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Love
Love
Studio album by Love
Released	March 1966
Recorded	January 24–27, 1966
Studio	Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre	Folk rock; garage rock; psychedelic rock;
Length	36:03
Label	Elektra
Producer	Mark Abramson; Jac Holzman;
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Love is the debut album by the Los Angeles-based rock band Love; released in March 1966 by Elektra Records.

Background

Arthur Lee, who was originally from Memphis, Tennessee, but had lived in Los Angeles since he was five, had been recording since 1963 with his bands, the LAG's and Lee's American Four. He had written and also produced the single "My Diary" for Rosa Lee Brooks in 1964 which featured Jimi Hendrix on guitar.^[1] A garage outfit, The Sons Of Adam, which included future Love drummer Michael Stuart, also recorded a Lee composition, "Feathered Fish". However, after viewing a performance by the Byrds, Lee became determined to form a group that joined the newly minted folk-rock sound of the Byrds to his primarily rhythm and blues style.^{[citation needed]}

Singer, songwriter / guitarist Bryan MacLean, whom Lee had met when he was working as a roadie for the Byrds, joined the band just before they changed their name from the Grass Roots to Love, spurred by the release of a single by another group called the Grass Roots.^[2] MacLean had also been playing guitar in bands since about 1963 but picked up music early. Neighbor Frederick Loewe, of the composers Lerner & Loewe, recognized him as a "melodic genius" at the age of three as he doodled on the piano. Also joining the band was another Memphis native, lead guitarist Johnny Echols. From L.A. was drummer Don Conka. A short time later, Conka was replaced by Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer. Love's first bassist, Johnny Fleckenstein, went on to join the Standells in 1967. Fleckenstein was replaced by Ken Forssi (formerly of a post-"Wipe Out" lineup of the Surfaris).

Recording and music

Ten of the album's fourteen tracks were recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood on January 24–27, 1966. The remaining four tracks ("A Message to Pretty", "My Flash on You", "Emotions", and "Mushroom Clouds") come from another, undocumented session during that period.^[3]

Love features a mixture of folk rock genre,^[4] garage rock,^[5] and psychedelic rock.^[6] The first rock album issued on then-folk giant Elektra Records, the album begins with the group's radical reworking of the Burt Bacharach-Hal David song "My Little Red Book" and also features "Signed D.C." (allegedly a reference to one-time Love drummer Don Conka), along with the poignant "A Message to Pretty".

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[7]

The album sold approximately 150,000 copies.^[8]

In a retrospective review of the album, Richie Unterberger for AllMusic called it "their hardest-rocking early album and their most Byrds-influenced." He also stated, "Arthur Lee's songwriting muse hadn't fully developed at this stage, and in comparison with their second and third efforts, this is the least striking of the LPs featuring their classic lineup, with some similar-sounding folk-rock compositions and stock riffs."^[4]

2001 CD reissue

The 2001 CD reissue presents both monaural and stereophonic mixes of the album, as well as an alternate take of "Signed D.C." and "No. Fourteen", the B-side to the "7 and 7 Is" single.^{[citation needed]}

Legacy

The stark instrumental "Emotions" is used uncredited in Haskell Wexler's 1969 film Medium Cool as a recurring theme.

"My Little Red Book" was featured over the final credits of the movie High Fidelity in 2000, and the Beverly Hills, 90210 episode "Alone at the Top" in 1995.^[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Arthur Lee, except where indicated

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Little Red Book"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	2:38
2.	"Can't Explain"	Lee, John Echols, John Fleckenstein	2:41
3.	"A Message to Pretty"		3:13
4.	"My Flash on You"		2:09
5.	"Softly to Me"	Bryan MacLean	2:57
6.	"No Matter What You Do"		2:46
7.	"Emotions"	Lee, John Echols	2:01

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"You I'll Be Following"		2:26
9.	"Gazing"		2:42
10.	"Hey Joe"	Billy Roberts	2:42
11.	"Signed D.C."		2:47
12.	"Colored Balls Falling"		1:55
13.	"Mushroom Clouds"	Lee, John Echols, Ken Forssi, Bryan MacLean	2:25
14.	"And More"	Lee, Bryan MacLean	2:57
Total length:			36:03

Personnel

Love

Arthur Lee – lead vocals, percussion, harmonica, drums on "Can't Explain", "No Matter What You Do", "Gazing", and "And More".
Johnny Echols – lead guitar
Bryan MacLean – rhythm guitar, vocals, lead vocals on "Softly to Me" and "Hey Joe".
Ken Forssi – bass guitar
Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer – drums

Additional personnel

According to the box set Love Story, the tracks "A Message to Pretty" and "My Flash on You" may feature John Fleckenstein on bass and Don Conka on drums in place of Forssi and Pfisterer, respectively.

