More Love
More Psych Rock
- Both sides of this stereo Gold Label original pressing were giving us the big and bold sound we were looking for, earning superb Double Plus (A++) grades or close to them – fairly quiet vinyl too
- A classic from 1967, a combination of proto-punk and psychedelia that was clearly well ahead of its time
- Engineered by none other than Bruce Botnick, here is the kind of massive bottom end weight and energy that we like to call WHOMP (particularly on side two)
- According to AllMusic, the band embraced “a more gentle, contemplative, and organic sound on Forever Changes,” with much of the album “built around interwoven acoustic guitar textures and subtle orchestrations, with strings and horns both reinforcing and punctuating the melodies.”
- 5 stars: “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.”
Some of you may not know this music, but it’s a true Must Own Psychedelic Gem from the ’60s, a record no rock collection should be without, along with other groundbreaking albums from the ’60s such as Surrealistic Pillow, The Doors’ debut, the first Spirit album and too many others to list.
If you’re looking to demonstrate just how good 1967 All Tube Analog sound can be, this outstanding copy will do the trick.
This Gold Label pressing is spacious, sweet and positively dripping with ambience. Talk about Tubey Magic, the liquidity of the sound here is positively uncanny. This is vintage analog at its best, so full-bodied and relaxed you’ll wonder how it ever came to be that anyone seriously contemplated trying to improve it.
This IS the sound of Tubey Magic. No recordings will ever be made like this again, and no CD will ever capture what is in the grooves of this record. Of course there’s a CD of this album, but those of us in possession of a working turntable and a good collection of vintage vinyl have no need of it.