Loved the piece. I lived 3 doors away on the opposite side of Cedarhurst Circle from 1963-1965 and I remember it well. Our parents whispered, "I think some hippie band moved into the castle house." I was 12 or 13 and just thought they were cool, had no idea it was Love.

Yesterday would have been Arthur Lees, 76 Birthday, REST IN PEACE ARTHUR! Arthur Lee, you are missed!

I was around LA when they were active. Loved their music!

Thank you so much for all your coverage on Arthur Lee and Love. The story.needs to be told and the music ring out.

They really fizzled out by 1967 during the making of Forever Changes. In fact, Jac Holzman offered MacLean a solo contract - apparently to lure him back to the Forever Changes sessions because they were fracturing - and when Arthur found out, he canned Bryan. That was pretty much it. Those MacLean demos are available on iTunes and are raw and beautiful at times. Including two acoustic versions of Alone Again Or.

The first album is still great and highly recommended whatever Arthur or the rest of the band thought about it.

Great video, I enjoyed it very much. I Love Arthur Lee and Love so much. I discovered them in 2005 and been listening ever since ❤️ Thank you!

Catching up on these old Love/Arthur Lee vlogs, such a big fan too...thanks for doing these Jordan :)

The best era EVER!!!! Love has some great short clips playing at the Whiskey! THOSE WERE THE DAYS!

Jordon I totally mirror your admiration of Arthur Lee and his work. Good work sir.

Great video about such a great band! Makes me happy they're getting so much respectful recognition. Forever changes is an album I played constantly when it came out. Bummer in the Summer was my song. This video is testament to that old cliche, "Only in L.A." Looking back on that time, it's amazing how many earth-shaking groundbreaking bands were associated with L.A. in the sixties: Love, Doors, Buffalo Springfield, Captain Beefheart, and others. Joni Mitchell, also.

Jordan...Those (2) songs you mentioned "My Little Red Book" & "7" & "7" were so "Awesome"...I still have my (2) albums some 50 years later!...and did I play those two hits LOUD!!!...The beginning of 7 & 7 is...Its just unbelievable...So glad you did this shoot on Arthur Lee...All my years in L.A. I never went there...I just started flowing you...Love your subjects and places that you visit...so interesting and FULL of history!

Boy, I wish I could live in that place for just the property tax payment! Love Arthur Lee. Been a fan since the 60’s. Good job on this one Jordan!

Love have not 1 but 2 albums amongst the top 20 ever ! " De Capo " & " Forever Changes " Arthur , was a Genius.

Hi Jordan, I have some great rare video footage of Arthur Lee and love when they hung out in Laurel Canyon...

i have love albums. my favorites!!! thank you so MUCH!!!!!

fascinating stuff. I did see Love live once at the Valley Music Theater. They launched into Revelation and Arthur sang his parts and went and layed down behind the amps. The stage rotated so you'd see him just laying on the floor back there. Then for the end, he came back out and sang his bit. They were badasses.

Thank you for the great backstory on Love! Terrific video!

My dad was Tjay Contrelli and this video confirms some of the rumors I heard about the band and the time they spent here at The Castle. What an amazing time to be alive and experiencing the evolution of music. Music royalty

I thought I recognized "The Cedars", "Norma Talmadge Estate", as it was also called. I think it's the same Castle home. Madge Bellamy also lived there just after it was built , among many more stars. I also believe it was restored between 2004-2006, It's absolutely beautiful inside. I watched the unveiling on tv and remember the documentary they showed about the restoration. Thanks again for your fantastic posts. There's a lot I missed when I lived near Los Angeles.

I love LOVE especially Forever Changes, thanks for covering them Jordan.

OK, you did it again. You made me do some research and learn things. Never heard of this band, but what I saw of their music is awesome. Thumbs up!

Forever Changes is an absolute classic, always wanted to see the castle because of that clip! FYI: New Orleans had a hundred integrated bands in the late forties and through the fifties.

