Lie: The Love and Terror Cult
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| Studio album by Charles Manson | ||||
| Released | March 6, 1970 | |||
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| Length | 31:53 | |||
| Label | Awareness | |||
| Producer | Phil Kaufman | |||
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| All About Jazz | (favorable) |
| Mojo | (favorable) |
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Lie: The Love and Terror Cult (stylized as LIE: The Love and Terror Cult) is the debut studio album by American murder-conspirator Charles Manson. It was released on vinyl on March 6, 1970 by Phil Kaufman, through a record label branded Awareness Records. Although not a commercial success, it retains a following among those interested in the Manson case, inspiring many cover versions and samples.
The cover is a parody of the December 19, 1969 Life magazine cover, which featured Manson along with the headline "The Love and Terror Cult". The two covers are identical; however the "F" in "LIFE" has been deleted and the line "The dark edge of hippie life" has been removed. The date and price are replaced with the Awareness Records logo.
In 1968, Phil Kaufman, who had met Manson in prison, moved in briefly with Manson and his "Family". Kaufman continually urged Manson to record some of his (Manson's) songs. Sometime in mid 1968, Manson attempted to construct an album with members of the Beach Boys. Carl and Brian Wilson co-produced about ten songs by Manson that he recorded at Brian's home studio. These tapes remain unreleased, though the songs themselves may overlap with the material present on Lie: The Love and Terror Cult.
While Manson was being held on the Tate-LaBianca charges, he told Kaufman "please put out my music". According to Kaufman, Manson phoned him five days a week, even though he was allowed only three phone calls per day. Manson was "very anxious for his music to be heard".
According to the album's original sleeve notes, Lie: The Love and Terror Cult was recorded primarily at Gold Star Studios on August 8, 1968, with track B3, "Sick City", recorded September 11, 1967 in an unspecified location. Overdubs were recorded on August 9, 1968 somewhere in Van Nuys, Los Angeles. 2 tracks from the album, "Look At Your Game, Girl" and "Eyes Of A Dreamer" were recorded in June 1967 at a demo session for Uni Records (a subsidiary of MCA.) These 2 songs appeared on a privately pressed 45 rpm single and credited to "Silverhawk". When Phil Kaufman was mastering the "Lie" LP, he had to take these 2 tracks from a copy of the 45, as the master tapes were already lost.
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