Top/ Requiem for an Almost Lady (Smells Like Records) is a 1971 album by musician Lee Hazlewood. It is considered to be one of his best albums. Lee Hazlewood (July 9, 1929 – August 4, 2007) was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late fifties and singer Nancy Sinatra in the sixties. Hazlewood had a distinctive baritone voice that added an ominous resonance to his music. Hazlewood's collaborations with Nancy Sinatra as well as his solo output in the late 1960s and early 1970s have been praised as an essential contribution to a sound often described as "Cowboy Psychedelia" or "Saccharine Underground". Hazlewood is perhaps best known for having written and produced the 1966 Nancy Sinatra U.S./U.K. #1 hit, "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" and "Summer Wine". He also wrote "How Does That Grab Ya, Darlin'" and many others for Sinatra. Among his most well-known vocal performances is "Some Velvet Morning", a 1967 duet with Nancy Sinatra. In the 1970s Hazlewood moved to Stockholm, Sweden, where he wrote and produced the one-hour television show Cowboy in Sweden together with friend and director Torbjörn Axelman, which also later emerged as an album. Hazlewood was semi-retired from the music business during the 1970s and '80s. However, his own output also achieved a cult status in the underground rock scene, with songs covered by artists such as Vanilla Fudge, Lydia Lunch, Einstürzende Neubauten, Primal Scream, Nick Cave, Beck and Slowdive. Bottom/ The Magician's Birthday (Mercury, 1972) is the fifth album by British rock band Uriah Heep. The original vinyl release was a gatefold sleeve, the front of which was designed by English artist, designer and architect Roger Dean. Dean is best known for his work on album covers for bands including the progressive rock band Yes, which he began painting in the late 1960s. The covers usually feature exotic, fantastic landscapes. His "retreat pod" chair design was featured in the film A Clockwork Orange, directed by Stanley Kubrick.
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