Love is Hell, again.

Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab has quietly repressed Ryan Adams' fabulous 2004 double EP, Love is Hell. This record has become something of a cult classic, despite Lost Highway's alleged apprehension about releasing it. The story goes, Lost Highway didn't see Love is Hell as a marketable album, and wanted Ryan to put out something that was more "rock and roll."

So, Ryan wrote and recorded Rock N Roll which became the promoted album, and Love is Hell was released as separate halves. Ask any Ryan Adams fan which album they prefer, and you'll quickly find that Lost Highway dropped the ball on that play.

Mobile Fidelity cover.

The MFSL release is an expanded, three record set, which includes the entire original double EP, and seven extra tracks that found their way onto a Japanese import version. MFSL have a reputation for meticulous and detailed masters, direct from the original tapes, which are pressed with top quality materials at well-respected pressing plants. Basically, music nerd gold. 

Love is Hell original pressing.

The original pressing has long been out of print, and decent copies are hard to come by. Given that Lost Highway didn't want to release it anyway, it probably wasn't printed in high quantity. Unfortunately, this one looks to be printed in small quantity as well, although it isn't clear what the run amount is quite yet. These will be numbered and limited, much like MFSL's Record Store Day pressing of Beck's Sea Change.

Price is pretty steep, but get it here, while you can.