AUTHENTIC SIGNED ARTHUR LEE = "LOVE" 1st ●1966 GARAGE FUZZ Psych ● HEY JOE RAVES

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• ORIGINAL GOLD ELEKTRA PRESSING
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  1966 Fuzz Punk & Jangle Garage CLASSIC
• Hand Signatures ARTHUR LEE & JOHN ECHOLS ..|/\|...............................................|/\|..
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• USA - (GOLD) MONO ELEKTRA - EKL-4001 

1. Original gold Elektra inner sleeve included 
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   ORIGINAL 1966 rare MONO first press... the scarce, in demand mono release contains bold punchy production, different song mixes from the stereo '66 release
3.  LOVE's first LP is a psychedelic-garage-punk masterpiece. 
4. Influenced by the folk-rock sound of west coast groups like the Byrds (Love was based in Hollywood), the album tore through manic rave-ups, waded through scary blues-harp dirges, introduced hallucinogenic instrumentals and managed to sound like the Byrds, the Kinks and the Yardbirds, while maintaining a unique style accented by Arthur's impassioned vocals. The album also included LOVE's first and biggest hit, "My Little Red Book" (a moody, alienated deconstruction of a minor Bacharach/David tune which was a huge West Coast hit and peaked at #52 nationwide). 
5. Along with the Byrd's "Fifth Dimension", this LP was a major influence on Pink Floyd's Syd Barrett, who would record one of psychedelia's greatest album, "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" in early 1967. The LOVE album also featured a wild punk-fuzz version of the song, "Hey Joe" which was later to be recorded by the Byrds and The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
   
   The song list here is close to a set-list Love would play when they were the house band at the Whiskey during the 1966 youth-quake. 
6. The Sunset Strip riots became the harbinger of the social explosion of the Sixties and began at a club called Ciro's when police attempted to arrest under-aged youth for curfew violations. The Strip erupted as police and "freaks" battled for the liberated turf. Of all of the bands playing the Strip in '66 Love had the largest following. Bands like the Doors, Mothers of Invention and Buffalo Springfield were opening acts when Love played. It was ground zero in the explosion of psychedelic-rock and Love steered the course.
   
   The production quality sounds like a typical live "one-take/no remixes" rock album of that era, which has lead to the self-titled album being labeled as 'garage' rock. The opening cut "Little Red Book" shows why Love was not simply another one hit wonder from garage-land. The song starts simply enough, with a pulsating one note bass line and accompanied by a tambourine with reverb drenched guitar joining in. It's sounds like a mid-sixties garage band tune, but soon you are listening to a very complicated composition, with time signature changes at both the bridge and the chorus. There are rapidly changing chord progressions and a murderous key change toward the end of the song. It would crazy for a vocalist to attempt to coherently phrase the wordiness of the lyrics within such a bizarre song structure. Arthur Lee not only does it, but does so with elegance and feeling. The Love version of the Burt Bachrach tune "My Little Red Book" became the definitive version of that song. Dionne Warwick (who was queen of the Bachrach interpreters) was so daunted by Lee's vocals, that she never attempted a version of "Little Red Book."
   
   The self titled Love debut is full of jewels. Many of the Arthur Lee compositions are the equals of the Velvet Underground's for dark, atmospheric tunes. "Can't Explain" with impulsive rhythms and catchy bridge. We see Love's early embrace of samba and calypso with Byran MacLean's "Softly To Me" and "And More". There is so much here to indicate Love's musical sophistication and unique style which became so apparent in "DuCapo" and "Forever Changes" This debut Lp is musical equal of any debut by the great bands of the sixties. Love could play "Hey Joe" with the best of them. Love was a break-through band for more reasons than "Forever Changes." Jim Morrison took Arthur Lee's long stream of consciousness songs and fashioned them into rock epics like "The End" and "When the Musics Over." Jimi Hendrix appropriated Arthur's flamboyant style of dressing and moved from L.A. to London, and Hendrix's fashion style was almost as important as his brilliant guitar playing. The Byrds were already folk-rock stars on Columbia Records but their admiration of Love led to a shift from folk rock to psychedelia on "Fifth Dimension" and "Younger Than Yesterday." So Love's impact on music begins with this self titled 1st Lp and curiously enough, "Forever Changes" was not fully appreciated until long after Love's dissolution as a band.
7. My Little Red Book
   
   Can't Explain
   
   Message to Pretty
   
   My Flash on You
   
   Softly to Me
   
   No Matter What You Do
   
   Emotions
   
   You I'll Be Following
   
   Gazing
   
   Hey Joe
   
   Signed D.C.
   
   Coloured Balls Falling
   
   Mushroom Clouds
   
   And More
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9. The self titled 1966 LOVE LP was the beginning from one of the greatest bands from the sixties
10. Hand Signatures ARTHUR LEE & JOHN ECHOLS
11. who's Earl?, a name Arthur referred to someone as...  

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13. CONDITION:
14. The cover: rated: near "EX" (excellent)  only small signs of previous use, nothing alarming at all, SIGNED by both ARTHUR LEE and original Love guitarist JOHN ECHOLS in bold black sharpie (lifetime guaranteed original), Arthur & Johnny both held this LP in hands while signing)...There is a delete drill at bottom left, no split seams, no faded areas, and without writing  ...

1. The vinyl: Rated: VG+ viewed in sunlight, only some soft light wispy hair scuffs, hence grade, though deep groove MONO '66 production plays with excellent audio - and both MONO Elektra labels are clean