Yes, Arthur Lee is a bad mofo. Of course the handgun thing... but also, there's rumors that Jim Morrison used to sleep outside dude's house, just trying to be down... Morrison was on some, "you're that dude. How can I be down?" And Lee was like "you're a pretentious f&ck get away from me". I saw dude on tour last year. INCREDIBLE. Do not sleep if they come to your town. Best record ever? Maybe that, son.
HCrink - according to legend the album WAS recorded with studio musicians because the OG cast was all drugged up and out of it. Apparently, they got it together just in time to re-cut the tracks, which is what ended up on the album.
Dave - Gold labels (stereo and mono) are worth $20-30 in nice shape. Mono maybe more. Red or butterfly label is a great deal for $8, not really for resale but just because your life will be better with this record in it. No breaks or funk though.
yeah this records is quite possibly the greatest ever.. really no other like it in my honest opinion.
perfect from beginin to end.
did anybody hear the Brian Maclean demos that came out a few years back.. accoustic versions of alot of Love tracks...
it's interesting because most people talk about LOVE as arthur's thing and thats it.. but Maclean was like the mcartney to his lennon.. and really did alot to make the love sound..
anyhow i think im gonna listen to this for the first time in awhile right now
Yeah, this is the album that split the original band. Arthur wanted to be more serious...hence the string arrangements and studio time. This just pissed the band of though. Brian Maclean definitly put his 2 cents on this record. After the band split Arthur was trying to get Hendrix to join. Didn't work. He did cut that one track with them on "False Start." I think I like the 1st album best or "Foursail." I've got the last album with the name "Love" on it. It's called "Reel To Real." Pretty bad IMO but it has my favorite Love song ever. An acoustic version of "Everybodys Got To Live" which was on "Out Here" done electric.
Anybody got this one? I couldn't believe it when I found out Arthur was from Memphis!
Top 10 of all time. Beautiful, haunting, happy, and sad all at once.
just trying to better understand this.....when you say TOP TEN OF ALL TIME....do you mean like ... TOP TEN OF ALL TIME[/b] ...i have NO problem with your declaration...i just need clarity......
lol there's some break on that reel to real LP that causes TSL to sell it for $18... it's not worth half that if you ask me. BLECH.
Break on Reel to Real? Didn't catch that one. "Out Here" has the massive break though!
And good one too, good thing because lord knows no Love fan is buying that record for the songs (or are they?).
REEL TO REAL has a pretty dope cover of "Be Thankful For What You Got" and some other kinda frenzied funk song like "Which Witch is Which" or somesuch. I wouldn't drop $18 on it, but for $7 or less, some Strutters might enjoy the listen. It's like Arthur's "soul" album. Plus you gotta give props to the "We're all David Carradine at the KUNG FU monastery in sunny California" back cover shot.
"Love" in all their incarnations were the shit from start to finish. I hated Reel To Real when I first bought it, but now it has definitely moved up the Love Chart, getting more plays for me than "False Start" or even "da Capo." If you listen to R to R not looking for 60's Love redux, you realize it is a dope 70's rock album, with nice blends of soul and really hard rock. The William DeVaughan cover isn't the best thing going, buy you can't help but love that he takes a shot at it.
I saw Arthur Lee w/Baby Lemonade as "Love" in Cambridge, MA in 2003. I was so stoked for it, he had been in jail for what, 10 years until that point? It's a hard show to describe, for the highs and lows that took place in a relatively short period of time. Most memorable point was probably when, after making us all stand around the stage for almost an hour after the opener, Arthur Lee - in white jumpsuit and American flag cowboy hat - came through the front door of the club, with a mini-entourage. He walked through the crowd to the stage, shouting shit like "Get the fuck out of my way, I'm Arthur Fucking Lee HAHAHAHAHA!"
He got up on stage, walked to the mic and stood there staring out, as a buzz and smattering of applause, some whoops spread through the crowd.
"We love you Arthur!" yelled someone.
"...and I love cocaine!" was his response.
The music...his band was hot, the Forever Changes songs sounded so sick just played by a rock combo, the string parts played on guitars?? Yikes!! It all started out with so much energy, I was straight pogo-ing to "My Little Red Book," a retrohippiepunkpit threatening to break out...at some point Arthur seemed to start coming down from the drugs, and the energy dropped quick...he started wanting to play guitar more, making the band lay out so he could noodle. A nice version of "Message to Pretty" devolved into a 4-minute single-note harmonica solo. There was some incoherent ranting about 9/11 and terrorism...finally, he answered a shouted request for "Hey Joe" by going into not the classic Love uptempo take on the tune, but an embarassing apeing of the Hendrix version, solo guitar and really working the Hendrix vocal, like some bad karaoke nightmare. Strangely enough, just earlier that evening Arthur had been telling us he "taught Jimi how to play." I looked at my date at some point midway through the "Hey Joe" debacle, we gave the silent sign and left before it was over.
