Out There

Excellent remastering good out takes not as good as the first three albums but still important

For the Love completist only. Certainly not up to par with Forever Changes. More of an Arthur Lee solo effort.

Not being from LA, I did not have the opportunity to hear the music of the great band Love, until late 69. That was when, I found the double LP: "Out Here" in a cut-out bin. With it's painted blue man, raparound cover all for a whopping 99 cents. I had never heard a note of this music, but this sure looked interesting. Was this a Pink Floyd knockoff? An early edition of Bloodrock? Well, I took my 99 cent gamble and bought this strange record."Out Here" was really different from what I was used to and that is due to Arthur Lee, or as he wanted to be called at the time: "Arthurlee." Lee, a veteran of the LA music scene since 1964, formed the first version of Love in 1965, with Bryan "Snoopy" MacLean. By 1969, the band had still not broken through with a hit single or bestselling album release, so, outside of Los Angeles, they were not well known.Many critics, have labeled, Love's short time with Blue Thumb records as the band's: "Heavy Metal" period. One listen to this CD, and you know that this is not the case..."Heavy Metal," this ain't! "Stand Out" is flat-out rock, "I Still Wonder" is CSN meeting The Allman Brothers, "Listen to my song" goes into Tiny Tim territory with Arthur's falsetto & whistling. The great: "Everlasting First" features Jimi Hendrix, it was born out of a much longer jam session {featured on many bootlegs, the jam is over 10 minutes in length} but, this song is three minutes long, and pales to what goes on during the original session.Some of the tracks here sound unfinished and/or bad edits of something greater; "Love is Coming", "Listen to my Song", "Nice to Be", all fade out before they really get going. Two tracks featured on this disc are exended 'work-outs', the first is: "Doggone." That one starts off as a nice little ditty, but it soon turns into a overlong drum solo, ALA: Ginger Baker of Cream & Blind Faith. Next there is: "Love is More than Words or Better Late Than Never" with a waa-waa pedal guitar gore-fest, that SCREAMS 1969. These two tracks, would be HIGHLIGHTS at The Fillmore East shows when Love played between The Allman Brothers and The Grateful Dead in early 1970, but for the studio record, they just end up being filler {but, well played filler.}The two standout tracks of this CD are: "Signed D C" & "Willow, Willow".The revised version of: "Signed D C" is the best song of Love's long history, and this is the most intense performance of the band...PERIOD! The guitars are loud & brash, and the singing is of a man over the edge, it's so good, it sends a chill! Somebody (or perhaps a band) with guts, should do a cover of this classic...(betcha, it wouldn't be as good as this!). "Willow" is a fine song, the guitars echo the best of The Byrds, but, because of the tune's jazz flavor, it is better than the feathered ones....let's just call this a lost classic.There are flaws over the course of this CD, but that was Arthur in general. He shows lot's of "flashes" of genius here as well. This is a good peek into the 1969-70 period of this great band. Back at The Whiskey in 1965, Jim Morrison had just watched Love's last set of the night and told Ray Manzarek "That's my goal...To be bigger than Love!!!Three Stars.

the import co. ruined this set the 2-lp set had 17 songs they took 7 songs away from the 2-lp set and put 7 different in place so people that think they are getting the whole two lps worth you are not. the 1990 cd release is the best mca one way records all 17 tracks

