BACK IN THE MUSICAL universe, one of Viper's most important historical releases came to fruition during the summer of 2000. Legends don't come much larger than Arthur Lee from the influential late-’60s outfit Love – not in Liverpool anyhow – and through Paul's persistence we managed to get clearance to release Arthur's live show with Shack backing him from their show at the Liverpool Academy in May 1992.

Like the album itself, how Arthur Lee came to play with Shack in the UK is convoluted to say the least. Promoter Keith Curtis’ sleeve notes probably supply the most coherent version of events:

The gig itself found Arthur and Shack (featuring Mick and John Head and then-Rain man Martyn Campbell on bass) playing songs from Love's classic trio of early albums, and immediately passed into legend. Paul had the tape of the gig, as his good friend Keith Curtis had promoted the show, and he took it upon himself to write to Arthur Lee in prison in California – diligence. At the time, Arthur was incarcerated on drugs and firearms charges because of the ‘three strikes and you're out’ laws they had in California and we didn't really expect an answer.

We could hardly believe it when we heard back from Arthur's lawyer. We had wanted to know if he would be into the tape of the show being released – he was enthusiastic about the idea and we got clearance immediately. Well, almost immediately – we did have to draw up a contract for him in jail via his lawyer, but we soon sorted it out. Probably the fact that Arthur had enjoyed the shows so much playing with the Head brothers and company helped our cause.