Albums That Changed Music: Love

Albums That Changed Music: Love - Forever Changes

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Love was an American psychedelic and folk-rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965. Led by Arthur Lee, Love was one of the first racially diverse American rock bands. Their style drew from an eclectic range of sources including hard rock, blues, jazz, flamenco, and orchestral pop.
While finding only modest success on the music charts, peaking in 1966 with their Top 40 hit “7 and 7 Is”, Love would come to be praised by critics as their third album, Forever Changes (1967), became generally regarded as one of the best albums of the 1960s. It was added to the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry in 2011.
Singer/multi-instrumentalist Arthur Lee, who was originally from Memphis, Tennessee but had lived in Los Angelessince the age of five, had been recording since 1963 with his bands the LAG’s and Lee’s American Four. He wrote and produced the single “My Diary” for Rosa Lee Brooks in 1964, which featured Jimi Hendrix on guitar. The Sons Of Adam, which included future Love drummer Michael Stuart, recorded the Lee composition “Feathered Fish”. After attending a performance by the Byrds, Lee decided to form a band that joined the newly minted folk-rock sound of the Byrds to his primarily rhythm and blues style.
Love started playing the Los Angeles clubs in April 1965 and became a popular local attraction, while gaining the attention of the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds. The band lived communally in a house called “the Castle” and their first two albums included photographs shot in the garden of that house.
Their third album Forever Changes was released in November 1967 and was co-produced by Bruce Botnick. The album displayed a softer and more avant-garde approach for the band. By this time, tension arose between Arthur Lee and Bryan MacLean, who wanted more of his songs on the album. The band recorded the album in only 64 hours, though many professional session players were utilized, including some who replaced the actual band members in some songs. Writer Richard Meltzer, in his book The Aesthetics of Rock, commented on Love’s “orchestral moves”, “post-doper word contraction cuteness”, and Lee’s vocal style that serves as a “reaffirmation of Johnny Mathis”. Forever Changes included one hit single, MacLean’s “Alone Again Or”. By this stage, Love were far more popular in the UK, where the album reached No. 24, than in their home country, where it could only reach No. 154. Forever Changeshas since received recognition as one of the greatest rock albums of all time, appearing on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, being inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and added to the Library of Congress’s National Recording Registry in 2011.
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@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

What other albums do you think changed music? Let me know by commenting below!

@familycorvette 2 жыл бұрын

I'm still holding out for Suede's self-titled debut album.

@gilbertspader7974 2 жыл бұрын

Switched on Bach by Wendy Carlos. She also did music in A Clockwork Orange.

@royalbabbi 2 жыл бұрын

Some great albums in the late 60s in particular, along with Forever Changes, were Pet Sounds and Sgt Peppers' (of course), Odessey and Oracle by the Zombies, SF Sorrow by the Pretty Things, Ogdens' Nuts from the Small Faces, The Crazy World of Arthur Brown and so many others with their influence still resonating in recent records.

@gilbertspader7974 2 жыл бұрын

@@familycorvette You don’t look the same

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

@@familycorvette great album!!

@jlovebirch 7 ай бұрын

The album does the impossible by capturing the very spirit of 1967 in a magical way that somehow isn't dated and remains timeless.

@Gongtopia 2 жыл бұрын

‘Forever Changes’ is a true masterpiece, and I don’t say that lightly. It is still timeless today, 54 years later. I still listen to it often and marvel at both the beauty and ingenuity of the music. ‘Alone Again Or’ gets me every time. Psychedelic rock with horns, strings and acoustic guitars-amazing!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much for sharing!

@davidramsey487 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Warren! This is so cool to see! My band backed up Arthur from 1992 to 2005, and we played Forever Changes in it’s entirety with strings and horns many times. It was always a joy to play this music. Thank you for covering it. We still do shows with original guitarist Johnny Echols if you’re ever interested in coming to a show, hit me up. Hope you’re marvelously well!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! That’s amazing! Where did you play? I’m assuming I’ve seen you! I was at the UCLA Royce Hall show, amazing

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I had Johnny’s info before I made the video! I would have included him

@ragnadrabinowitz7629 2 жыл бұрын

i saw you guys at the birchmere in alexandria, va. baby lemonade! there were so many musicians in that audience that night. transcendant performance!

@aryehwiznitzer9060 2 жыл бұрын

You guys were great the time I saw you in the early 2000s.

