Love (band)
| Love | |
|---|---|
 Love 1967 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Los Angeles , United States |
| Genre (s) | Psychedelic rock , folk rock , garage rock , psychedelic folk , baroque pop , acid rock |
| founding | 1965, 2002 |
| resolution | 1996, 2005 |
| Founding members | |
| Arthur Lee († 2006) | |
| Bryan McLean († 1998) | |
| Johnny Echols | |
| Johnny Fleckenstein | |
| Don Conka († 2004) | |
| Alban Pfisterer | |
Love was a rock band from Los Angeles founded in 1965 around guitarist and singer Arthur Lee .
history
The band Love first appeared in Los Angeles in 1965 as the successor to Lee's previous group The Grass Roots. Their music is primarily assigned to psychedelic rock and folk , but also includes garage rock and orchestral pop or baroque pop . Between 1965 and 1969, Love released five studio albums, of which the 1967 Forever Changes became the most famous. It is one of the best albums of all time in critical circles; For example, Rolling Stone magazine voted it 40th of the 500 best albums of all time . In the selection of the 500 best albums by the New Musical Express, it ranks 36th. Since Arthur Lee refused to tour outside of Los Angeles, Forever Changes was only a moderate commercial success in the United States. Due to disputes and drug problems, the band also disintegrated and the co-founders MacLean, Pfisterer and Echols and other members left the band. The magnum opus Forever Changes only achieved cult status after the breakup of Love and especially in Europe. At the end of 1974 the seventh and final studio album, Reel to Real, was released . In the following years Love was only active sporadically.
In 1992 Arthur Lee released the album Five String Serenade with Love , which also includes the title song, which was covered by Mazzy Star the following year .
After Arthur Lee was sentenced to a long prison term in a controversial case for illicit gun possession in 1995, Love broke up. There were expressions of solidarity, including a. shirts with the words "Free Arthur Lee" were distributed. After 5½ years, the judgment was overturned by an appeals court.
After his release from prison in 2001, Lee successfully toured Europe with his revival band Love with Arthur Lee . In 2003 the DVD-Video The Forever Changes Concert was created in the London Royal Festival Hall , which contains the titles of the 1967 record in a live new version with orchestra accompaniment.
Arthur Lee died on August 3, 2006, at the age of 61, of complications from a leukemia disease.
The tribute band Love Revisited, led by founding member Johnny Echols, has existed since 2009.
Influences
Love has had a great musical influence on other bands in rock history - the list ranges from the early Pink Floyd to Genesis to Calexico and others
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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 UK
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 US
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| 1966 | Love | - |
US57 (18 weeks) US |
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| Da Capo | - |
US80 (11 weeks) US |
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| 1967 | Forever Changes |
UK24  (6 weeks)UK |
US154 (10 weeks) US |
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| 1969 | Four Sail | - |
US102 (12 weeks) US |
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| Out Here |
UK29 (2 weeks) UK |
US176 (5 weeks) US |
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| 1970 | False start | - |
US184 (3 weeks) US |
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more publishments
- 1974: Reel to Real
- 1992: Arthur Lee & Love
- 2001: Five String Serenade
- 2009: Love Lost (recordings from 1971)
- 2012: Black Beauty (recordings from 1973)
Live albums
- 1980: Love Live (concert from 1978)
- 1982: Studio / Live (second page contains a live concert from 1970)
- 2003: The Forever Changes Concert
- 2003: Electrifically Speaking - Live in Concert
- 2003: Back on the Scene (concert in My Place, Santa Monica, 1991)
- 2010: Arthur Lee and Love - Live in Paris 1992
- 2015: Coming Through to You: The Live Recording (1970-2004)
- 2017: Complete "Forever Changes" Live
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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UK
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US
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| 1966 | Love Revisited | - |
US142 (7 weeks) US |
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- 1973: Love Elektra Masters
- 1980: The Best of Love (2003 expanded and re-released on CD)
- 1988: Out There
- 1992: Love Comes in Colors
- 1995: Love Story 1966–1972
- 2005: Rhino Hi-Five: Love
- 2006: Love: The Definitive Rock Collection
- 2007: The Blue Thumb Recordings
- 2014: Love Songs: An Anthology of Arthur Lee's Love
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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UK
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US
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| 1966 | My Little Red Book Love |
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US52 (11 weeks) US |
B-side: A Message To Pretty
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| 7 and 7 Is | - |
US33 (10 weeks) US |
B-side: No. Fourteen
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| 1970 | Alone Again Or Forever Changes |
- |
US99 (3 weeks) US |
B-side: Good Times
Re-Release |
more publishments
- 1966: She Comes In Colors / Orange Skies
- 1967: Que Vida / Hey Joe
- 1968: Alone Again Or / A House Is Not A Motel
- 1968: Your Mind and We Belong Together / Laughing Stock
- 1994: Girl on Fire / Midnight Sun
Video albums
- 2003: Love with Arthur Lee: The Forever Changes Concert
Individual evidence
- ↑ Audio sample album Forever Changes on youtube
- ↑ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time on rollingstone.com, accessed September 24, 2017
- ↑ The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time: 100-1 on nme.com, accessed September 24, 2017
- ^ Rolling Stone , Biography Arthur Lee, accessed June 21, 2008
- ^ Title Five String Serenade
- ^ Paul Lester: Hard Times . In: The Guardian , May 21, 2002, p. 31. (English)
- ^ Matthew Greenwald: Love's Arthur Lee to be Free . In: Rolling Stone , December 12, 2001. (English)
- ↑ Audio sample music video The Forever Changes Concert
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: US UK
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK