You could be forgiven for being unfamiliar with Lewis. L’Amour (released earlier this year by Light In The Attic) was practically unknown aside from the few people who owned the private press recording until collector Aaron Levin put it online. The label set out to re-release the album, but ran into hurdles when they found out no one really knew who Lewis was. They moved forward anyhow and set aside the royalties should the man ever reveal himself. I previously wrote about Lewis’ song “Like To See You Again” about a week back and I’ve been in love with the album since hearing it. That’s why I was so excited to hear today that a second LP had been discovered. This time around, Lewis used a last name, Baloue, which may give crate diggers some clues as to his real identity. It’s fascinating to me to find that in this age of the internet an album like this that may have in the past been condemned to wither away in a garage ends up circulating on blogs and eventually in the hands of a label dedicated to unearthing gems of years past. There are only two copies of the original album that have been located and fortunately Light In The Attic now owns one of them (the other is being sold on eBay if you’ve got a couple thousand to throw around). They’re repressing it and releasing it later this year. You can pre-order it over here.

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