Sunset Love
“Run to the Sun”
Sunset
Love was a quasi-mystical
flower-power band from New Mexico
who blended influences of
The Mamas and Papas, Spanky And
Our Gang and The Beatles to create a
unique pop-psych sound.
Sunset Love were recruited in
1968 to record at Westex Studios in
Odessa, Texas. Westex was the
brainchild of Tommy Allsup (original
member of Buddy Holly’s Crickets)
and Gorman Maxwell (it was the
same studio where
Zager and Evans recorded their
smash hit ‘In The Year 2525.’)
Allsup asked producer Buzz Cason
(also a former member of The
Crickets) to come from
Nashville to work with Sunset
Love. The resulting recording
sessions yielded a total of
sixteen songs, of which twelve were
originals. Sunset Love singer and
songwriter, Victor Kay Lindsey,
says: “we thought we
were going to be superstars; we
had big plans, we were sure an album
was going to be put out.”
Unfortunately, soon after the
sessions, Allsup dissolved his
partnership with Maxwell, sold out
his half on the studio, and
moved to Nashville.
Sunset Love hung around waiting
for something to happen, but nothing
ever did. As Lindsey recalled,
“We should have taken our
tapes to Los Angeles like Zager
and Evans and found a producer,
but we didn’t and we broke up
in the summer of
1969”. For the first time ever
on LP, the full story of Sunset Love
can now be revealed via their
original 1968 mono mixes — and
a bit of band history. Believe
us when we say that Sunset Love are
a revelation. This is a
must-have pop/psych release!
Perhaps you heard their music used
in Orange is the New Black,
or on NBC’s Aquarius and
didn’t know where to find it…. well,
now you know!
Limited edition of 300x
hand-numbered copies
(150x for sale via Lion Productions
outside of Canada; 150x
for sale via Return to Analog
Records in Montreal)
Track List:
Side A:
1. Change
2. Little Children
3. Winter’s Day
4. Sunset Love
5. Window in the Sky
6. Reach Out
7. Run To The Sun
Side B:
1. Tribute To Kay
2. Wheels
3. Push
4. Green Hippie
5. World Of Pain
6. Man In The Park
7. Father Paul
8. Innocence Dies Young On Our
Street
Catalogue number: LION-208 /
RTAI-028
UPC: 061297805730
Format: LP (black vinyl)