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Arthur Lee of Love performs on stage at the Rainbow Theatre, London, May 1974. (Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images)
“He confounded fans and label. Most of his band jumped ship”: When Arthur Lee steered Love into uncharted waters

By Claudia Elliott Published

The imaginative intensity of the band’s second album broke free from established boundaries – and inspired countless other musicians

Albums
Love in 1967
How an unlikely rock star led the psychedelic revolution that swept 60s California

By Max Bell Published

Arthur Lee inspired Jimi Hendrix, formed Love, gave Elektra Records their first hit and blew John Densmore's mind

Bands & Artists
Approximately 1000 young music fans gathered at the Pandora's Box club on Sunset Strip to protest a 10pm curfew imposed by local residents during the "Sunset Strip Curfew Riots" aka "hippie riots" on November 12, 1966
How the LA club scene in the 1960s shaped American rock then sparked a revolution

By Max Bell Published

The Doors to a riot: Six months in the life of Sunset Strip

Culture
Love posing for a photograph in tall grass in the late 1960s
The turbulent story of Arthur Lee and Love, the 60s renegades who helped invent the LA rock scene

By Max Bell Published

The Doors were stars but their Sunset Strip peers Love deserved to be equally famous

Interviews
Excerpts from the cover art of nine 60s West Coast rock albums
10 West Coast rock albums you really need to hear... and one to avoid

By Bill DeMain Published

Buying guide From surf guitars to psychedelia, peace to paranoia, the 60s sound of Los Angeles and San Francisco was bright and multicoloured

Buying guide
Johnny Echols onstage
Arthur Lee may be gone, but Love have found a way forward

By Dave Ling Published

Love's Forever Changes is coming to the UK in full, and if you're lucky it'll be orchestrated

Interviews
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16 of the best psychedelic rock albums ever

By Rob Hughes, Malcolm Dome last updated

Buying guide Take a trip through time and space with the ultimate mind-bending psychedelic rock albums

Buying guide
The Elektra logo surrounded by centre labels from 10 albums released on Elektra
The Elektra Records albums you should definitely own

By Mick Houghton Published

Buying guide The best of an incredible catalogue from the early years of Elektra Records, one of the USA‘s most important, free and forward-thinking labels

Buying guide
Arthur Lee circa 1970
Interview: Love's Arthur Lee - "I was gonna start a band with Jimi Hendrix"

By Steven Rosen last updated

Arthur Lee on the early days of Love, working with Jimi Hendrix, weird encounters with the Grateful Dead, and the birth of the 60s dream

Interviews
Love: Forever Changes
Bargain alert: get 46% off Love's Forever Changes 50th Anniversary Edition box set

By Fraser Lewry Published

Amazon UK is currently offering a significant discount on the 50th Anniversary box set edition of Love's classic Forever Changes

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