@Phil_Trujeque 2 жыл бұрын

Baby Lemonade? Is this Rusty? Hey man, how'd you guys get that gig with Arthur Lee? I used to play a few Love songs from the FC album with friends of mine, that actually sounded killer (I was a vocal harmony nit-picker)... Man, I have *_so_* many questions for you... Good job brother -- hope those memories were good and will last forever...

@mikebrison1838 2 жыл бұрын

Before they blew up, Love played at a dance at my high school. People weren’t dancing - just standing around in amazement. It was like 2 bands in one. They’d pound you into the ground with something like “7 and 7 is” and follow it with a flute playing “orange skies carnivals and cotton candy “.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much for sharing Mike!

@tinjadog 5 ай бұрын

Oh my gawd that must have been amazing!

@v1e1r1g1e1 Жыл бұрын

I first heard Forever Changes when I was only 14, in 1975. My older brother had bought it, and upon my first hearing I knew immediately it was a classic; a work of genius.

@davidcoleman9304 Жыл бұрын

I have had this album since 1967. Now have two LP'S two CD'S, 8 track, and cassette. It is by far my favorite album.

@pretorious700 4 ай бұрын

I was a 14 year old kid when this album came out. I played it so much in my room my parents thought there was something wrong with me.

@Nasamike Жыл бұрын

Hard to believe Forever Changes only reached 154 on the billboard charts. How many top ten albums have been forgotten in history! You gotta give it to Forever Changes and how it is beloved by fans and critics!

@TheAnarchitek 3 ай бұрын

One. Of. The. Best. Albums. Ever! Fifty-seven years later, it still engages the listener like few others!

@andrewfarrell6120 2 жыл бұрын

Alone Again Or is one of the most beautiful songs to come out of the psychedelic period. This album is endlessly listenable, great on so many levels.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Very well said!

@surfwriter8461 9 ай бұрын

I love the song and the entire album, but I wouldn't call the music "psychedelic" unless you use a very broad definition. There are certain songs and certain musical touches that partake of psychedelic, but I think the album is so eclectic with so many musical styles and influences in it that it's wrong to categorize the music as psychedelic. "Alone Again Or" is not the least psychedelic, but it does offer a contrast with so much of the other music being produced at the time. Maybe that's what you're calling attention to.

@greghilbers4697 7 ай бұрын

I first bought Forever Changes in 1969. Loved it immediately. In about 1980 I went to see Arthur Lee at the Whiskey on Sunset in West Hollywood. Arthur came on stage, saw Bryan MacLean in the front row of the audience and Threw a drink in Bryan’s face! Then Arthur, who was drug addicted, just layer on the stage and said “ Jesus……Jesus……..Jesus….” Most of the audience left ( I was one of the last to go) in the next 15 minutes or so. Cut to 2005. I saw Arthur Lee and his orchestra performing at the House of Blues Disneyland. He was Sober and he was dying. He performed “ Forever Changes” beautifully and powerfully. Thank God I was there to see it! RIP Arthur Lee!

@annalisa14 2 ай бұрын

I, a girl resident and child born in Los Angeles County in 1950, purchased this album on the strength of Alone Again, Or my favorite tune during high school. I was solidly in love with this album and with Lee from there on out. Stone cold devoted.

@andyscott5277 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t think I’ve ever had an album grow on me like Forever Changes. First bought it about 25 years ago on the strength of "Alone Again Or," and it’s reputation as a masterpiece. Must admit I was a bit confounded by the record at first. Wasn’t what I’d expected at all, assumed it would be heavier psychedelic rock. After a few listens, it’s strange melodic hooks lodged themselves in my mind. Find I revisit it often, finding new meaning and nuance every time. Truly an exceptional album, rewards repeated listening.

@pauldavies6037 2 жыл бұрын

I remember the BBC show Later with Jules Holland a live performance from Love and an interview he had with Aurthur Lee

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

I have to go back and watch that!

@jimuren2388 9 ай бұрын

I recently read a comment from someone who didn't understand the connection of Forever Changes to psychedelics. It is a bit subtle, but this lyric is an example: "You are just a thought that someone, somewhere, somehow, feels you should be here"

@shauncollins5029 2 жыл бұрын

An album with a special place in my heart, I actually wept quite spontaneously when my wife gave me the CD release..

