LOVE PART 4: JOHNNY ECHOLS REVEALS THE FULL STORY BEHIND LOVE’S DEBUT ALBUM (7 & 7 & 7 IS: THE DEFINITIVE 21-EPISODE STORY OF ARTHUR LEE & LOVE SERIES) (Ep. 251B)

New to the show? Start at Love Part 1 on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Love Part 1 on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/discograffiti/id1592182331?i=1000755046962

Love Part 1 on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3B3FEgFZ58gJOZqSSmaiGG?si=5LuYUXfVRYy2NRE30AszCQ

Discograffiti is the deep-dive podcast for music obsessives. Host Dave Gebroe talks with OG Love mainstay Johnny Echols about the classic psych band’s entire recorded output (for 4 1/2 hours total), with commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings—from both Dave and Johnny—for every release. 7 & 7 & 7 Is: The Definitive 21-Episode Story Of Arthur Lee & Love was consciously crafted to act as the ultimate repository of fact and opinion on one of the greatest bands to ever walk the face of the earth, the almighty Love.

Part 4 is the second part of my interview with Johnny, which covers the same time period as Episode 3, but in more granular detail, and heard directly from the man who lived it: Part 4 covers Love’s self-titled debut Elektra LP: the machinations behind the scenes, the making of the record, and all the classic music on it.

Here are just a few of the many things that Johnny discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast:

• The meanings behind some of the cryptic lyrics of “7 & 7 Is”, and how the song metamorphosed once Johnny got his hands on it;
• The only song in Love Mk. I history on which Arthur played guitar;
• The amount of material that Johnny says he wrote on the debut for which he did not receive credit;
• Johnny’s theory as to why Arthur drove himself into the depths of drug addiction without ever letting up;
• Jac Holzman’s process of singling Arthur out for recognition from the rest of Love, and how that impacted the group;
• What life was like in The Castle;
• And an in-depth deep dive with Johnny on the debut LP Love, plus his own star rating for the record!

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