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Love begin the first of three days recording their eponymous debut album at Sunset Sound Recorders, 6650 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California, USA. On this day they record Gazing, Can't Explain, And More and No Matter What You Do.Full article:
Bruce Botnick (engineer) : At the time I wasn't doing a lot of rock'n'roll. I was doing a lot of work with Jack Nitzsche. We were doing pop work, things for Liberty Records - Bobby Vee, Johnny Burnette, and that kind of thing. Lots of children's albums for Disney. I really wasn't familiar with the genre. Although I was familiar with the end of the acts - Bobby Vee, Johnny Burnette, and Jackie DeShannon, and that whole particular group of people, which was the level before we got into '60s rock'n'roll.
I knew nothing about acid, drugs, or anything like that. This was totally unusual. I was never one to go clubs and be a part of that. So when they walked in the door, I didn't think that they were weird. They performed, and I recorded them, and I really liked the music a great deal.
Bryan Maclean (Love) : What you hear on that first album is just an enervated, attenuated version of what we were like live. It didn't have the distortion or the energy or the impact.
Alvin 'Snoopy' Pfisterer (Love) : I was a pretty limited drummer, and they didn't want me wasting time, experimenting, or otherwise fucking up. So, Arthur got behind the drums and did all the songs I couldn't handle.
Jac Holzman (owner, Elektra Records) : Arthur frequently played someone else's instrument if he thought he could play it better, and he always could. Once, we had completed a take using up all four of our available tracks. Arthur still wanted to add a harmonising vocal on track three. With no tracks available, I asked him if he was sure he could get it on the first take. He stared at me over his glasses as if I was some sort of alien bug.
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I knew nothing about acid, drugs, or anything like that. This was totally unusual. I was never one to go clubs and be a part of that. So when they walked in the door, I didn't think that they were weird. They performed, and I recorded them, and I really liked the music a great deal.
Bryan Maclean (Love) : What you hear on that first album is just an enervated, attenuated version of what we were like live. It didn't have the distortion or the energy or the impact.
Alvin 'Snoopy' Pfisterer (Love) : I was a pretty limited drummer, and they didn't want me wasting time, experimenting, or otherwise fucking up. So, Arthur got behind the drums and did all the songs I couldn't handle.
Jac Holzman (owner, Elektra Records) : Arthur frequently played someone else's instrument if he thought he could play it better, and he always could. Once, we had completed a take using up all four of our available tracks. Arthur still wanted to add a harmonising vocal on track three. With no tracks available, I asked him if he was sure he could get it on the first take. He stared at me over his glasses as if I was some sort of alien bug.