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Love (released in April 1966) is the eponymous debut by the Los Angeles-based interracial quintet of Arthur Lee (vocals, harmonica, drums, percussion, bass), Johnny Echols (lead guitar), Bryan MacLean (rhythm guitar, vocal), Ken Forssi (bass) and Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer (drums). 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, and possibly feature early Love members Don Conka (drums) and John Fleckenstein (bass) in place of Pfisterer and Forssi.

One of the first rock albums issued on Elektra Records, the album was anchored by the radical reworking of the Burt Bacharach and Hal David song "My Little Red Book", the anti-drug anthem "Signed D.C." (allegedly a reference to one-time drummer Conka), and the bluesy "A Message to Pretty". The stark instrumental "Emotions" is used uncredited in Haskell Wexler's 1969 film Medium Cool as a recurring theme.

Track listing

  1. "My Little Red Book" (B. Bacharach/H. David)
  2. "Can't Explain" (A. Lee/J. Echols/J. Fleckenstein)
  3. "A Message to Pretty" (A. Lee)
  4. "My Flash on You" (A. Lee)
  5. "Softly to Me" (B. Maclean)
  6. "No Matter What You Do" (A. Lee)
  7. "Emotions" (A. Lee/J. Echols)
  8. "You I'll Be Following" (A. Lee)
  9. "Gazing" (A. Lee)
  10. "Hey Joe" (Billy Roberts)
  11. "Signed D. C." (A. Lee)
  12. "Coloured Balls Falling" (A. Lee)
  13. "Mushroom Clouds" (A. Lee/J. Echols/K. Forssi/B. Maclean)
  14. "And More" (A. Lee/B. Maclean)
  • Note: The 2001 CD issue presents both stereo and monaural mixes and adds as bonus tracks an alternate take of "Signed DC" and the outtake "No 14" (later the B-side to "Seven and Seven Is").

Participants

  • Arthur Lee: lead vocals, harmonica, percussion, drums (on "Can't Explain", "No Matter What You Do", "Gazing" and "And More"), some bass
  • John Echols: lead guitar
  • Bryan MacLean: rhythm guitar, vocal (lead vocal on "Softly to Me" and "Hey Joe")
  • Ken Forssi: bass
  • Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer: drums (except on "Can't Explain", "No Matter What You Do", "Gazing", "Mushroom Clouds" and "And More")
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