LOVE

FORMED LOS ANGELS 1965 WITH ARTHUR LEE (GUITAR, VOCALS), BRAYAN MACLEAN (GUITAR, VOCALS), ECHOLS LD (GUITAR), KEN FORSSI (BASS GUITAR), DON CONKA (DRUMS) ALTHOUGH CONKA SOON REPLACED BY ALBAN 'SNOOPY' PFISTERER (DRUMS). THEY WERE FIRST ROCK GROUP TO BE SIGNED BY ELEKTRA LABEL AND SUBSEQUENTLY RECORDED LARGELY IMITATIVE BUT STILL COMPELLING "LOVE" (1966). FOR "DA CAPO" (1967) PFISTERER MOVED TO KEYBOARDS, MICHAEL STUART CAME IN ON DRUMS AND TJAY CANTRELLI CONTRIBUTED WIND INSTRUMENTS. EXIT PFISTERER AND CANTRELLI, AND REMAINING QUINTET PRODUCED "FOREVER CHANGES" (1967), REGARDED AS ONE OF THE CLASSIC RECORDINGS OF ITS TIME WITH LEE BY NOW EMERGING AS POTENTIAL GENIUS. GROUP THEN BROKE UP.

LEE REAPPEARED TWO YEARS LATER ON "FOUR SAILS" WITH NEW EDITION OF LOVE, JAY DONNELLAN (LEAD GUITAR), FRANK FAYARD (BASS GUITAR), AND GEORGE SURANOVICH (DRUMS). THIS BAND WITH SUBSITUTION OF GARY ROWELS FOR DONNELLAN, MADE ENJOYABLE "OUT HERE" (1969) AND TOURED BRITAIN FEBRUARY 1970 HAVING PREVIOUSLY RARELY LEFT LOS ANGELES. FOLLOWING "FALSE START" (1970), WHICH INCLUDED BREIF CONTRIBUTION FROM JIMI HENDRIX, GROUP EVAPORATED ONCE AGAIN. IN 1972, LEE AND BAND AID RELEASED "VINDICATOR", ALL ENERGY AND NO INGENUITY. THE PREVIOUS VERSIONS OF LOVE HAS ACQUIRED IMMORTALITY. THE LAST STUDIO ALBUM WAS "REEL TO REAL" (1974) FUNK ROCK WHICH SOME LIKES. AFTER SHORT LOVE REUNION WITH ARTHUR LEE AND BRYAN MACLEAN ON STAGE 1978, "LIVE" WAS RELEASED IN 1982 FROM THAT CONCERT OF LAST TIME THEY APPEARED TOGETHER BY RHINO RECORDS. ANOTHER LOVE ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1982 "STUDIO/LIVE" FROM "OUT HERE" SESSIONS & LIVE FILLMORE CIRCA 1970. AFTER THIS ANY ALBUMS WAS RELEASED AS ARTHUR LEE LOVE.

LOVE