FOREVER CHANGES - Love - 1970 Elektra Repress EKS-74013 - in cello - VG+/EX/VG+
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Description
Forever Changes is the third studio album by the American rock band Love, released on November 1, 1967, by Elektra Records. The album saw the group embrace a subtler folk-influenced sound based around acoustic guitars and orchestral arrangements, while primary songwriter Arthur Lee explored darker themes alluding to mortality and his growing disillusionment with the era's counterculture. It was the final album recorded by the original band lineup; after its completion, guitarist Bryan MacLean left the group acrimoniously, and Lee subsequently dismissed the other members.
FUN FACT: The title of the album came from a story that Lee had heard about a friend-of-a-friend who had broken up with his girlfriend. She exclaimed, "You said you would love me forever!" and he replied, "Well, forever changes." Lee also noted that, since the name of the band was Love, the full title was actually Love Forever Changes.
Upon its release in late 1967, Forever Changes was only moderately successful commercially. It peaked at No. 154 in 1968, which was the lowest showing of Love's first three albums. Forever Changes had a much stronger showing in Great Britain, where it reached No. 24 on the UK album chart in 1968. In subsequent years, it has become recognized as an influential document of 1960s psychedelia and named among the greatest albums of all time by a variety of publications. In 2008, the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame and in 2011, the album was added to the National Recording Registry. Rolling Stone ranked it number 180 on its 2020 list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
THIS COPY based on the label color and design as well as the dead wax inscriptions, appears to be a 1970 repress of the 1967 original, made at the Columbia Records Pressing Plant in Terre Haute, Indiana. [See further, Notes, below.)
The vinyl visually looks almost pristine, but upon closer examination there are several marks; but per a test listen, none of them affect playback. [Funny note: I thought there might be a scratch at the very end of the third song on side two, but when I pulled out a CD copy, it played exactly the same, so it was how the band planned it to sound!] Per the Goldmine guidelines, the vinyl is in Very Good Plus [VG+] condition.
The cover still has the cellophane outer wrapping and is in Excellent [EX] or better condition.
The inner sleeve is plain white with square corners and no center label hole. It is in Very Good Plus [VG+] or better condition.
Notes
In the late summer of 1969, the Elektra label changed color to red with white print, but still used the same design as previously. The red label with the large "E" logo lasted until about late summer, 1970.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): EKS-74013-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): EKS-74013-B
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