Sold Date:
November 4, 2018
Start Date:
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ORIGINAL GOLD ELEKTRA PRESSING
1966 Fuzz Punk & Jangle Garage CLASSIC
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ARTHUR LEE
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USA - (GOLD) ELEKTRA RECORDS - STEREO
FINAL COLLECTION COPY !!
ORIGINAL 1966 first press...
Arthur Lee's STUNNING first LOVE album
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LOVE's first LP is a psychedelic-garage-punk masterpiece. Influenced by the folk-rock sound of west coast groups like the Byrds (Love was based in Los Angeles), the album tore through manic rave-ups, waded through scary blues-harp dirges, introduced hallucinogenic instrumentals and managed to sound like the Byrds, the Kinks and the Yardbirds, while maintaining a unique style accented by Arthur's empassioned vocals. The album also included LOVE's first and biggest hit, "My Little Red Book" (a moody, alienated deconstruction of a minor Bacharach/David tune which was a huge West Coast hit and peaked at #52 nationwide). Along with the Byrd's "Fifth Dimension", this LP was a major influence on Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, who would record one of psychedelia's greatest album, "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" in early 1967. The album also featured a wild punk-fuzz version of the folk song, "Hey Joe" which was later to be recorded by the Byrds and The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
The
song list is close to a set-list Love would play when they were the
house band at the Whiskey during the 1966 youth-quake. The Sunset Strip
riots became the harbinger of the social explosion of the Sixties and
began at a club called Ciro's when police attempted to arrest underaged
youth for curfew violations. The Strip erupted as police and "freaks"
battled for liberated turf. Of all of the bands playing the Strip in '66
Love had the largest following. Bands like the Doors, Mothers of
Invention and Buffalo Springfield were opening acts when Love played. It
was ground zero in the explosion of psychedelica and Love steered the
course.
The production quality sounds like a typical live
"one-take/no remixes" rock album of that era, which has lead to the
self-titled album being labeled as 'garage' rock. The opening cut
"Little Red Book" shows why Love was not simply another one hit wonder
from garageland. The song starts simply enough, with a pulsating one
note bass line and accompanied by a tamborine with reverb drenched
guitar joining in. It's sounds like a garage band tune, but soon we are
listening to a very complicated composition, with time signature changes
at both the bridge and the chorus. There are rapidly changing chord
progressions and a murderous key change toward the end of the song. It
would crazy for a vocalist to attempt to coherently phrase the wordiness
of the lyrics within this bizzare song structure. Arthur Lee not only
does it, but does so with elegance and feeling. The Love version of the
Burt Bachrach tune "My Little Red Book" became the definitive version of
that song. Dionne Warwick (who was queen of the Bachrach intrepeters)
was so daunted by Lee's vocals, that she never even attempted a version
of "Little Red Book."
The self titled Love debut is full of
jewels. Many of the Arthur Lee compositions are the equals of the Velvet
Underground's for dark, atmospheric tunes. "Can't Explain" with
impulsive rhythms and catchy bridge. We see Love's early embrace of
samba and calypso with Byran MacLean's "Softly To Me" and "And More".
There is so much here to indicate Love's musical sophistication and
unique style which became so apparent in "DuCapo" and "Forever Changes"
This debut is musical equal of any debut by the great bands of the
sixties. Love could play "Hey Joe" with the best of them. Love was a
break-through band for more reasons than "Forever Changes." Jim Morrison
took Arthur Lee's long stream of consciousness songs and fashioned them
into rock epics like "The End" and "When the Musics Over." Jimi Hendrix
appropriated Arthur's flamboyant style of dressing and moved from L.A.
to London,and Hendrix's fashion style was almost as important as his
brilliant guitar playing. The Byrds were already folk-rock stars on
Columbia Records but their admiration of Love led to a shift from folk
rock to psychedelica on "Fifth Deminson" and "Younger Than Yesterday."
So Love's impact on music begins with this self titled debut and
curiously enough, "Forever Changes" was not fully appreciated until long
after Love's dissolution as a band. Their self titled debut is one of
the great albums of the sixties.
My Little Red Book
Can't Explain
Message to Pretty
My Flash on You
Softly to Me
No Matter What You Do
Emotions
You I'll Be Following
Gazing
Hey Joe
Signed D.C.
Coloured Balls Falling
Mushroom Clouds
And More
CONDITION: The cover: rated: near M- outstanding! Very stiff and clean all over, has tiny miniature staple marks where the price tag was applied as many stores used that method - Only minor, but there. Has original colors, no delete marks, no split seams, no fraying, no bends .... 52 years old:
The vinyl: both sides are shiny smooth, rated: "M-" expect very nice (M-) play grade with enjoyable audio and NOT surface distraction! Both gold Elektra labels are clean
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