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much for sharing!

@paulbruce4630 2 жыл бұрын

A brilliant record from start to finish on both sides. I own an originsl 1967 pressing.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

That’s great to hear!!

@stangovers7441 7 ай бұрын

Thank you, Warren for your eloquent history lesson about my favorite band. I grew up near Hollywood and saw Love many times. I got to meet Jonny Echols fairly recently, and spoke with him. What a beautiful, intelligent person. As a musician, I could tell how great Forever Changes was. It definitely ranks with Sgt Pepper and Pet Sounds. Love's live performances at Glastonbury and on Jools Holland are amazing and rekindled my interest in their music. ❤❤❤❤

@Producelikeapro 7 ай бұрын

Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it!

@BlaBla-jj6sh 9 ай бұрын

Forever Changes is a timeless masterpiece that I love and still listen to regularly.

@Producelikeapro 9 ай бұрын

Thanks ever so much for sharing

@tonybates7870 2 жыл бұрын

I bought Forever Changes 40 years ago on spec because of the gushing critical acclaim I'd read on its behalf. It was actually better than I'd been led to believe. A true masterpiece.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%!! A true masterpiece

@garybreau1722 2 жыл бұрын

What a great commentary on Forever changes. I met him after he played at a roadhouse where he played before Spirit and Canned Heat. We were truly fans and after he played and Canned Heat was on stage, I saw him slip out a back door. I told my friend and his girlfriend we need to leave and meet him. He stopped in the parking lot and here were these 3 college students thanking him for inspiring later generations. He was a little taken aback, but was very courteous and humble. We drove back to San Diego silent, knowing we just had a moment in life that we will never forget. That was over 30 years ago.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks ever so much for sharing that! Yes, he was continually blown away that people were so influenced by him! Thanks for sharing your experience

@rickbroderick9146 21 күн бұрын

In 1966 my best pal Damien and I were obsessed with LOVE. We dad perfected their special Logo and transcribed it all over the place . We were young actual garage rock and rollers and had all the songs on their first album down pat with harmonies and acoustic and bass. Forever Changes we introduced to my home town on Long Island, and to this day get goosebumps listening to it. Damien went on to play bass with The Third Bardo, another hidden gem whose songs you can find these days online.

@frederickabrams Жыл бұрын

I can't believe I just found this fantastic video now, but better late than never! It beautifully conveys what I have been saying for decades. I bought Forever Changes the day it was released and instantly thought that this was the most magically multifaceted album of the psychedelic era. I still recall the LA Times' music critic's review way back then, who wrote that Forever Changes is the type of record that will remain fresh and withstand endless listenings, words more poignant now than ever. I've turned on so many people to it throughout my adult life that I've lost count, always amazed by how few people have heard of the band. I saw them at the Kaleidoscope in Hollywood, when Neil Young sat in. I saw Arthur perform Vindicator at the Whiskey a Go Go. I was living in Europe when he toured with Baby Lemonade many years later, at a small club in Berlin and shortly after at Royal Albert Hall for the concert that was made into a DVD. Among the many accolades this record has received over the years, the one that strikes me the most was the motion by the British Parliament declaring Forever Changes the greatest album of all time. To think that as poorly known as Love is in L.A., to this day, despite the fact that they were once the kingpins of LA's '60s rock scene, that included The Doors, Byrds and Buffalo Springfield, Forever Changes was given this distinction in the land of the Beatles and Stones.

@tuleebird4637 Жыл бұрын

Beg to differ on one thing. Any L.A. musician worth his salt has been familiar with all LOVE's recordings from the beginning and through every decade since. And Forever Changes may not have charted in the top 40, but you could not walk, drive, or hitch a ride through Laurel Canyon for years without hearing this album echoing all through the hills.

@frederickabrams Жыл бұрын

@@tuleebird4637 I was by no means speaking of those old enough to have been around the LA rock music scene more than half of a century ago, nor specifically of musicians. Anyone who drove down Sunset Blvd back then saw a billboard announcing the upcoming then long anticipated release of Forever Changes. In fact, last weekend I performed "A House is Not a Motel" for a private party in West LA and asked about 25 people who were watching to raise their hands if they had heard of "Love" and only 3 hands went up.

@tuleebird4637 Жыл бұрын

@@frederickabrams Okay. But you could have made your point more succinctly with half the words. Perhaps a little less Proust and a lot more Hemingway in you reading?

