***A reissue of the 1966 album The Very Special World Of Lee Hazlewood, the first of three LEE HAZLEWOOD recorded for MGM. The LP found Hazlewood gunning–in as much as he ever did–for commercial success, blending country, pop, novelty, mariachi, and lounge music into something unusually of-the-moment. Lushly orchestrated and half-sung, half-spoken in a way that Hazlewood made all his own, the album collected solo versions of songs made famous by Sinatra and others (“Sand,” “Boots,” “So Long Babe,” “Summer —included as a bonus duet with SUZI JANE HOKOM) alongside some of his career-best solo compositions, among them the Morricone-like opener, “For One Moment.” It’s a record of extremes: “When A Fool Loves A Fool” is as light and throwaway as anything he ever laid down, while the wistful “My Autumn's Done Come” (sample lyric: "Let those I-don't-care days come in, I'm tired of holding my stomach in") is as raw and honest. LP housed in deluxe gatefold jackets.