Now here's something! One of the two later Lee Hazlewood records to never be found by moi, finally reissued stateside by Steve Shelley's Smells Like Records. I don't know how he did it, but Shelley managed to license several albums by this pop genius/madman, and it's about time. Long a favorite of musicians and lonely record collectors, Hazlewood's unique take on pop/rock/country/etc. deserves, no, demands to be heard. Hazlewood is best known for his production work with Duane Eddy and his cool duets with Nancy Sinatra, but on the side he put out a series of incredible, often bizarre solo records. 13 dates back to 1972, when he was living in semi-retirement in Sweden, and features nine of his own songs, a few being reworked from past records. I wish I could say it's one of his best, but it's not. The arrangements get pretty heavy with the horns, and producer Larry Marks brought too many of his Saturday morning cartoon scores along for my taste. Hazlewood's smooth baritone sounds great though, and on a few songs like "Toosie and the River," everything combines as perfectly as anything he ever released. Old fans will be totally into this record, just to finally have it. The curious beginner might want to start with 1964's Trouble Is a Lonesome Town or 1970's Cowboy in Sweden, both recently reissued by Smells Like as well. Then you can pick up 13 next week. I mean, the man can do no wrong, just varying degrees of "Right On."