@frederickabrams Жыл бұрын

@@tuleebird4637 Just now noticed your reply. Sorry to offend your short attention span. What did I write that is superfluous?

@tuleebird4637 Жыл бұрын

@@frederickabrams My criticism of your verbosity is not necessarily indicative of a short attention span. However, though I wish it were not so in your case, after 4 years of intense media coverage of that orange turd, I admit my tolerance for hot-air is maxed out. My apologies.

@jips123 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@matteg490 8 ай бұрын

Jac Holzman (born September 15, 1931) is still alive at age 92. Bruce Botnick, engineer, for Love, Buffalo Springfield, The Doors is still living.. he's around 78. My favorite album too.

@outtathyme5679 2 жыл бұрын

Seriously overlooked band

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Hugely influential album!!!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Very important artist!!

@familycorvette 2 жыл бұрын

Criminally overlooked.

@TrickyWookie 2 жыл бұрын

A masterpiece indeed

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%!

@alexmunro182 2 жыл бұрын

Clicked like so fast. One of the greatest albums of all time and a massive influence on so many bands.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%!

@StoneyRerootkit 3 ай бұрын

❤s Forever Changes Is Right Up There With The First Velvet Underground Album, The One w/The Banana😮❤🎉☺🎶🎆🎯👼

@Erdnase23 2 жыл бұрын

That was fantastic. Great to see Forever Changes get the honours it deserves.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, such a hugely influential album!

@brokenpremise Жыл бұрын

I bought FC in 1980, regretful that I’d “missed” the 60’s. I have not stopped listening to it and listened to it twice today on the way home, with my wife who’d never heard it, but loved it…ironically burnt onto the same CD as Buffalo Springfield Again, another comparable favourite. Love refuses to die. Long live Love. It has outlasted even the first Doors record in my frame of interest.

@gilbertramos6039 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see all the "newbies" comments here. Thank you for sharing the "Love". Love rules; Forever Changes. --From a long time Los Angelino.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gilbert! Agreed, love reading the comments where people are being introduced to this genius!

@georgehays4900 2 жыл бұрын

Truly one of the best albums ever made.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%!

@bobburroughs6241 7 ай бұрын

Simply the best. How great that he could revive it live late in life.

@Producelikeapro 7 ай бұрын

Thanks ever so much!

@alexlackner1945 6 ай бұрын

Naturally, it took me a while to appreciate this album, but it's a real gem.

@Protometal66 19 сағат бұрын

Took nearly 15 years for me but today , it is now my all time favorite album

@richierugs6544 4 ай бұрын

the Live dvd of Forever Changes is epic and i cry at the end of it every time

@Producelikeapro 4 ай бұрын

Thanks ever so much for sharing!

@MrMojolinux 4 күн бұрын

First time I ever heard Love's Forever Changes was in a South Texas barracks stationed in the Navy in the fall of 1967 on a portable (Singer?) turntable played by one of the guys in my cube. I was so mesmerized listening to this album which was played over and over along with The Doors first album which I had also never heard before I was hooked "Forever". After leaving the service yrs later and returning to civilian life, I kept telling my civilian contemporaries about this great album, but nobody seemed interested. They had moved on from Psychedelia and the flower power "Love" generation and into heavy Rock and Blues, myself included and all that came afterwards good and bad, but I always had a soft spot for Love-Forever Changes and the dreamy place it's music and lyrics took me away from everything else going on in my life at the time even today.

@EricCoop 6 ай бұрын

It's a great album. Love is definitely the most-underated band of the era.

@sulaak Жыл бұрын

I first learnt about Arthur Lee and Love during a radio obituary in 2006. I have been a fan since then.

@stephenlombardo5505 4 ай бұрын

Excellent piece on this brilliant LP, Thank you. Saw Arthur Lee Love Forever Changes Concert in NYC w/ a string section & he & Jonny Echols were both in Top form, spectacular. I just happened to be standing in the venue entrance post show & shook Arhtur's hand as he glided past me w/ a beautiful woman on his arm, a memory I cherish.

@christopherkent6512 2 жыл бұрын

This album was a milestone in my collection, purchased when it first came out and have maintained copies for the past 54 years. This mix of genres and instruments with a range of structures still holds its own, never ages in my eyes. Thanks for this fabulous insight.

