LOVE Love LP VEDETTE 1967 ITALY orig 1st press+mono VRM 36038 ARTHUR LEE RARE

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LOVE

 BRYAN MacLEAN, ARTHUR LEE, ALBAN 'Snoopy' PFISTERER

KEN FORSSI, JOHN ECHOLS 

One of the best West Coast folk/psych bands and producers of the seminal Forever Changes, 

a symphonic explosion of lush textures and surreal lyrics

"LOVE"

[published in the United States in 1966, but released for the first time in Italy in February 1967]

1967     LP     VEDETTE RECORDS      VRM 36038  MONO

MADE IN ITALY    ORIGINAL FIRST PRESSING

FULLY LAMINATED SINGLE COVER

WITH COMPANY INNER SLEEVE + VEDETTE CATALOGUE

This version: on the runout, the release date is: (Side A) 6-2-67; (Side B) 7-2-67

(February 6 & 7, 1967)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: VEDETTE -  GRAY-BROWNISH LABEL w/BLACK STRIPE +WHITE V LOGO - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (front & rear) VRM 36038   

Catalog on labels: VRM 36038 (5182 - LP)  / VRM 36038 (51183 - LP)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 5182 LP     (Etched): 6-2-67

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 5183 LP     (Etched): 7-2-67

On labels: Made in Italy - Tutti i diritti riservati

An Elektra U.S.A. Recording

?     33 giri   BIEM

On Front (bottom right corner): il suono vive su Vedette records

On Company Inner: 6 Fasi ? Superstereo    International Folk Music     Classica

il suono vive su Vedette records

Il Più Qualificato Repertorio Stereofonico....

Sacchettificio Italiano Rho

On back cover: Distribuzione Vedette Records Corso Europa 5 Milano

Produced by Jack Holzman and Mark Abramson

Arthur Lee, lead vocal on all selections except SOFTLY TO ME and HEY JOE, which feature Bryan MacLean

tracklisting

Side A: MY LITTLE RED BOOK - CAN'T EXPLAIN - A MESSAGE TO PRETTY

MY FLASH ON YOU - SOFTLY TO ME - NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO - EMOTIONS

Side B: YOU I'LL BE FOLLOWING - GAZING - SIGNED D.C.

COLORED BALLS FALLING - MUSHROOM CLOUDS - AND MORE

  grading

RECORD EX but (please, read below description)

SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)

During their brief heyday -- lasting all of three albums -- they drew from Byrds-ish folk-rock, 

Stones-ish hard rock, blues, jazz, flamenco, and even light orchestral pop to create a heady stew of their own. 

They were also one of the first integrated rock groups, led by genius singer/songwriter Arthur Lee, 

one of the most idiosyncratic and enigmatic talents of the '60s. 

Stars in their native Los Angeles and an early inspiration to the Doors. 

Love's debut is both their hardest-rocking early album and their most Byrds-influenced.

A few of the tracks are great, though: their punky rendition of Bacharach/David's "My Little Red Book" 

was a minor hit, "Signed D.C." and "Mushroom Clouds" were superbly moody ballads,

 and Bryan Maclean's "Softly to Me" served notice 

that Lee wasn't the only songwriter of note in the band...(AllMusic)