Singles

"My Little Red Book" b/w "A Message to Pretty" (Elektra 45603)
"No. Fourteen" (from these sessions, B side of "7 & 7 Is" - Elektra 45605)
"Hey Joe" (B side to rare "¡Que Vida!" single - Elektra 45613)

Release history

Date	Label	Format	Country	Catalog	Notes
March 1966	Elektra	LP	US	EKL-4001	Original mono release.
			US	EKS-74001	Original stereo release.
			UK	EKL-4001	Original mono release.
			UK	EKS-74001	Original stereo release.
1969	Elektra	LP	US	EKS-74001
1973	Elektra	LP	UK	K32002
1987	Edsel	LP	UK	ED 218
1988	Elektra	CD	US	74001-2	Original CD release.
June 25, 1991	Elektra	CD	Japan	WMC5-380	Reissue of the original mono release.
2001	Elektra/Warner Strategic Marketing	CD	UK & Europe	8122 73567-2	Reissue containing both mono and stereo mixes including an alternate take of "Signed D.C." and "No. Fourteen", the B-side to the "7 and 7 Is" single.
2001	Elektra	CD	US	81227 99187 6	Reissue of the original stereo release.
December 11, 2001	Sundazed	LP	US	LP 5100	Reissue of the original stereo release.
October 14, 2015	Elektra	CD	Japan	WPCR-16836	Reissue of the original stereo release including a mono mix of "My Little Red Book" as a bonus track.

References

^ ""Rolling Stone Magazine"". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 15, 2006. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
^ Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 585–586. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
^ Oxide, Chrome. "Chrome Oxide - Music Collectors pages - Love - 03/08/2014". Chromeoxide.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c Unterberger, Richie. "Love, Love: Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
^ Rob Chapman (1 September 2015). Psychedelia and Other Colours. Faber & Faber. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-571-28275-3.
^ Jim DeRogatis (December 1, 2003). Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 95. ISBN 9780634055485.
^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
^ Sullivan, James (4 August 2006). "Arthur Lee (1945-2006)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
^ "Alone at the Top". Beverly Hills 90210. tv.com. 22 February 1995. Retrieved 12 December 2009.

[1] ""Rolling Stone Magazine"". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on August 15, 2006. Retrieved 2011-10-28.

[The_Great_Rock_Discography-2] Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 585–586. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.

[3] Oxide, Chrome. "Chrome Oxide - Music Collectors pages - Love - 03/08/2014". Chromeoxide.com.

[Unterberger-4] Unterberger, Richie. "Love, Love: Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 June 2012.

[5] Rob Chapman (1 September 2015). Psychedelia and Other Colours. Faber & Faber. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-571-28275-3.

[6] Jim DeRogatis (December 1, 2003). Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 95. ISBN 9780634055485.

[7] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

[8] Sullivan, James (4 August 2006). "Arthur Lee (1945-2006)". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

[9] "Alone at the Top". Beverly Hills 90210. tv.com. 22 February 1995. Retrieved 12 December 2009.

