MONO '67 Arthur Lee LOVE DA CAPO Garage Punk Psych +19 Min "REVELATION" Acid

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MONO '67 Arthur Lee ~ LOVE ~ DA CAPO Garage Punk Psych +19 Min "REVELATION" Acid

Item Description

       RARE ~ 1967 MONO ~ORIGINAL VINYL COLLECTIBLE !

HAS A STEREO STICKER AFFIXED UNDER THE SHRINKWRAP, BUT PRINTED COVER AND VINYL BOTH READ MONO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                       LOVE

                      Da Capo

\                                       USA - GOLD Elektra - EKL 4005 - MONO

MINTY CLEAN VINYL....HIGHEST GLOSS ONE SMALL SURFACE HAIRLINE PLAYS SUPER!!!!!!!

ORIGINAL *MONO* 1967 first pressing vinyl collectible on the highly collectible GOLD Elektra label ...from well over 40 years ago ... the mono release offers different song mixes from the stereo pressing and, as well, contains a bold punchy production that you don't get with the stereo issue... 

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Da Capo is brilliant in its own right, a dazzling kaleidoscopic trip through stoned 1967 Los Angeles, a practically perfect pop record.

Kick-starting with the carnival jingle-jangle of “Stephanie Knows Who,” Love lead singer, Arthur Lee hollers and wails a love poem to a girl named Stephanie, backed by church organs, flailing electric guitar licks, and rat-tat-tat drums. Listening to the song, its not hard to see why Jim Morrison called Love his favorite Los Angeles band, as The Lizard King clearly swiped Lee’s emphatic grunts and “c’mon” chants.

“Orange Skies” the album’s lone Bryan Maclean track, settles into a mellow psychedelic vibe, as the simply worded love song tosses out halcyon images like orange skies, cotton candy, carnivals and nightingales. It might be all hippy-dippy nonsense, but if you use your imagination, you can be instantly transported to Topanga Canyon in 1966, visualizing Maclean reclining back on a wood-grain balcony, trying not to wrinkle the paisley shirt he was inevitably rocking, staring into a blinding late afternoon sun and smoking what Ghost would call a baseball spliff.

“Que Vida,” the album’s third track marks a stark departure from the pleasant vibe of the first two songs, flashing the morbid undertones that Lee further explored on Forever Changes. While the songs honeyed electric guitars and velvet drums conjure nothing but pleasant vibes, the lyrics are a different story, fraught with indecision, and melancholic uncertainty. From there, the album darts suddenly into the frenetic 2 minute jam “Seven & Seven Is,” a ripping garage punk number with freak-out lyrics that literally climaxes and explodes...

One of the main reasons why the album gets less attention than Forever Changes is the half-finished nature of the songs, reflecting the mere five days that the band recorded the album in (or how much acid they were on). While the melodies are all fully-formed, the lyrical content seems like pencil sketchings of ideas to be expanded on at a later date. “The Castle,” named after the band’s Los Feliz Residence, is under 50 words and doesn’t make all that much sense. Meanwhile, the penultimate song, “She Comes in Colors” seems overly simplistic by today’s standards, but taken as a pure love song, not many come more gorgeous, all willowy flutes, sunshine organs and Lee’s tear drop voice that adds an emotional heft to the number. If you’ve ever heard “She’s a Rainbow” from The Stones’ Their Satanic Majesties Request, you’ll notice its close and admittedly intentional similarity.

The album ends with a sprawling 19-minute jam, “Revelation” with its loose improvised riffing, searing harmonica solos and the hints of the power of Love’s dynamic stage show. The album amply displays why Love have been called the quintessential Los Angeles band, capturing the city’s uneasy balance of lobotomized sunshine simplicity and its noir underbelly. One of the finest records of the 60s, Da Capo might have its rough-edges but it remains a brilliant early work from Arthur Lee, one of America’s greatest songwriters

Stephanie Knows Who

Orange Skies

Que Vida!

Seven & Seven Is

The Castle

She Comes in Colors

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Revelation (18:57)

CONDITION: The Cover: In loose shrinkwrap is completely solid and stiff all over with only corner edge wear, VG++ with excellent/M- back group photo cover...it's the 44 year old first press... nice collectible!!!

The Vinyl: is glossy & shiny smooth on both sides, M- clean, no problems with enjoyable excellent playback. Both GOLD labels are CLEAN ... A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO ANY AUDIOPHILE'S COLLECTION!!  BE SURE TO CHECK OUT ALL MY OTHER VINTAGE ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES ON EBAY NOW!  

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