@bookmarksbindery7850 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a bit of a fan of this record as you can probably tell. In fact I believe it's the greatest album ever made An earlier origin to the album title is that Arthur Lee overheard one of his bandmates splitting up with his girlfriend. Apparently she said: "But you said you'd love me forever" to which he replied, "Yeah, well, forever changes" and later when Arthur believed that he was going to die soon (he had an uncle who'd recently died young) he decided that those would be his final words to the world. You did a marvellous job Warren, thanks for bringing this album to a wider audience.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much! I'm a huge fan! I appreciate your great comment

@telsutton 2 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro His Warren, I have to get this in, being a bit of a nerd on the Sunshine Pop genre, which Love were an integral part of - but, for me, it's equalled by The Millennium's 'Begin' - the second album recorded on 16-track, at the Columbia studios, after S&G's Bookends - at that point the most expensive album album ever put to tape. I hope you can find a space for the incredible production of Curt Boettcher at some point... there are many reasons Brian Wilson lost his mind during the making of SMiLE, but I believe one of those reasons was his encounter with Boettcher. If you don't know this album, or it's companion, Sagittarius' 'Present Tense', I implore you to discover them. I guarantee you'll hear the bass drum on the opening track, 'Prelude', and stick around for the rest. Enjoy! ;) p.s. Thanks for this, spreading the word.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

@@telsutton yes, I know The Millennium, '5am' is a very familiar song indeed. Yes, I enjoy the Production, for me it's VERY California and 'sunshine Pop' has always been a wonderful description! I will definitely add this to my list! If only I had more time and resources to do more of these!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

@@telsutton and, thank you for the compliment! Love were such a huge influence growing top in the UK.

@NickNicometi 2 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro PopShine!

@gregsaltis1661 2 жыл бұрын

In the mid 70's I had a friend who was a huge fan of Authur Lee and Love and we shared an apartment for a while. Forever Changes was on heavy rotation during that period. Great album. Brings back fond memories from long ago.

@jackcrook4435 2 жыл бұрын

Whoever thumbs downed love must have the most disturbing, ungodly music taste

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks for your wonderful comment! It’s ok! That’s the price of having opinions about music that isn’t just the usual suspects

@don_ald1 2 жыл бұрын

I've never heard of this band or this album. You learn something new everyday

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to be able to help! Such an important album! It influenced so many bands!

@don_ald1 2 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro I'm giving it a listen now. I'm really diggin that daily planet number

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

@@don_ald1 yes! Masterpiece!

@serge1643 2 жыл бұрын

Listen to Nirvana "The Story of Simon Simopath" and "All of Us".

@tonybates7870 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I could go back to a time before I'd heard the album, just to be able to get into it again!

@jameshogan1871 2 жыл бұрын

My band Pop Overthrow opened for Arthur Lee and Love on New Years Eve 1993. It was a real highlight for us... and Arthur was a gem. Thanks for doing the video!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

That's amazing!! Congrats

@sampleart1 25 күн бұрын

A timeless album that captures the innocence and magical flower power period of 1967/68, far more so than the St Pepper album did. Another magical album of the same period was Van Morrison’s ‘Astral Weeks’ album. If you were there in the late 60’s and early 70’s you know that feeling. It was sublime at the time.

@elamorte 2 жыл бұрын

I just adore this album. Thanks Warren for reviewing this masterpiece.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it

@trinidadapodaca7027 2 жыл бұрын

yeah

@shyman99 2 жыл бұрын

'Alone Again Or" is in my list of favorite songs of all-time. The Damned did an amazing cover in the 80s. I enter another dimension when I hear it.

@fredvahldiek738 2 жыл бұрын

UFO did a pretty good version in '77. On Lights Out.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much for sharing! Agreed!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

@@fredvahldiek738 yes!!

@geoff6942 Жыл бұрын

I was around in the '60s, and bought this album late 60s or early 70s. It was psycedelic and featured acoustic guitar with string/wind backing. It was totally different from anything else at the time. My LPs Forever Changes and De Capo must be worth a lot now.

@tennisanya 15 күн бұрын

Always one of my favorite groups. I listened to them constantly.