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+'''''Love''''' is the debut album by the [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]-based rock band [[Love (band)|Love]]; released in March 1966 by [[Elektra Records]].
+==Background==
-'''''Love''''' is the eponymous debut album by the [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]-based rock band [[Love (band)|Love]], released in March 1966 on [[Elektra Records]].
+[[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]], who was originally from [[Memphis, Tennessee]], but had lived in [[Los Angeles]] since he was five, had been recording since 1963 with his bands, the LAG's and Lee's American Four. He had written and also produced the single "My Diary" for [[Rosa Lee Brooks]] in 1964 which featured [[Jimi Hendrix]] on guitar.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/11086397/arthur_lee_19452006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060815000155/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/11086397/arthur_lee_19452006 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 15, 2006 |title="Rolling Stone Magazine" |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |accessdate=2011-10-28}}</ref> A garage outfit, [[The Sons Of Adam]], which included future Love drummer Michael Stuart, also recorded a Lee composition, "Feathered Fish". However, after viewing a performance by [[the Byrds]], Lee became determined to form a group that joined the newly minted folk-rock sound of the Byrds to his primarily [[rhythm and blues]] style.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}
+Singer, songwriter / guitarist [[Bryan MacLean]],  whom Lee had met when he was working as a roadie for the Byrds, joined the band just before they changed their name from the Grass Roots to Love, spurred by the release of a single by another group called [[the Grass Roots]].<ref name="The Great Rock Discography">{{cite book
-==Recording==
+| first= Martin C.
-Twelve of the album's fourteen tracks were recorded at [[Sunset Sound Recorders]] in [[Hollywood]] on January 24–27, 1966. The remaining two tracks ("A Message To Pretty" and "My Flash On You") come from another, undocumented session.
+| last= Strong
+| year= 2000
+| title= The Great Rock Discography
+| edition= 5th
+| publisher= Mojo Books
+| location= Edinburgh
+| pages= 585–586
+| isbn= 1-84195-017-3}}</ref>
+MacLean had also been playing guitar in bands since about 1963 but picked up music early.  Neighbor [[Frederick Loewe]], of the composers [[Lerner & Loewe]], recognized him as a "melodic genius" at the age of three as he doodled on the piano.
+Also joining the band was another Memphis native, lead guitarist [[Johnny Echols]]. From L.A. was drummer Don Conka. A short time later, Conka was replaced by Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer. Love's first bassist, Johnny Fleckenstein, went on to join the [[Standells]] in 1967. Fleckenstein was replaced by [[Ken Forssi]] (formerly of a post-"[[Wipe Out (song)|Wipe Out]]" lineup of [[the Surfaris]]).
+==Recording and music==
-''Love'' is a [[folk rock]],<ref name=Unterberger/> [[garage rock]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Rob Chapman|title=Psychedelia and Other Colours|date=1 September 2015|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28275-3|page=241}}</ref> [[proto-punk]]{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}} and [[psychedelic rock]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Jim DeRogatis|title=Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U7cQmRsLgN8C&pg=PA95|date=December 1, 2003|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780634055485|page=95}}</ref> album. One of the first rock albums issued on then-folk giant [[Elektra Records]], the album begins with the group's radical reworking of the [[Burt Bacharach]]-[[Hal David]] song "[[My Little Red Book]]" and also features "Signed D.C." (allegedly a reference to one-time Love drummer Don Conka), along with the poignant "A Message to Pretty".
+Ten of the album's fourteen tracks were recorded at [[Sunset Sound Recorders]] in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]] on January 24–27, 1966. The remaining four tracks ("A Message to Pretty", "My Flash on You", "Emotions", and "Mushroom Clouds") come from another, undocumented session during that period.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chromeoxide.com/love.htm|title=Chrome Oxide - Music Collectors pages - Love - 03/08/2014|first=Chrome|last=Oxide|website=Chromeoxide.com}}</ref>
+''Love'' features a mixture of [[folk rock]] genre,<ref name=Unterberger/> [[garage rock]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Rob Chapman|title=Psychedelia and Other Colours|date=1 September 2015|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28275-3|page=241}}</ref> and [[psychedelic rock]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Jim DeRogatis|title=Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U7cQmRsLgN8C&pg=PA95|date=December 1, 2003|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780634055485|page=95}}</ref> The first rock album issued on then-folk giant [[Elektra Records]], the album begins with the group's radical reworking of the [[Burt Bacharach]]-[[Hal David]] song "[[My Little Red Book]]" and also features "[[Signed D.C.]]" (allegedly a reference to one-time Love drummer Don Conka), along with the poignant "A Message to Pretty".
-==Reception==
-In a contemporary review of the album, [[Richie Unterberger]] for [[AllMusic]] called it "their hardest-rocking early album and their most Byrds-influenced." He also stated, "Arthur Lee's songwriting muse hadn't fully developed at this stage, and in comparison with their second and third efforts, this is the least striking of the LPs featuring their classic lineup, with some similar-sounding folk-rock compositions and stock riffs."
