Unused LOVE "Forever Changes" Vinyl LP from 1967
1969 Reissue

• You are bidding on one unused copy of the LOVE stereo vinyl LP "Forever Changes," released in 1967. This is NOT an original release; it is a later reissue on the red Electra label. According to the Goldmine Standard Catalog of American Records (3rd Ed.), this red label issue was probably pressed in 1969. Produced by Arthur Lee with Bruce Botnick. Duration: 42:05.

• The LP and jacket is considered USED but is in excellent condition. (See grading legend below). The disc is graded NM and is not warped; there are no marks on either side. We believe the disc may be unplayed. The jacket is VG+; there is no edge wear or ring wear, but some minor contact wear on the top back. There is a 3 inch bend in the cardboard on the front cover, bottom left corner. There is a slight dent in the top right corner. The inner sleeve is a period Elektra promo sleeve in good condition - no breaks. The pictures below are of the actual item.

• Side One:
  1. Alone Again Or - 3:16
  2. A House Is Not a Motel - 3:31
  3. Andmoreagain - 3:18
  4. The Daily Planet - 3:30
  5. Old Man - 3:02
  6. The Red Telephone - 4:46
  Side Two:
  1. Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale - 3:34
  2. Live and Let Live - 5:26
  3. The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This - 3:08
  4. Bummer in the Summer - 2:24
  5. You Set the Scene - 6:51

• AllMusic Review by Mark Deming:
  Love's Forever Changes made only a minor dent on the charts when it was first released in 1967, but years later it became recognized as one of the finest and most haunting albums to come out of the Summer of Love, which doubtless has as much to do with the disc's themes and tone as the music, beautiful as it is. Sharp electric guitars dominated most of Love's first two albums, and they make occasional appearances here on tunes like "A House Is Not a Motel" and "Live and Let Live," but most of Forever Changes is built around interwoven acoustic guitar textures and subtle orchestrations, with strings and horns both reinforcing and punctuating the melodies. The punky edge of Love's early work gave way to a more gentle, contemplative, and organic sound on Forever Changes, but while Arthur Lee and Bryan MacLean wrote some of their most enduring songs for the album, the lovely melodies and inspired arrangements can't disguise an air of malaise that permeates the sessions. A certain amount of this reflects the angst of a group undergoing some severe internal strife, but Forever Changes is also an album that heralds the last days of a golden age and anticipates the growing ugliness that would dominate the counterculture in 1968 and 1969; images of violence and war haunt "A House Is Not a Motel," the street scenes of "Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hillsdale" reflects a jaded mindset that flower power could not ease, the twin specters of race and international strife rise to the surface of "The Red Telephone," romance becomes cynicism in "Bummer in the Summer," the promise of the psychedelic experience decays into hard drug abuse in "Live and Let Live," and even gentle numbers like "Andmoreagain" and "Old Man" sound elegiac, as if the ghosts of Chicago and Altamont were visible over the horizon as Love looked back to brief moments of warmth. Forever Changes is inarguably Love's masterpiece and an album of enduring beauty, but it's also one of the few major works of its era that saw the dark clouds looming on the cultural horizon, and the result was music that was as prescient as it was compelling.

• Elektra Records EKS-74013. Originally released in 1967.

• Sold AS-IS. NO RETURNS.

• To protect this collectible recording, this auction also includes the packaging necessary to ship a vinyl record. Included is a new cardboard container specifically designed for vinyl records. The record will be shipped in a new paper sleeve. The empty jacket will be shipped in a new plastic sleeve.

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• M = Mint. In all but the rarest cases, still sealed. If we know that an open record has never been played, and the rating otherwise applies, it will be graded mint.
  
• NM = Near mint, or unplayed condition. Cover is near perfect, new looking, with no surface or ring wear.
  
• EX = Only slight signs of wear; very clean, only light surface marks which do not distract significantly from the sound. Cover has only slight surface wear and is still in nice collectible condition.
  
• VG+ = Evidence of play, with moderate surface wear and some minor noise - still plays well. Cover is solid with no breaks but may have minor surface wear or some ring wear.
  
• VG = Overall wear, but no skips or serious defects. May be somewhat noisy during quiet passages. Cover is worn, with considerable ring wear, and may have partially broken edges.
  
• VG- = Playable, but both the record and cover are well worn.
  
• G or G+ = Poor or Rough condition. Holefiller only!

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