@tennisanya 15 күн бұрын

I want to say as well that where I grew up --- Oahu in the 60s--- was a niche market and Love was very popular there, as were the Young Rascals and Country Joe, Moby Grape and The Dead

@victorskaggs8661 Жыл бұрын

I'm happy to be able to say that i was a teenager who saw Love albums, the first 3, appear in the store one after the other. I bought the first one because the band looked freaky, but the next 2 were because I really liked the 1st one. I was in the basement with speakers in my ears listening to Forever Changes over and over. It was like taking a psychedelic, but i was tripping for weeks! Amazing!

@deaconlasagna8570 Жыл бұрын

this album forever changed me

@trevecchi1766 2 ай бұрын

I think I bought it in 1968 on the strength of the sleeve. What a result!

@axil7146 2 жыл бұрын

Forever Changes , an absolute classic - it's a pity that Bryan MacLean left after that album and Arthur Lee broke up that particular line up of the band - it would been interesting how they would have progressed if he'd remained and they'd carried on

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your great comment!

@admiralbillom7559 22 күн бұрын

saw him perform this album several times including glastonbury festival. in the early 70's this got played at least once a day.

@denisfitzgibbon5978 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite album of all time 😍 so beautiful. Better than anything before or after. Shrouded in mystery and mystique. Nobody remembers much about making it or who played which parts. The core of the album can be played on 2 acoustics . Something so divine about this suite of music and it will always be appreciated by generations of seekers

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much for sharing!!

@ruvalcabamx 9 ай бұрын

I can't describe the sensation when I discovered this album for first time in my life (it was about 10 years ago, now I'm 40). It totally blew my mind. Although I'm a Beatles fan, I didn't know that this album existed, and I couldn't believe how much time I was wasting for no listening to it before. Thanks to KZfaq algorithm I arrived to this marvelous review about my fav album of all the time. Thanks for so much detail on it, I really didn't know a thing about Love, Lee and the album, I just enjoyed everytime I listened to, but now, thanks to you, everything makes more and more sense. Keep the good job!!

@pbesmer 2 жыл бұрын

I bought this on the first week it was out in 1967. Immediately a great album, but they did not tour, and only got airplay on Wnew fm in New York. Still great, the greatest unknown album of all time

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Growing up in the UK this albums was so important to us all! Bands were formed around this album

@vincentm4717 11 ай бұрын

Let's face it, speaking as a 68 yr old African American, the United States was not ready for a black rock star in 1967. Even Hendrix had to go to London first because no one wanted to touch him when he was still in New York. They didn't even want to play Michael Jackson at first on MTV and when they finally did. It revolutionized the industry for black artist. Arthur Lee was influenced by fine artist like The Byrds just as white artist were influenced by Chuck Berry.

@grandiebob2500 10 ай бұрын

This is an interesting perspective. In the same way Tamla was enthusiastically embraced over here in the uk as were Stax artistes. The Beatles, Dusty Springfield and others were great advocates.

@frankfrank7921 2 жыл бұрын

It IS one of the greatest albums ever produced and thank you for featuring it. Had the privilege of seeing Arthur perform with Baby Lemonade sometime around 2004. Opening act was the Zombies. One of my life's highlights.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Thanks ever so much for sharing!

@telsutton 2 жыл бұрын

Should get the Head Brothers on to talk about those days on tour with Arthur in the mid-90s.... ooof.

@kevinlakeman5043 2 жыл бұрын

I saw The Zombies as well back in 2013. Fantastic show.

@andyed74 2 ай бұрын

Top drawer album, seen Love live in Liverpool in 90s, recently went to see Johnny Echols twice, also in Liverpool. Influenced so many local bands but they go under the radar, brilliant band and brilliant album 👌

@Ervalo 2 жыл бұрын

I am so grateful I attended a forever changes concert in the last years of Lee’s life. One of the best memories in my life.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! It was truly amazing!

@Ervalo 2 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro Did you get to watch one of the London shows? I got to see it at Rotterdam one of the few places it was done in my country.

@GrafStorm 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for enlightening me to something that I knew but slipped into the past that is now reawakened.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@newyorkeranew 10 күн бұрын

My favorite album ever. Thank you for this extraordinary background.

@Erdnase23 2 жыл бұрын

Forever Changes, the LAs debut and What’s Going On. That’s my ‘number one’ right there.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much for sharing!

@randalclarke5487 2 жыл бұрын

They've been off my radar, but now I'm OBSESSED with this band and their first 3 albums... thanks again Warren for turning me onto them 😊

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks ever so much

@JoeBob1955 2 ай бұрын

I like the Jack Holzman photo with the TMC GPR 90. One of my dream receivers.

