The legendary producer John Hammond (Billie Holiday, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen) recorded Russell on several occasions; a number of these recordings can be heard on Love Is Overtaking Me. Alongside songs recorded with various incarnations of The Flying Hearts, a group formed by Russell with Ernie Brooks whose shifting line up included, by turns, Jerry Harrison, Rhys Chatham, Jon Gibson, Peter Gordon and Peter Zummo as well as Larry Saltzman and David Van Tieghem. Several other Russell projects are represented on Love Is Overtaking Me, including The Sailboats, Turbo Sporty and Bright and Early. Compiled from over eight hours of material, Love Is Overtaking Me reaches back further to Russell's first compositions from the early `70s and spans forward to his very last recordings, made at home in 1991. Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear contributed mixing, restoration and editing to the album, whose tracks were selected by Audika's Steve Knutson, Ernie Brooks and Russell's companion, Tom Lee. Several songs feature prominently in Matt Wolf's film 'Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell'.
Extensive Love Is Overtaking Me liner notes by Tom Lee provide an intimate perspective on Russell's diverse catalogue, which spanned an extraordinary diversity of styles and won the love of artistic communities that would seem utterly disparate, from Philip Glass, John Cage and Allen Ginsberg to rock bands like The Talking Heads and The Modern Lovers; the pre-Studio 54 disco-party scene of Nicky Siano's Gallery and David Mancuso's Loft; and DJ-producers like Francois Kevorkian and Larry Levan, among others.
Side A
1 Close My Eyes
2 Goodbye Old Paint
3 Maybe She
4 Oh Fernanda Why
5 Time Away
6 Nobody Wants A Lonely Heart
Side B
1 I Couldn't Say It To Your Face
2 This Time Dad You're Wrong
3 What It's Like
14 Eli
5 Hey! How Does Everybody Know
Side C
1 I Forget And I Can't Tell (Ballad Of The Lights Pt. 1)
2 Habit Of You
3 Janine
4 Big Moon
5 Your Motion Says
6 The Letter
Side D
1 Don't Forget About Me
2 Love Is Overtaking Me
3 Planted A Thought
4 Love Comes Back
2LP - Remastered / Redux double vinyl re-release of the much-beloved compilation Love Is Overtaking Me of Arthur's folk, pop, and country songs including "Planted a Thought", "Close My Eyes" and "I Couldn't Say It To Your Face".