The upkeep of a place like 'the Castle' must be phenomenal. Just imagine cleaning those gutters!

I enjoyed this vlog 💙 I have never heard of them before. The story was great. Awesome job💙

Cool. I seen photos of the castle but this, plus the stories, make for a good video. Forever Changes is an amazing album.

im 22 lived in LA for two years, never visited the castle.. how silly. Nice work I am a huge fan of this band

These great lps always had these great house/clubhouse...60s/70s...thats what is missing...anthemic moments

Thanks for all this info. I shall continue to dig further!

if you look at the "Castle" from an overhead view you can see the street is in the form of a circle...when the estate was first built it consumed the whole circle, it was one vast property parcel...later the parcel was divided up into several sub parcels, which are the other properties you see within the circle of the estate now...it went from I believe 5 acres of property to 1 acre

Wow, I am amazed at the accuracy of your Da Capo Castle Vlog. What a great job you did giving us more insight about Arthur Lee and his story. I was 14 in 1967 and my band covered many Love songs of that time. We played Love's version of "Hey Joe", which came out before Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Joe", which was fast and snappy, much like Ooh bip bip, Ooh bip bip, yeah. Much to my amazement was the bit you mentioned that Jimmy James played with Arthur Lee in those days. Maybe Love's version of Hey Joe was really from J. Hendrix. Who knew??. I sure didn't.

You don't mention Four Sail. That is also a great album, even though the personnel in the band had completely changed after Forever Changes. Arthur was still a great writer: August, Singing Cowboy, Nothing. I saw the 'Four Sail band in UK, early 1970.

🌻Thanks Jordan, it's so great to see that you reply to your viewers❤ I did find after a bit more research that you can purchase the documentary, which I will do, it's pretty limited, went to Amazon and it's currently out of stock😕but thanks again for all the awesome work that you do. Ps,the Brian Wison piece was also fabulous work...lots of love, great work Jordan❤🌻

Would love it if you could find Arthur Lee's house with the inside/outside pool that was used in the movie The Trip circa 1967. You have to drive to the top of Kirkwood and walk up Oak Court to find it. Not sure if it was renovated to the point of being unrecognizable or not. You cannot see Oak Court on Google Maps, just where Kirkwood ends. I guess it is a private road. House is also featured in the Love promo clip for "Your Mind And We Belong Together" which you can find on KZfaq.

very cool. I first heard My Little Red Book on a KKUP show called Volunteered Slavery. I was already a Doors fan, but had never heard anything from nor about Love.

From the Love grave to the castle. I luv getn to knw about peeps i never knew.

Very nice tribute to Arthur!

I wish the sound was better on the Dick Clark Show "My little Red Book"! When I heard that and "Alone Again Or" I asked my self! That was a BIG song I remember hearing! when my family moved to Dallas Texas! from NJ in that year!! 1966! (I was 16 when I had a brand spankin new 66 GTO with 3 Dueces Six Pack !! wish I still had that )That song brought back so many memories! I am 68 and the 60s were the best! I have been an 80s guy for a long time (Love that era) and now I am glad to be back in the 60s! Wow life is weird! BUT! Thank You Ever so much For all you do! I am in Love with this man! (I am straight by the way) "Rest in Peace Mr.Arthur Lee "" if there is a heaven You are there !! I only wish I had KZfaq in the 60s! I am so in love !! Thank You again Jordan!! You are Beautiful!!

You should have your own show man. You know your stuff and keep it up my friend.

This is great! My photo taken at Glastonbury Festival uk. Was used at Arthur Lee's memorial service. We miss Arthur!

Wow loved this ! Haven't heard Loves music but will have to give them a listen . What a wonderful place and I can relate to the dog food as my cat is the same and actually eats the cat version of that brand ; Sheba . Great vlog as always .

Fascinating film thanks for posting.

This is exciting especially as this is a canyon that isn't laurel. I want to hear about bands staying in the other canyons, even writers.