@incomudro1948 Жыл бұрын

I still have my vinyl copy bought in Durban South Africa late 60s. Traveling Aussie Surfers turned me on to first Da Capo which they brought with them, and a very hip record shop imported Forever Changes for me. As you say, it fits right in through all the years and generations.

@altbouch 2 жыл бұрын

Forever Changes is one of my favorite records. It was my model for creating my last solo record, Re Imaginos. Thanks for the information. I learned things about it I never knew, such as the involvement of the Wrecking Crew and Neil Young.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Such an amazing album!!

@olga8p1 2 жыл бұрын

My mom turned 8 on 1967, but oh boy, I do believe it is one of the greatest albums, I got a CD as a present while in SF. It is forever be the soundtrack of the coolest city in the world to me;)

@familycorvette 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent and imaginative choice!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Such an important album!!

@Robil63 2 жыл бұрын

Another "Fanny" for me. IOW: early rock band I've never heard of... and so begins another voyage of R & R discovery... thanks Warren.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I was watching some KZfaq videos of Fanny a year or two ago, they were pretty amazing! Thanks very much

@jjamo5 3 ай бұрын

One of my Fav albums ,its fricking AmAzInG!!!!!

@rolandcooke 2 жыл бұрын

Ears opened to something new (old!) Thanks for your excellent presentation.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks Roland! Glad to be able to help!

@Nazz1967 2 жыл бұрын

Cool video.I saw Arthur Lee with the new LOVE in 2003.Fantastic show ,he just put everything into it .

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I remember that tour! It was amazing

@Phil_Trujeque 2 жыл бұрын

For *any* Love fan (that is, if you don't already have it), drummer Michael Stuart-Ware wrote a great book called Love: Behind the Scenes on the Pegasus Carousel. Great read!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

I'll check it out!

@caryheuchert 2 жыл бұрын

“Forever Changes”, a wonderful album that I never tire of listening to. In my top 5 of all time. By the way, could you feature Nick Drake’s enigmatic final album, “Pink Moon” sometime in the future?

@familycorvette 2 жыл бұрын

Man, I remember the days when introducing a friend to Nick Drake was like initiating that person into a cult. Everyone who knew about Nick Drake could name the person who introduced them to his records.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed! Such a masterpiece!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

@@familycorvette that was an amazing thing indeed!

@marcelofrey1388 2 жыл бұрын

Wow yes, pink moon please

@brianmiller1077 2 жыл бұрын

When Frank Zappa name checks you even into the 80's, you know it's great.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 100%!

@cuebj 2 жыл бұрын

Still listen to it. Love it. I'm 66. Favourite album along with Who's Next. Sheer quality of the recording is a bug factor in how it stands out from all others

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Thanks for sharing

@Pelerincha 10 ай бұрын

I was into the Stones,blues, loved the song 'Talk Talk' by the Music Machine. ' Loved ' 7and 7 is' so when I stayed in Europe for a year in '69 I saw the album 'Forever Changes' there. I bought the album with the thought of '7 and 7 is' type of rock but I was totally let down hearing 'Forever Changes'. I took me about a month to listen to it again...and repeated and it began to grow on me....I'm not the type to listen to the lyrics but to the beat and melody, basically. Listening to 'And more again', I thought it was Aunt Morgan, until a few years ago, LOL The album grew on me that I considered it the best albums that I had. If anyone ever asked what would be your favorite song, it would be ' Give me Shelter' by the Stones and the best album would be..................By Love....

@gazfunk 2 жыл бұрын

Great record. I saw Love in 1990 in Liverpool. Everyone in the music industry was there. Lee was fantastic.

@Dukie102 9 ай бұрын

I think that you mean 1992 at Liverpool Academy. I was there as well.

@betonickhorn7 4 ай бұрын

Echo and the bunnymen's album "Ocean Rain" is clearly influenced by Forever Changes and by The Doors too, by the way. The Damned recorded a cover of Alone Again Or in the 80s. It was through these works that I discovered this band.

@raymondkb2nzo788 10 ай бұрын

You are so right a wonderful album.