+==Release and reception==
-==Sales==
+{{Album ratings
-The album sold about 150,000 copies.<ref>{{Citation | last = Sullivan | first = James | title= Arthur Lee (1945-2006) | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/arthur-lee-1945-2006-20060804 | publisher = rollingstone.com | date = 4 August 2006 | access-date = 4 October 2016}}</ref>
+|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
+|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=Unterberger>{{cite web| work=AllMusic| title= Love, Love: Album Review |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-mw0000652097|first=Richie |last=Unterberger |accessdate=16 June 2012}}</ref>|
+| rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
+| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}</ref>
+}}
+The album sold approximately 150,000 copies.<ref>{{Cite magazine | last = Sullivan | first = James | title= Arthur Lee (1945-2006) | url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/arthur-lee-1945-2006-20060804 | magazine = Rolling Stone | date = 4 August 2006 | access-date = 4 October 2016}}</ref>
+In a retrospective review of the album, [[Richie Unterberger]] for [[AllMusic]] called it "their hardest-rocking early album and their most Byrds-influenced." He also stated, "Arthur Lee's songwriting muse hadn't fully developed at this stage, and in comparison with their second and third efforts, this is the least striking of the LPs featuring their classic lineup, with some similar-sounding folk-rock compositions and stock riffs."<ref name=Unterberger />
+===2001 CD reissue===
+The 2001 CD reissue presents both monaural and stereophonic mixes of the album, as well as an alternate take of "Signed D.C." and "No. Fourteen", the [[B-side]] to the "[[7 and 7 Is]]" single.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
 ==Legacy==
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-|date={{date|1995-02-22}}
+|date=22 February 1995
 |title=Alone at the Top
-|accessdate={{date|2009-12-12}}
+|accessdate=12 December 2009
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 | all_writing     = [[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]], except where indicated
 | headline        = Side one
+| title1  = [[My Little Red Book#Love version|My Little Red Book]]
-| title1  = [[My Little Red Book#Love recording|My Little Red Book]]
 | writer1 = [[Burt Bacharach]], [[Hal David]]
 | length1 = 2:38
 | title2  = Can't Explain
 | writer2 = Lee, John Echols, John Fleckenstein
 | length2 = 2:41
 | title3  = A Message to Pretty
 | length3 = 3:13
 | title4  = My Flash on You
 | length4 = 2:09
 | title5  = Softly to Me
 | writer5 = Bryan MacLean
 | length5 = 2:57
 | title6  = No Matter What You Do
 | length6 = 2:46
 | title7  = Emotions
 | writer7 = Lee, John Echols
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 {{Track listing
 | headline        = Side two
 | title8  = You I'll Be Following
 | length8 = 2:26
 | title9  = Gazing
 | length9 = 2:42
 | title10  = [[Hey Joe]]
 | writer10 = [[Billy Roberts]]
 | length10 = 2:42
+| title11  = [[Signed D.C.]]
-| title11  = Signed D.C.
 | length11 = 2:47
 | title12  = Colored Balls Falling
 | length12 = 1:55
 | title13  = Mushroom Clouds
 | writer13 = Lee, John Echols, Ken Forssi, Bryan MacLean
 | length13 = 2:25
 | title14  = And More
 | writer14 = Lee, Bryan MacLean
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 | total_length = 36:03
 }}
-===2001 CD reissue===
-The 2001 CD reissue presents both monaural and stereophonic mixes and includes an alternate take of "Signed D.C." and "No. Fourteen", the [[B-side]] to the "[[7 and 7 Is]]" single.
 ==Personnel==
+{{No sources|section|date=March 2021}}
-;Love
+'''Love'''
-*[[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]] - lead vocals, percussion, harmonica.  Also drums on "Can't Explain", "No Matter What You Do", "Gazing", and "And More".
+*[[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]] – lead vocals, percussion, harmonica, drums on "Can't Explain", "No Matter What You Do", "Gazing", and "And More".
-*[[Johnny Echols]] - lead guitar
-*[[Bryan MacLean]] - rhythm guitar, vocals.  Lead vocals on "Softly to Me" and "Hey Joe".
+*[[Johnny Echols]] – lead guitar
+*[[Bryan MacLean]] – rhythm guitar, vocals, lead vocals on "Softly to Me" and "Hey Joe".
-*[[Ken Forssi]] - bass
+*[[Ken Forssi]] – bass guitar
-*Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer - drums
+*Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer – drums
-;Additional personnel
+'''Additional personnel'''
 According to the box set ''Love Story'', the tracks "A Message to Pretty" and "My Flash on You" may feature John Fleckenstein on bass and Don Conka on drums in place of Forssi and Pfisterer, respectively.
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 ==Release history==
+{{No sources|section|date=March 2021}}
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+|Elektra/[[Warner Strategic Marketing]]
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 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
 {{Love (band)}}
+{{Authority control}}
 [[Category:1966 debut albums]]
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 [[Category:Albums produced by Mark Abramson]]
 [[Category:Elektra Records albums]]
+[[Category:Albums recorded at Sunset Sound Recorders]]

v t e Love
Arthur Lee Bryan MacLean Johnny Echols Ken Forssi Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer Michael Stuart-Ware Tjay Cantrelli
Studio albums	Love Da Capo Forever Changes Four Sail Out Here False Start Reel to Real Love Lost Black Beauty Arthur Lee & Love
Compilations/Live albums	Out There The Forever Changes Concert
Songs	"My Little Red Book" "Hey Joe" "7 and 7 Is" "She Comes in Colors" "Orange Skies" "Stephanie Knows Who" "¡Que Vida!" "Alone Again Or" "A House Is Not a Motel" "Andmoreagain" "The Red Telephone" "Everybody's Gotta Live"
Related articles	Discography