but Ann Margaret couldnt have been a worse choice in my opinion...i see alot of people here like the element she brings....but i really think that the album would have been better without her jarring vocals...she destroys the chill vibe in songs like Hangin' On...
Anyway, worth getting for Hazlewood fans cause its probably one of the more straight country albums he ever did, just get ready to either love or hate the Margeret influence...
My all time favorite track on this album is "Hangin' On" -- when Ann-Margret sings the line "just enough to keep me. . . hangin' on" she leaves you with that melody and verse lingering in your mind for years . . . and maybe you'll never forget it. . . I know I haven't.
Another excellent track on this set is "Am I That Easy To Forget?"-- This is country music at its best.
Ann-Margret also delivers a Waylon Jennings classic with a wallop: "Only Momma That'll Walk The Line" - I guess it proves that Ann-Margret is an "Outlaw" herself.
This is an album that has held up well over the years and continues to sound "fresh" and "new". If you haven't heard it, do it . . . you'll thank yourself for it. And thanks to Ann-Margret and to Barton Lee Hazlewood for giving us this musical trip into the "country".
Lee was a great producer, and his work on these covers really stands out. These renditions of "Only Mama That'll Walk the Line," "No Regrets," and "You Can't Imagine" are infused with a spirit that makes them timeless.
His penchant for the baroque is more evident on the four brilliant bonus cuts. Can you believe they used to release singles that sounded like this, let alone make them? Ann- Margret's voice is a theatrical counterpoint to Lee's world-weary baritone, and together they create nothing short of musical cinema. Check out the harrowing, hilarious "Chico," the pastoral "Sleep in the Grass," and A-M's two psychedelic fuzzbox numbers, "You Turn My Head Around" and "Nice World..."
This album is a rather strange gem, kind of like a tour through old Hollywood backlots of Western film sets, with Lee and Ann-Margret as your drunken tour guides!