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Thursday, July 25, 2019

Love - Four Sail (1969) [Original Arthur Lee Mixes]

Love - Four Sail

Originally released 1969 / 2019 reissue
First complete issue of original Arthur Lee mixes!
~ThePoodleBites Rip in 96 kHz / 24 bit FLAC~

I recently posted a "compiled version" of this oft-overlooked Love record featuring the Arthur Lee mixes (where available) plus rips from an original Monarch LP to fill in the gaps. Then, all of a sudden, without warning, this reissue appears, featuring all of the Arthur Lee mixes, mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering! (Chris, are you reading my blog?) Well, unfortunately Chris' work required a little additional tweaking, due to some EQ notches that clearly weren't present on the tapes used for the Love Story masters. Details aside, I've freshly remastered this remastered set so that you can hear it in the most hi-fi sound possible. Some tracks make their debut appearance here in the original mix, and sound wayyy cooler then those reverbed-out, completely-ruined Elektra versions! The extra overdubs on "Talking In My Sleep" are gonna blow your mind...

Thanks @PsychTrailMix for discovering & procuring these sounds for this rip!

** Scans of the reissue not included, because the original cover looks nicer! :) **

Track Listing:
01) "August" -- 5:07
02) "Your Friend And Mine – Neil's Song" -- 3:48
03) "I'm With You" -- 2:47
04) "Good Times" -- 3:32
05) "Singing Cowboy" -- 5:57
06) "Dream" -- 2:53
07) "Robert Montgomery" -- 3:42
08) "Nothing" -- 4:48
09) "Talking In My Sleep" -- 2:57
10) "Always See Your Face" -- 3:22

Lineup:
- Arthur Lee - lead vocals, piano, harmonica, rhythm guitar, congas
- Jay Donnellan - lead guitar
- Frank Fayad - bass; backing vocals (tracks 6, 7)
- George Suranovich - drums (tracks 1, 5-10), backing vocals (tracks 6, 7)
- Drachen Theaker - drums (tracks 2-4)

Vinyl Condition: Mint
Dynamic Range: DR 12

Vinyl Lineage:
– Audio-Technica AT150MLx Dual Moving-Magnet Cartridge
– Audio-Technica AT-LP1240-USB Direct Drive Professional Turntable (internal stock preamp/ADC removed)
– TCC TC-754 RIAA Phono Preamp (new regulated power supply, added LM7812 regulator)
– Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 MkII (96kHz / 24bit)
– Adobe Audition CC 2019 (recording)
– iZotope RX 7 Audio Editor (manual declicking, EQ subtraction, additional adjustments)
– Audacity 2.3.0 (fades between tracks, split tracks)
– Foobar2000 v1.4.5 (tagging, dynamic range analysis)

Full album available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBlSCq6H3EU

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22 comments:

  1. ManWhoCanJuly 26, 2019 at 11:45 AM

    Thanks for this version with the 'proper' mixes :)

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  2. Noises From Apt 2AJuly 27, 2019 at 7:40 AM

    Thank you so much for the upgrade to your previous posting of Four Sail can't wait to hear it .

    ...and welcome back on line ...you were missed !

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    1. ThePoodleBitesJuly 27, 2019 at 9:39 AM

      Thanks! :) And enjoy, these mixes are really fantastic...

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  3. AnonymousNovember 1, 2019 at 4:02 PM

    Awesome! Thank you! Is this release from July 2019 colored vinyl version?

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    1. ThePoodleBitesNovember 5, 2019 at 7:37 PM

      You're welcome & thanks for the comment. Yes this digital master was sourced from the 2019 colored vinyl release.

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  4. SilvioFebruary 21, 2020 at 1:54 PM


    Thank you!!!

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  5. martynMarch 30, 2020 at 1:19 PM

    sounds amazing, thank you for doing this. took me back to the first time I heard the album in 1969.

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  6. AnonymousJanuary 14, 2021 at 3:08 AM

    Thank you!

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  7. AnonymousMarch 5, 2021 at 8:09 PM

    thanks so much for the high quality rips ... The Alternate Freak Out! sounds amazing.

    peace out

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  8. Buzzcut9May 21, 2021 at 9:41 PM

    Thank you for this. I would love (no pun intended) to hear you do "Forever Changes". Did you hear the remaster? What a disappointment! I will be back for more.

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    1. El GuajoloteMay 28, 2021 at 8:34 PM

      Check out the SACD version by Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, kills the flat sounding and too compressed 2018 remaster, now i'm listening to it and i love even more Forever Changes than before!

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  9. The Big AAugust 28, 2021 at 10:00 PM

    I bought the original the day it was released, was originally crushed because it was so dissimilar to "Forver Changes," but learned to love it decades ago. Looking forward to hearing this version, so thanks!

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  10. AnonymousJuly 17, 2022 at 6:37 PM

    I don't dislike this record the way it was released, but I'm really eager to hear it as intended. Thank you.

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2022 at 9:19 AM

    Thanks. I have the original vinyl release. It cost me £1 decades ago when 1st pressings were dirt cheap. The 2019 sounds good but it lacks the feel and depth of the original. It sounds like its been remastered for the digital generation where the high ends are always lifted and low ends are sacrificed. Thus giving the sterile sound that younger people have been brought up on. The original sounds very different and way better in my view.
    Four Sail is one of my favourite love albums. When I saw AL in a tiny club he opened with August and played almost the full album.
    Thanks again for your wonderful blog.

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  12. AnonymousOctober 9, 2022 at 7:13 PM

    Still can't make out what Arthur's whispering on Dream.

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  13. KelhardJune 14, 2023 at 7:25 AM

    Beautiful work as always TPB. Sounds fantastic. Love the overdriven "in your ear" vocal sound on "Talking In My Sleep". Man, I sure wish you could have done the remastering work for the "Black Beauty" album. Anyhoo, "Four Sail" was my first Love album. Brings back that day in '90 when I found my first copy!

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  14. ‘MaasJuly 16, 2023 at 1:56 AM

    Saw the torch-bearers currently doing the circuit as Love (complete with Johnny Echols) and while they aren’t the real thing, they know their shit and did some excellent versions of songs from this album including Neil’s Song. Have had the LP since 2019 and the CD far longer so thank you for making this available for me to put in my digital library.

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  15. tylerwAugust 18, 2023 at 6:16 PM

    THANK YOU

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  16. AnonymousOctober 29, 2023 at 6:01 AM

    Many thanks!

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  17. AnonymousApril 25, 2024 at 2:40 PM

    Fabulous work. Thankyou so much.

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