FOREVER CHANGES by Love is a terrific album, but it's also something of the 800-pound gorilla in the room when people talk about Love and the mercurial Arthur Lee. FOREVER CHANGES musically bears practically no relation to any other album in Love's discography; if it wasn't there, you'd go from their second (DA CAPO) to their fourth (FOUR SAIL) and hear a rock band with melodic tendencies turning into an even better rock band with melodic tendencies, and then even better than that on number 5, OUT HERE. If you want to nit-pick, sure, it would've been nice if Bryan MacLean (the author of the FC staple "Alone Again Or," Love's most recognizable song) was still in the band for both FOUR SAIL and OUT HERE, but I would make the case that Arthur Lee himself had matured dramatically as a SONGWRITER from FC onward, and the new members of Love (which means all of them except Lee) play rings around the previous members. Yes, they sound more like a hard-rock band on these two albums than a rock 'n roll band. I see that as a plus, not a minus.OUT HERE is actually much more multifaceted than might be supposed at first glance. The opening track, "I'll Pray For You" has strong elements of gospel in it, followed by "Abalony," a quasi-country picker reminiscent of Moby Grape's "Ain't No Use." The remake of "Signed DC" from the band's eponymous 1st album doesn't diminish the power of either song or performance, just recasts it differently, while "Listen To My Song" is so much in the mold of FOREVER CHANGES that Lee included it on the live FOREVER CHANGES CONCERT album a few years back. The two longish tracks here, "Doggone" and "Love Is More Than Words Or Better Late Than Never," do get a little TOO long after a bit, but they succeed over their lengths a darn sight better than "Revelation" from DA CAPO and, as self-indulgent long tunes go, are a lot better than most. The band members on this album, as said, more than hold their own musically, and Lee himself sounds like he's enjoying himself, a one in the eye for those who'd prefer him as the "tortured artist," perhaps, but not off-putting at all for those who keep an open mind.And that's really the key to enjoying this album and the one before it, FOUR SAIL...keeping an open mind. You may end up liking them both as much as FOREVER CHANGES. I know I do.

I bought Out Here as an LP when it first came out. Then I sort of lost track of it. But one track in particular kept nagging me - Signed DC. I have come across other (faster) versions of it, but none compare to the version on Out Here. Listening to it now, it has lost none of its power and it still makes the hairs and ears stand up. This CD is worth its weight in gold for this track alone. The rest of the CD has some great songs too which are testimony to the range and brilliance of Arthur Lee.

This is more general Westcoast music, not the extraordinary style and beauty of it's predecessor and masterpiece "Forever changes". But only "Listen to my song" is already worth the price of this cd. Though the other songs vary in style and quality, it's still a very good record.

Remembered this as a double vinyl album about 1971ish. I think this with Forever Changes represents the best of Love/Arthurly and really good to hear it again.

Excellent album, contrary to some reviews over the years.

Birthday present for husband

super

Some people usually get it wrong as to what tracks the late Jimi Hendrix was involved with Arthur Lee, but there are still some unreleased tracks,, badly recorded that do exist reflecting the vocals and guitar work of both artists jamming together.I have heard an acetate, most probably from a tape done in London.Before moving to Laurel Canyon, Arthur had lived at Los Feliz and up in Colldwater Canyon.Although a virtual hermit in his then home, Arthur had the usual hangers-on and on occasion, the rare visitor up there.One of his prized possessions was an original photo of he and Jimi seated together, in a frame, on a small table near his sofa.Then, Arthur noticed the photo had disappeared and he was livid.For a long while, he refused to leave his home, and went on for days and days about his lost prize.Even a genius can really get angry.RIP Arthur

５ｔｈアルバム「Out Here」と６ｔｈアルバム「False Start」からセレクトされた曲で構成された編集盤です。どういった経緯で出されたものかはわかりませんがこの２枚のアルバムは今のところ入手困難なようなのでこれらが復刻されるまでとりあえず・・・という感じで購入しました。この頃になるとアーサー・リーのソロ・プロジェクト色が強く名作の誉れ高い初期の作品に比べ精彩の欠いた感の強い後期ＬＯＶＥですがリーの他の誰とも違う個性は充分発揮されています。というか、この人は他人と同じことをしようとしても出来ない人なんだろうなと改めて思いました。彼の世界に魅せられた人なら聞いて損は無いと思います。分かりやすい聴き所はやはりジミ・ヘンドリックスをフィーチャーした「The Everlasting First」とか初期の作品のリメイクとかになりますかね。

Iconic band ,,,,,you either " Love" them or you don't.