@Producelikeapro 10 ай бұрын

Thanks ever so much

@inphanta 2 жыл бұрын

A friend of mine has often enthused about this album to me and encouraged me to listen to it but I haven't until now. This video has encouraged me to go and give it a listen. Thank you! :)

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

That’s so amazing to hear!!

@falkylittlefalky7445 3 ай бұрын

What a find!! This video is great! Thank you! Forever Changes is the album that changed my life. I first discovered this record 37 years ago thanks to my Dad who left it when he left my Mum (every cloud eh?!) I was amazed and it opened my mind and life to the world of music. It remains my favourite although I've been blessed with legendary band of my lifetime particularly Stone Roses and Oasis and Nirvana (I'm a proud generation X!) so thank you Love and particularly Arthur Lee ❤

@MOSMASTERING 2 жыл бұрын

So good to see this album. Its incredible. I saw Authur Lee in Love in London just before he died.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

That's amazing Tomos!

@dantepalomba7356 2 жыл бұрын

Four sail is really great too IMO Feel fortunate I found this band in my teens.

@larrydavid6852 2 жыл бұрын

This was an album that pretty much everybody I knew who was a teenager during the nineties and played in guitar bands owned. You can hear the influence it had on early Primal Scream and also Teenage Fanclub etc.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Well said Larry! Thanks for the great comment!

@robhep3262 Жыл бұрын

Probably my favourite album of all time,I had the pleasure of seeing Arthur lee play twice in the the 2000s it blew me away.

@kevinwalker3755 2 жыл бұрын

53 years ago, me and some gúitarist friends used to go into a park near Manchester on Sundays, sit under the bandstand with our acoustic guitars and try to work out the chords to Forever Changes. We managed it. Great fun times.

@pbesmer 2 жыл бұрын

And yes, super meaningful words that say it all.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@outtathyme5679 2 жыл бұрын

Random fact: Bryan MacLean was Maria McKee’s brother (she was in Lone Justice)

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! His half sister, there's quite an age difference, I assume the same father?

@practice_Chinese_yoga 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful 'record of past-times' Warren!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much! Agreed

@practice_Chinese_yoga 2 жыл бұрын

@@Producelikeapro Nice Reply. I took a bit of a listen, was inspiring...'broad church' maybe ..

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

@@practice_Chinese_yoga I appreciate it!

@surfwriter8461 9 ай бұрын

I appreciate the respectful, articulate and straightforward sketch of Love's history as a band and the Forever Changes album in particular. I embraced the album from the time of its release and saw Love perform at a Newport Pop Festival. It's still largely unknown to younger audiences who have become familiar with many of the classic bands and songs of that era, which is sad because Forever Changes is every bit a classic compared with anyone else's production. The "reaction" channels on this site, for example, tend to feature many of the same artists and songs over and over while largely oblivious to a band like Love. So it's not being brought to the attention of audiences that are curious about the fantastic musical period from the mid-sixties to the later seventies--a period that puts to shame most of the undistinguished and often crappy music being lauded by the majority of the younger audience today.

@jeffthepoet7 Жыл бұрын

Great commentary. Love Love. I grew up in LA during it's period but was younger. I had older brothers who jumped on the Love train and heard the first three albums all the time. Wish I could've snuck into the Whiskey to see them and then the Doors. Love surprising friends with this secret gem. The band will live on during our Forever Changes.

@Producelikeapro Жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much for sharing!

@trinidadapodaca7027 Жыл бұрын

i lived in inglewood at that time seen them perform in the castle

@NickNicometi 2 жыл бұрын

I'm 55 and think it's crazy that I've not heard of the band Love or this album Forever Changes until today, having gone down a 'Laurel Canyon' rabbit hole.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

That’s great to hear Nick!

@surfraptor 2 жыл бұрын

I have an old scrapbook in which I noted the music I listened to. John Peel was on a pirate station back then, Radio London. He played Love's "The Castle". I was blown away. Still am.

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ever so much for sharing Marco

@mainmate 2 жыл бұрын

This was my soundtrack for a very long time. Huge influence! I mean no other band from the 60's or since sounds like them. I got into them from reading somewhere that Jim Morrison was a fan and I adore The Doors!

@Producelikeapro 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks ever so much

@TheFakeyCakeMaker Жыл бұрын

Lump in my throat at the end there! I learnt about this album because of the Stone Roses video with John Leckie. Thought I'd listen to this before listening to the album. Absolutely adore this channel.