The Forever Changes Concert

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The Forever Changes Concert
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Live album by
Released2003, 2007, 2009
RecordedJanuary 15, 2003
Venue Royal Festival Hall, London
Genre Psychedelic rock, folk rock, baroque pop
Label Snapper Music
Producer Gene Kraut
Arthur Lee
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The Forever Changes Concert (2003) is the last album released by Love with Arthur Lee. There was a two-CD re-release in 2007 under the name of The Forever Changes Concert & More, which features extra songs, a live video of "Alone Again Or", band images and a screensaver.

Contents

2003 track listing

  1. "Alone Again Or" (Maclean, – 4:19)
  2. "A House Is Not a Motel" (Lee, – 4:08)
  3. "Andmoreagain" (Lee, – 4:04)
  4. "The Daily Planet" (Lee, – 3:42)
  5. "Old Man" (Maclean, – 3:39)
  6. "The Red Telephone" (Lee, – 7:12)
  7. "Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale" (Lee, – 3:57)
  8. "Live and Let Live" (Lee, – 5:13)
  9. "The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This" (Lee, – 3:42)
  10. "Bummer in the Summer" (Lee, – 2:34)
  11. "You Set the Scene" (Lee, – 7:40)

Bonus tracks

  1. "7 and 7 Is" (Lee, – 2:51)
  2. "Your Mind and We Belong Together" (Lee, – 4:11)
  3. "Orange Skies" (MacLean, – 3:09)
  4. "She Comes in Colors" (Lee, – 3:00)
  5. "Listen to my Song" (Lee, – 2:03)
  6. "August" (Lee, – 5:34)

2007 track listing

Disc 1

  1. "Alone Again Or" (Maclean, – 4:19)
  2. "A House Is Not a Motel" (Lee, – 4:08)
  3. "Andmoreagain" (Lee, – 4:04)
  4. "The Daily Planet" (Lee, – 3:42)
  5. "Old Man" (Maclean, – 3:39)
  6. "The Red Telephone" (Lee, – 7:12)
  7. "Maybe the People Would Be the Times or Between Clark and Hilldale" (Lee, – 3:57)
  8. "Live and Let Live" (Lee, – 5:13)
  9. "The Good Humor Man He Sees Everything Like This" (Lee, – 3:42)
  10. "Bummer in the Summer" (Lee, – 2:34)
  11. "You Set the Scene" (Lee, – 7:40)

Disc 2

  1. "Orange Skies" (MacLean, – 3:09)
  2. "She Comes in Colors" (Lee, – 3:00)
  3. "Listen to My Song" (Lee, – 2:03)
  4. "August" (Lee, – 5:34)
  5. "7 and 7 Is" (Lee, – 2:51)
  6. "Your Mind and We Belong Together" (Lee, – 4:11)
  7. "Signed D.C." (Lee, – 6:49)
  8. "My Little Red Book" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David, – 2:33)

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References

  1. Deming, Mark. "Arthur Lee & Love - The Forever Changes Concert". AllMusic . Retrieved January 24, 2024.
  2. Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.