400 Miles From L.A. 1955-56

Light in the Attic Records is proud to continue the Lee Hazlewood archival series with 400 Miles From L.A. 1955-56, a collection of previously unknown intimate recordings, never intended for release. Lee sings, plays guitar and even presses the record button on the tape machine. These are rural sketches and small town dreams, captured in an innocent time before the path ahead was clear. Phoenix, Arizona 1955, a twenty-five year old disc jockey and fledgling songwriter, Lee Hazlewood, is trying to break into the music industry. He takes Greyhound bus trips to Los Angeles to pitch songs, only to be rejected each time. Undeterred, Lee starts a record label called Viv Records. These songs rewrite Lee’s recorded history, adding a new first chapter to his saga. For Hazlewood addicts, hearing these early tracks and the embryonic version of Trouble Is A Lonesome Town is akin to finding an early draft of the Old Testament.

Tracks

1~1~Cross Country Bus
1~2~The Woman I Love
1~3~Five Thousand And One
1~4~Lonesome Day
1~5~A Lady Called Blues
1~6~Five More Miles To Folsom
1~7~Fort Worth
1~8~The Old Man And His Guitar
1~9~Peculiar Guy
1~10~Long Black Train
1~11~I Guess It’S Love
1~12~It’S An Actuality
1~13~Buying On Time
1~14~The Country Bus Tune
1~15~Long Black Train
1~16~Run Boy Run
1~17~Big Joe Slade
1~18~Son Of A Gun
1~19~Georgia Chain Gang
1~20~Look At That Woman
1~21~Peculiar Guy
1~22~The Railroad Song
1~23~Six Feet Of Chain
1~24~Trouble Is A Lonesome Town

Details

Format: Vinyl LP
Artist: Lee Hazlewood
Release Date: 13 September 2019
Genre: Rock
Label: INERTIA
Distributor: Rocket Group