Dang I have never heard your whole intro song lol! Love it!

Because of you I actually watched the Laurel Canyon Documentary, Pretty interesting watch

Jordan. You know one hell of alot.

🌻Jordan, love when you cover bands and there old start up locations❤ although I am having trouble finding the documentary on the group Love, I've searched all over you tube, do you have a link that you can share? Thank you, and thank you for all the work that you do❤🌻

I was able to figure out where the castle was from a map on an old LA Free Press. Difficult to see from the street. The covers on the first two albums I believe are from somewhere in Laurel Canyon.

Daze - hello from Hollywood Joe

Can you find the rock fire place where the two album cover pictures were taken? That's scared ground.

Nice castle

Little Red Book was written by Burt Bacharach. Love was so interesting - like 2 bands in one. A sweet flute-based mellow rock band (Orange Skies) and a smack-you-in-the-mouth screaming band (7&7 Is).

wow I never knew my ancestor was so cool

Often gets confused with the Spiral Staircase house in Topanga

Great video...guys check out the album Out Here...it's their most psychedelic.

Thank you for this tour, Jordan! I loved hearing you tell the stories and seeing the "castle". You have so much knowledge. I didn't know that Butterfield Blues Band played those Dylan shows in 65. I was listening to this Johnny Echols interview yesterday on Vinyl Rewind's channel and he mentioned that their reluctance to tour was also due to not being able to play in the segregated South to integrated audiences. He said they made as much money touring in California with lower overhead. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5ioh8eJntrHaH0.html. There's also a good interview with Johnny Echols on Pamela Des Barres' podcast. I got to see Love in 2002 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. What a dream come true! It sounded amazing and was something I never thought I'd get to experience.

Did Dick Clark ever do a show at the Castle?

I am a fan of Love since Forever Changes in the late 60’s. Moved to LA and saw Arthur Lee at the Whiskey one night in about 1980. Arthur was SPACED on drugs. Bryan MacLean was in the crowd down front. I don’t know if Arthur played ANY songs, but he went and threw a glass of water or something in Bryan’s face!! Then Spaced Out Arthur lied down on the stage and just kept repeating something about Jesus. After 20 minutes or so, most of the crowd left. I was among those last to leave. About 25 years later , I saw a sobered up Arthur Lee and band perform an exemplary set of Forever changes at House of Blues, Disneyland. It was GREAT!! He died a year or two later. RIP Arthur Lee.

Thanks Jordon! Great informaton! ps. be in touch will send you a great photo of Arthur. From the Glastonbury Festival uk. Doug

Love hated their 1st album? Perhaps. Musicians are always their own worst critics. Even so, it's an outstanding record. Much as I love "Forever Changes", I still prefer "Love" and "Da Capo". Loved the video, guy.

Hi five Jordan baby!

I'm going to dress like Arthur Lee. That's my kind of style.

Are you aware of AL & Love tour in 2003 w an orchestra? see him on the Joules Holland Show that year in UK. Brilliant performance.

"Orange Skies" was an FM underground favorite.

Cute pupper! My doggo doesn't like that stuff much...well my shih tzu. My pitbull will eat almost anything. No manners lol! Thanks for the vid. Had never heard of these guys until today when I saw a former...members....tree house in the forest. I was 6 when they moved here. You are so young. How did you come to like and know them so we'll? If you want to answer. Or not.😈🐾🤘🏼

Who’s the band jamming on this. Video? Me like!!!!

Bela Lugosi lived there in 30s I beleive..

who would sit through this if they didnt know the music.

what's the song/ band at around 2:10?

Never heard of them. I like see inside.

As usual, your facts are a little bit shaky. The head and founder of Elektra was Jack Holzman. Towards the end you finally mentioned Ken Forssi who earlier on you simply called "the bass player" You don't appear to be clear on the relationship and what went down between Love, The Doors, and Elektra.

Johnny Echols is a great dude but his blaming their lack of success on racism instead of laziness is disappointing.