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BRYAN MacLEAN

As the secondary songwriter in the renowned folk-rock/psychedelic group Love, guitarist and vocalist Bryan MacLean was overshadowed by that group's driving force, singer/songwriter Arthur Lee. Yet MacLean did manage to squeeze a few of his own compositions onto the group's first three albums: "Softly to Me," "Orange Skies," "Old Man," and "Alone Again Or." MacLean's tunes had a lighter, poppier touch than Lee's, but also had a similar evanescent, mystical glow, enhanced by MacLean's odd trembling vocals. MacLean left Love under confused circumstances in 1968, shortly after the release of Forever Changes. Elektra offered to record him as a solo artist, but decided not to release anything after hearing the projected material, which label boss Jac Holzman, according to MacLean's recollection, found "too fragmented." MacLean was halfway through a solo album for Capitol when he abandoned the rock business in 1970. He did play some live shows with Arthur Lee in a retooled version of Love in the late '70s, but had, for most purposes, turned away from the entertainment world towards Christianity. His half sister, Maria McKee, rose to prominence as a country-rock singer in the 1980s and 1990s, both with Lone Justice and as a solo act. In 1997, Sundazed released a collection of solo acoustic MacLean demos, ifyoubelievein, that were mostly recorded back in Love's 1966-1967 heyday (some material from 1972 and 1982 was also included). Most of the songs were never released by Love, and form an intriguing missing piece of the cult group's legacy, which highlights MacLean's enigmatic melodic and rhythmic compositional style, with its unconventional meter stretches and key switches. His quavering vocals, too, are revealed as a potentially greater influence on the style Lee employed throughout Forever Changes than was previously thought...(AllMusic)

"IFYOUBELIEVEIN"

[Recorded back in Love's 1966-1967 heyday (some material from 1972 and 1982 was also included)]

1997    LP+7"     SUNDAZED RECORDS      LP 5056   MONO

PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.    ORIGINAL PRESSING

LIMITED & HAND-NUMBERED EDITION of 1000 COPIES. THIS ONE # 227

180GR       WITH FREE 7" (YELLOW/ORANGE TRANSLUCENT COLOR)

GATEFOLD COVER + INSERT + ORIGINAL STICKERED OUTER PLASTIC COVER

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 90771-5056-1 3

Label Code: none

LABEL: SUNDAZED- BLACK LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover:  (spine & rear) LP 5056
Catalog on LP labels: LP 5056

7" Single labels: S 128

Disc One Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): LP-5056A-1A
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): LP-5056B-1B

7" Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): S-128A-1A
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): S-128B-1A

On labels: company + artists + tracklist

(on 7" only): rim text reads "Bonus 45 RPM Single - Included with Sundazed LP 5056"

On Inside Panels: Notes by Bryan MacLean (Los Angeles, April 1997), and David Fricke

Manufactured under license from Breadcrust Productions

Mastered by Bob Irwin at Sundazed Studios, Coxsackie, NY.

On back cover: All tracks are previously unissued.

? & © 1997 Sundazed Music Inc.

tracklisting

(All tracks are previously unissued)

LP Side A: BARBER JOHN - FRESH HOPE - KATHLEEN - ORANGE SKIES

STRONG COMMITMENT - ALONE AGAIN OR - TIRED OF SITTING

Side B:  BLUES SINGER - FRIDAY'S PARTY - PEOPLE - CLAUDIA

IF YOU BELIEVE IN - SHE LOOKS GOOD - OLD MAN

7" Side A: ORANGE SKIES (second version)

Side B: ALONE AGAIN OR (second version)

grading
RECORDS EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

The release of these previously unissued, acoustic solo demos was a minor revelation for Love fans. Ten of the 16 tracks were recorded in 1966 and 1967, including early versions of "Old Man" and "Orange Skies," as well as eight songs that never made it onto Love's '60s albums. Of the remaining six cuts, five were recorded in 1982, and one (a version of "Alone Again Or") in 1972, although all of these were also composed in the '60s. MacLean's best songs are still "Alone Again Or" and "Old Man," the two compositions that ended up on Forever Changes (an excellent demo of "Old Man" concludes the LP). The set as a whole, however, reveals a singer/songwriter who was comparable to few other '60s rockers, in his fey melodicism (with little if any blues/R&B influence); his transmutation of folk and flamenco influences into more pop- and rock-based structures; his unexpectedly rapid key changes and irregular lyric meter; and in his guileless vocals, which are unaffected to the point of naivete. It's kind of like a cross between Joni Mitchell and Jose Feliciano. Even if relatively few MacLean compositions were permitted to interefere with Arthur Lee's material on Love's early albums, it seems likely that MacLean had a substantial influence on Lee's writing and, more noticeably, the Johnny Mathis-like vocal delivery that characterized Lee's vocals on Forever Changes. Presumably, lines such as "ladies should be used and simply tossed aside like worn-out shoes" (from "Strong Commitment") make the composer wince today, but there are some good songs here, such as "Fresh Hope," "Kathleen," and "She Looks Good," that would have been worthy inclusions on early Love LPs. The material from 1972 and 1982 is quite similar -- in both quality and bare-bones production -- to the earlier demos, for those conceerned that the later stuff may be too dissimilar from the '60s performances to merit investigation...(AllMusic)