Thing is, I'm not trashing it, I had a great time for the first 40 minutes or so, rocking out to old Love classics, singing along, it was great. And hey, it wasn't the first time I saw a concert sputter out due to the fact cocaine only keeps you high for less than an hour. Kinda made me wish Arthur would've just gone back for another bump, came out and gave us "Hey Joe" the way he nailed it 40 years earlier...
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HCrink - according to legend the album WAS recorded with studio musicians because the OG cast was all drugged up and out of it. Apparently, they got it together just in time to re-cut the tracks, which is what ended up on the album.
Dave - Gold labels (stereo and mono) are worth $20-30 in nice shape. Mono maybe more. Red or butterfly label is a great deal for $8, not really for resale but just because your life will be better with this record in it. No breaks or funk though.
perfect from beginin to end.
did anybody hear the Brian Maclean demos that came out a few years back.. accoustic versions of alot of Love tracks...
it's interesting because most people talk about LOVE as arthur's thing and thats it.. but Maclean was like the mcartney to his lennon.. and really did alot to make the love sound..
anyhow i think im gonna listen to this for the first time in awhile right now
forever changes that is.
peace
lol, spoken by a true chicagoan
Anybody got this one?
I couldn't believe it when I found out Arthur was from Memphis!
Foursail I like, but not nearly as much as the first three. Love "Good Times" off Foursail.
ive just never seen any other Love albums around, otherwise, i'd pick them up lickidy split
Yep
And good one too, good thing because lord knows no Love fan is buying that record for the songs (or are they?).
I love when beat diggers are all like, "Love" and it's like, "you don't even know the half..."
I hated the fact that I had to pay the most for "Out Here" just because of the drums when it is probablly my least favorite.
i know it's blasphemy to some, but i don't really like love very much.
What DO you like anymore? Jeebus.
The Slits
pain
wheatgrass
George Braith
...
You know, it's tempting to try to be funny on this site. After all, everyone's doing it.
But don't quit your day job, Nate.
Top 10 of all time. Beautiful, haunting, happy, and sad all at once.
C'mon now.
[i] Do you need me to pluck your back?
whoa where the fuck did that come from? but yeah, my swimming game is thorough like henry david.
Nah man, I tried to laugh. Even just a giggle. A guffaw, even. But it's just not very funny. Sorry. And W_Parentalchecks isn't me, that's reynaldo.
just trying to better understand this.....when you say TOP TEN OF ALL TIME....do you mean like ... TOP TEN OF ALL TIME[/b] ...i have NO problem with your declaration...i just need clarity......
peace
REEL TO REAL has a pretty dope cover of "Be Thankful For What You Got" and some other kinda frenzied funk song like "Which Witch is Which" or somesuch. I wouldn't drop $18 on it, but for $7 or less, some Strutters might enjoy the listen. It's like Arthur's "soul" album. Plus you gotta give props to the "We're all David Carradine at the KUNG FU monastery in sunny California" back cover shot.
Marco - OK, that makes more sense. Good to know, I've been avoiding it like the plague.
delicious
I hope so
THIS is why you should buy Reel To Reel.
I'll second that.
I saw Arthur Lee w/Baby Lemonade as "Love" in Cambridge, MA in 2003. I was so stoked for it, he had been in jail for what, 10 years until that point?
It's a hard show to describe, for the highs and lows that took place in a relatively short period of time. Most memorable point was probably when, after making us all stand around the stage for almost an hour after the opener, Arthur Lee - in white jumpsuit and American flag cowboy hat - came through the front door of the club, with a mini-entourage. He walked through the crowd to the stage, shouting shit like "Get the fuck out of my way, I'm Arthur Fucking Lee HAHAHAHAHA!"
He got up on stage, walked to the mic and stood there staring out, as a buzz and smattering of applause, some whoops spread through the crowd.
"We love you Arthur!" yelled someone.
"...and I love cocaine!" was his response.
The music...his band was hot, the Forever Changes songs sounded so sick just played by a rock combo, the string parts played on guitars?? Yikes!! It all started out with so much energy, I was straight pogo-ing to "My Little Red Book," a retrohippiepunkpit threatening to break out...at some point Arthur seemed to start coming down from the drugs, and the energy dropped quick...he started wanting to play guitar more, making the band lay out so he could noodle. A nice version of "Message to Pretty" devolved into a 4-minute single-note harmonica solo. There was some incoherent ranting about 9/11 and terrorism...finally, he answered a shouted request for "Hey Joe" by going into not the classic Love uptempo take on the tune, but an embarassing apeing of the Hendrix version, solo guitar and really working the Hendrix vocal, like some bad karaoke nightmare. Strangely enough, just earlier that evening Arthur had been telling us he "taught Jimi how to play." I looked at my date at some point midway through the "Hey Joe" debacle, we gave the silent sign and left before it was over.
Thing is, I'm not trashing it, I had a great time for the first 40 minutes or so, rocking out to old Love classics, singing along, it was great. And hey, it wasn't the first time I saw a concert sputter out due to the fact cocaine only keeps you high for less than an hour. Kinda made me wish Arthur would've just gone back for another bump, came out and gave us "Hey Joe" the way he nailed it 40 years earlier...