LOVE- FOREVER CHANGES 1967 1ST MONARCH PRESS PSYCH PSYCHEDELIC MASTERPIECE NM
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$ 200
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Nov 5, 2023
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Nov 4, 2023
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"LOVE- FOREVER CHANGES"
1967 Elektra EKS-74013 label
The condition of the cover is a nice EX+ (see photos), no cut-outs, seam splits or writing. The condition of the disc is a beautiful M-! Includes the original Elektra Records inner sleeve.
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 side A runout): EKS-74013A (MON) MR △11250
- Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 side B runout): EKS-74013B (MON) MR △11250-X
- Any discussion about the finest psychedelic rock record ever recorded is incomplete if it doesn't grant consideration to Love's Forever Changes. Ranked by Rolling Stone as the 40th greatest album ever made, and named by Mojo the second-greatest psychedelic set in history, the effort is an internationally recognized seminal work of art. Transcending language and convention, it's magnitude and magnificence need to be heard again and again. Commercially ignored upon release in November 1967, Forever Changes confronts the alienation, paranoia, violence, and strife that would soon plague the countercultural movement and send the Summer of Love into a tailspin. Apart from it's lyrical themes and prescient malaise, the record's enduring nature equally owes to intertwined arrangements sewn together with Latin guitar-picked lines, finessed folk harmonies, mariachi-inspired horn charts, and subdued strings. The seemingly opposing combination - ominous, dark reflections situated amidst lush, light melodic beds - affords Forever Changes a distinguished tension of claustrophobia and openness, dourness and ecstasy, ugliness and elegance enjoyed by no other record in the rock canon. Much of the contrast owes to leader Arthur Lee's mental state and pertinent observations. Lee, whose suppressed romanticism often surfaces even amidst the blackest shadows and most cynical moments, believed he would soon die, and hence channeled everything from lasting hopes to acid-addled decay to the chilling testimony of a Vietnam veteran in his narratives.
RARE 1967 ORIGINAL MONARCH FIRST VARIATION IN TOP NICK!
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THANK YOU & GOOD LUCK!
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