La quête d'une maison de disques américaine pour retrouver un énigmatique musicien dont personne n'avait entendu parler depuis plusieurs années a récemment pris fin au Canada. Randall Wulff a autoproduit, en 1983, un album intitulé L'Amour dans
un studio de Los Angeles, sous le pseudonyme «Lewis». Sa distribution a
été très limitée et il est rapidement tombé dans l'oubli. Peu de temps
après, Lewis a lui-même semblé disparaître, explique Jack Fleischer, un
ami de Matt Sullivan, dont le label Light In The Attic Records a réédité
récemment L'Amour.
-La Presse
The world is littered with millions of discarded old records. Most smell
like the damp cellars that they’ve been kept in and ignored for
decades, with the chances that they will ever be owned or even played
again being slim to none. But, if you’re a dedicated enough digger,
maybe you’ll find one that’s any good. It might even be worth a few
bucks. But kick yourself if you’ve ever passed on a copy of Lewis’ L’Amour, because it is the most talked about vinyl rarity to surface of late.
The one man known to have had the honour, or in his case, dishonour of
meeting Lewis is the aforementioned stiffed photographer, Ed Colver. At the time, Colver was known for shooting L.A. hardcore bands: his credits include Black Flag’s iconic Damaged cover and Circle Jerks’ Group Sex. Colver himself doesn’t remember why he ended up shooting Lewis, but he seems happy to forget the whole experience.
-Vice
