Lee Michaels - Carnival Of Life (1968) [Reissue 2010]

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Lee Michaels / Carnival Of Life

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In 1968 when this album was issued originally, there was little 'elegance' in rock music. Sure, the Moody Blues had released their first two Hayward-influenced classics and there were some folkie projects out there – but no one was doing what Lee Michaels did on this project! This is one of the top 'if I were stranded on a desert island' albums of all time. This is one of a handful of albums that reflect the most musical offerings of the psychedelic era of music in the late Sixties. Love's 'Forever Changes', the Moody's 'Days of Future Passed' and Lee Michaels' 'Carnival of Life' are best of class offerings from this period. The opening cut, 'Hello', still screams as one of the best hard rock offerings ever recorded. 'Streetcar' and 'Tomorrow' still have the plaintive and fervent cry that they had back in 1968. The radio missed this one for the most part and never caught up to Lee until his third release, the self-titled album which lacks most all of the musical embellishments that make this recording such a masterwork. I once saw Lee live with his original band – and saw him in the Lee & Frosty period many times. There was no comparison between the two as his full band was phenomenal; they even held their own against the original member line-up of Procol Harum, whose Matthew Fisher organwork on 'Whiter Shade of Pale' is a true rock classic. Lee & Band were that good. Too bad the radio and rock history overlooked him then and has largely forgotten him now…

It's funny how some artists never top their debut effort, and Lee Michaels, despite some later quality output, never outdid this release, his first album. The songwriting, production, playing, and sound quality is first rate, with one of the studio musicians being the phenomenal guitarist Hamilton Watt (whatever happened to this guy?). This album is a classic that never fails to thrill and entertain with repeated listienings, especially on the tracks "Hello" (check out Watts' over the top licks on this track), the haunting "Sounding The Sleeping", "Love" (some of Lee's best singing here), and "My Friends" (great lyrics, drug referenced as are some of the other tracks). Lee kind of burned out after 6 or so albums, supposedly suffering from tinnitus which prevented him from playing the Hammond Organ in live venues anymore (I saw him live at the Shrine in L.A. in the mid-seventies, and a riot ensued because he only played the grand piano with a back-up drummer, which the crowd did not appreciate). He disappeared from the music scene thereafter, and I understand that he moved to Hawaii and dropped out of the music scene. We miss you, Lee. Thanks for the music.

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