Love: Love Story 1966-1972 - Disc 2 of 2 CD Track Listing

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Love Love Story 1966-1972 - Disc 2 of 2 (1995)
Love Story 1966-1972 - Disc 2 of 2\n\nOriginally Released July 18, 1995\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: Double-CD box contains most of their classic first three albums (including the entirety of Forever Changes), all three non-LP tracks from their 1966-1968 prime, and highlights of the post-Bryan MacLean albums from the late '60s and early '70s. Great booklet of liner notes and photos, but considering that all of those first three albums remain easy to find, and that the post-Forever Changes material is much inferior to the early recordings, it's not quite an essential purchase, although it might make a nicely packaged supplement. The absence of "Revelation" from Da Capo is no big deal, but a few tracks from the debut are missing, including one of the better ones, "Mushroom Clouds." -- Richie Unterberger\n\nVillage Voice (2/20/96) - Tied for #3 on the Reissues list of Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll. \n\nQ Magazine (10/95, p.133) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Clearly compiled with care and attention, every important Love track you will ever need...is here..." \n\nCD Connection.com Review\nLOVE STORY 1966-72 features chronologically ordered tracks from all eight Love albums--including the entire FOREVER CHANGES--as well as various singles, B-sides and one solo Arthur Lee cut. \n\nLove: Arthur Lee (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano, percussion, drums); Bryan MacLean (vocals, guitar); John Echols, Jay Donnellan (guitar); Gary Rowles (guitar, background vocals); Tjay Cantrelli (flute, saxophone); Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer (harpsichord, organ, drums); Ken Forssi (bass); Frank Fayad (bass, background vocals); Drachen Theaker (drums); Michael Stuart (drums, percussion); George Suranovich (drums, background vocals). \n\nAdditional personnel: Noony Ricket (vocals, guitar); Jimi Hendrix, Charles Karp (guitar); Jim Hobson (piano, organ); David Hull (bass); Don Poncher (drums). \n\nProducers: Mark Abramson, Jac Holzman, Paul Rothchild, Arthur Lee, Bruce Botnick. \n\nCompilation producers: Gary Stewart, Bill Inglot, Andrew Sandoval. \n\nEngineers includes: Dave Hassinger, Bruce Botnick, John Haeny. \n\nRecorded at Sunset Sound Recorders, RCA Victor Recording Studios and A&M Studios, Hollywood, California; Elektra Sound Recorders and The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California. Includes liner notes by Harold Bronson, Phil Gallo and Andrew Sandoval. \n\nLove were originally named the Grass Roots, but they were forced to change that when another band raced up the pop charts with the same handle. Tumultuous in an era touting peace and love, this multiracial combo was the first rock band signed to the folk label Elektra. In four densely packed years (1966-1970), they experienced the ups, downs, and changing fortunes that artists these days experience within only a decade. The legacy they left behind includes one highly regarded classic (FOREVER CHANGES), two more great albums (their self-titled debut and its follow-up, DA CAPO) and scattered brilliance spread over another three releases. \n\nLOVE STORY is a superb two-disc collection, well annotated and lovingly researched. It includes all of FOREVER CHANGES, large portions of its two predecessors, essentials selected from the remaining output, and a couple of singles, live, unreleased and solo numbers. This is an essential set for fans of the band or for anyone wanting to be properly introduced to its work . \n\nAmazon.com Editorial Review\nLove was the Los Angeles psychedelic band of the '60s. Indeed, rivals the Doors wanted to be Love, and the Rolling Stones stole more than a few ideas from their trippier moments. Led by Arthur Lee and (during their finest years) ex-Byrds roadie Bryan MacLean, Love ran the musical gamut from proto-punk ("7 and 7 Is") to lushly orchestrated pop ("Alone Again Or") and released one of rock's true masterpieces, 1967's Forever Changes. This two-CD collection brings together many of the band's best moments, beginning with their 1966 hit "My Little Red Book" and moving on to Forever Changes in its entirety and some of the band's surprisingly effective later material. --Percy Keegan \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nThe sound of 60s LA, February 18, 2001\nReviewer: Joseph Rakauskas (Woodland Hills, CA United States)\nThis group was great, in my opinion more interesting than better known rivals The Doors. In the absence of the original albums "Love" and "Da Capo", the box set does a good job compiling all the most important tracks, plus thenetire third album "Forever Changes" is included.\nLove could play. The songwriting is great. The playing and instrumentation and "mood"were unique. They are energetic, accessible and really different from what others were doing at the time. I see how these guys generated such a buzxz at the time. WIth better management and touring and promotion, they could have been commercially much more successful, but the band is famous for not ever wanting to travel outside LA (and never did).\n\nLove is exciting and a real find. The music is fresh and vital 35 years later. Check it out and be amazed.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nGreat compilation, with a few missing pieces, September 3, 2000\nReviewer: A music fan\nMy only beef with this compilation is that I would have preferred more selections from the first LP and less from the later lineups. For instance, I think that no Love compilation can be definitive without including "Mushroom Clouds." The entire first album could have been included, for that matter.\nOn the other hand, all of the essentials from Da Capo are presented, the only thing missing being the mostly disposable "Revelation." The classic Forever Changes is presented in its entirety, and Rhino tastefully divided the album between the two CDs in the natural divisions of side 1 and 2 of the original LP.\n\nSome of the late-period stuff is interesting, but things like the Four Sail album just don't measure up to the earlier works, in my opinion.\n\nStill, this compilation is pretty complete, and it presents an important body of work from an important, truly original band.\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nLove Story is essential, December 21, 1999\nReviewer: Randy Black (Chattanooga)\nFor those unfamiliar with this band, Love was Jim Morrison's favorite band and a favorite of others such as Robert Plant, Billy Bragg, Ted Nugent and countless others. Jimi Hendrix even recorded with them. The lead singer, Arthur Lee, looks like Jimi. The music sounds like a cross between the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, the Byrds and the Moody Blues. This 2 cd set remasters essential recordings putting the cuts from the first 2 cds in the original mono which brings out the guitar and bass better giving these cuts a stronger, richer sound. The entire Forever Changes cd is included. I just wish it was a 5 disc or more set because Love's music is so essential no music should be left out.
This rock cd contains 20 tracks and runs 77min 4sec.
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