Forever Changes - 1976 UK Elektra label 11-track Stereo LP

Scarce 1976 UK Elektra label 11-track Stereo LP reissue of Los Angeles psychedelic rock and folk rock quintets great 3rd album - making a shift into a more folk-influenced sound based around acoustic guitars and orchestral arrangements - an album widely recognized as their peak effort achieving a 5 out of 5 star rating by Rolling Stones Album 1979 guide, and ranked the second greatest psychedelic album of all time by Mojo Magazine. Mark Deming wrote that 'Forever Changes' ated that the album "became recognized as one of the finest and most haunting albums to come out of the Summer of Love," elaborating "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." in his Allmusic review.

Vinyl has the generic company butterfly labels with small black Warner rim logo at 4 o'clock and 'Made In The UK' and '33 1/3' added to the left label 'Side 1 Stereo', publishing and copyright text. Vinylis housed in a picture cover featuring a black and white top cover photo of Arthur Lee.

Vinyl has mchine stamped matrix information:
Side A, variant 2): K·42015·A2, mother/stamper B 4
Side B, variant 2): K 42015 B1, mother/stamper A 11
suggesting a pressing done by CBS Pressing Plant, Buckinghamshire, UK

Condition: NM (Vinyl and Labels)/VG+ (Cover):
Vinyl is bright and shiny - hardly any sleeve scuffing, perfect labels. Cover has minor imperfections only - a hardly noticeable mid-top pressure point and a small dent to mid opening has inflicted a faint - ca 0,5 cm rip in the very surface of the cover - not very obvious and otherwise just faint scuffing to the sleeve, hardly any edge creasing - very nice and in the Nice upper VG+ area

Tracklisting:

Side 1.
1. Alone Again Or (Bryan MacLean)  3:15
2. A House Is Not A Motel   3:25
3. Andmoreagain   3:15
4. The Daily Planet   3:25
5. Old Man  (Bryan MacLean) 2:57
6. The Red Telephone   4:45

Side 2.
1. Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale   3:30
2. Live And Let Live   5:24
3. The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This   3:00
4. Bummer In The Summer   2:20
5. You Set The Scene   6:49

All songs written by Arthur Lee unless otherwise noted

Vinyl is pressed by CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton,  Buckinghamshire, UK
Cover is printed by Gothic Print Finishers Ltd., London SE9 2EQ, UK

Credits:

Love:
Arthur Lee - guitar, vocals, Arrangements
Bryan MacLean - guitar, vocals, Arrangements
Johnny Echols - guitar, Arrangements
Ken Forssi - bass guitar, Arrangements
Michael Stuart-Ware - drums, percussion, Arrangements

Additional Musicians:
Carol Kaye - bass guitar on "Andmoreagain" and "The Daily Planet"
Don Randi - keyboards on "Andmoreagain" and "The Daily Planet"; piano on "Old Man" and "Bummer in the Summer"; harpsichord on "The Red Telephone"
Billy Strange - electric guitar on "Andmoreagain" and "The Daily Planet"
Hal Blaine - drums on "Andmoreagain" and "The Daily Planet"
Neil Young - arrangements on "The Daily Planet"
Robert Barene, Arnold Belnick, James Getzoff, Marshall Sosson, Darrel Terwilliger - violin
Norman Botnick - viola
Jesse Ehrlich - cello
Chuck Berghofer - double bass
Bud Brisbois, Roy Caton, Ollie Mitchell - trumpet
Richard Leith - trombone
David Angel - Arrangements, Orchestration

Technical Credits:
Arthur Lee  - Production
Bruce Botnick - Recording Engineer, Production
Jac Holzman - Supervision - Production Supervisor

Artwork:
Bob Pepper - Front Cover Artwork
William S. Harvey - Cover Design
Ronnie Haran - back cover photo