
Love On Track
Every Album, Every Song
Emma Stott(Author)
Sonicbond Publishing
Will be published approx. on 26. March 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-78952-464-2 (ISBN)
Description
As Love's most
revered album is titled Forever Changes, it's little wonder that their superior
back catalogue encompasses a multitude of genres: folk rock, garage, jazz rock,
baroque, psychedelia, soul, funk, and reggae - or certainly Arthur Lee's does. But
who can separate Love from their beleaguered yet brilliant front man? Love On
Track explores the many embodiments of his group, with his solo work closely
examined at the same time.
Love were the first rock signing to folk
label Elektra and something of this contradiction inhabits their work. From the
raw beat of their eponymous debut, to sweetly ruminative songs on Da Capo, to
the ultimate comment on the counter-culture in Forever Changes, onto Four
Sail's auguring the hard rocking 1970s, these albums represent Love's best
known work.
But the book knows the Love story doesn't
end there. There's the epic double album Out Here, collaborations with Jimi
Hendrix, vegetarian protest songs, and a gorgeously romantic revival in Five
String Serenade. There are also stops along the way to recall the solo work of
Bryan MacLean et al, a new interview with Berton Averre, who played with Lee in
the 1990s, and a detailed look at live recordings - the book is a real labour
of Love.
revered album is titled Forever Changes, it's little wonder that their superior
back catalogue encompasses a multitude of genres: folk rock, garage, jazz rock,
baroque, psychedelia, soul, funk, and reggae - or certainly Arthur Lee's does. But
who can separate Love from their beleaguered yet brilliant front man? Love On
Track explores the many embodiments of his group, with his solo work closely
examined at the same time.
Love were the first rock signing to folk
label Elektra and something of this contradiction inhabits their work. From the
raw beat of their eponymous debut, to sweetly ruminative songs on Da Capo, to
the ultimate comment on the counter-culture in Forever Changes, onto Four
Sail's auguring the hard rocking 1970s, these albums represent Love's best
known work.
But the book knows the Love story doesn't
end there. There's the epic double album Out Here, collaborations with Jimi
Hendrix, vegetarian protest songs, and a gorgeously romantic revival in Five
String Serenade. There are also stops along the way to recall the solo work of
Bryan MacLean et al, a new interview with Berton Averre, who played with Lee in
the 1990s, and a detailed look at live recordings - the book is a real labour
of Love.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Tewkesbury
United Kingdom
Illustrations
16 colour pages
Dimensions
Height: 148 mm
Width: 211 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
226 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78952-464-2 (9781789524642)
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Person
Emma Stott is the author of two previous Sonicbond titles:
Jimi Hendrix On Track, and The Zombies on Track. She writes about education
also, in particular, linguistics and literature; a poet and short story writer
too, her last work reimagined The Great Gatsby as a folk horror starring The
Rolling Stones - or at least a band that
closely resembles them. She lives in Manchester, UK.
Jimi Hendrix On Track, and The Zombies on Track. She writes about education
also, in particular, linguistics and literature; a poet and short story writer
too, her last work reimagined The Great Gatsby as a folk horror starring The
Rolling Stones - or at least a band that
closely resembles them. She lives in Manchester, UK.