The story of a rumored but fictional LP
For years and years people have talked about and have questioned the possibility of an LP by the original lineup of the band Love called Gethsemane. This LP was to supposedly said to be the fourth Love LP ,following the masterpiece Forever Changes. There are no true facts about this project. I believe that if there was a possibility the record industry would have tried to capitalized on it by now. It was stated by Bryan Maclean in an interview that it was BS unless it was conceived after his departure from the band. Arthur himself would make no comments about it either confirming or denying its possibility. On the other hand Love guitarist Johnny Echols contends it was indeed a fact and there was material for it in the works when the band broke up and everyone went their separate ways. Arthur would of course reform his band and put out the fourth album as Four Sail. Listening to the material on that lp makes you wonder if just maybe there could be some thread of truth seeing how the songs are indeed very closely similar to the previous lp material There is no Gethsemane. I have taken the liberty of putting together a comp by the band only to show that Arthur and Bryan were creative wonders but when the band shattered it slowly caused their creativeness to suffer. Bryan's later work(demos) showed some creative flashes but truly in OMO (one man's opinion) he needed the band to gel. The same could be said for Arthur's material as time went by. His words and music were no where near what the chemistry of the original Love gave him. They are both gone now so we will never really know. Johnny Echols speaks of working on that very named LP today but you have to wonder how much of it can match what might have been. Maybe Johnny can give us all hope for it's reality!
The above artwork is from Burt Shonburg who created the cover for the Out Here lp
01 laughing stock
02 your mind and we belong to each other03 number 14
04 wonder people (i do wonder)
These four songs are non-lp songs. It is speculated that the first two were actually to be on the supposed fourth lp by the original lineup. Number 3 is from earlier love recording sessions and was indeed the 'Bside for 7 and 7 is. The 4th tune is an actual outtake from the Forever Changes sessions
05 barber john
06 love will be here
These two are Bryan Maclean demos with Number 6 being considered for FC being nixed by Bryan himself
07 i'm with you
08 robert montgomery
09 nothing
10 always see your face
11 your friend and mine - neil's song
Five songs from the Four Sail lineup. All have the feel of possibly been chosen for the mythical lp. Imagine what the original lineup might have have done (nothing against the good work the new lineup did) with these songs
12 listen to my song
13 willow willow
14 gather round
From the Out Here Lp with once again qualities that might have been especially track 14 Arthurs lyrics always were a strong point for the times
15 you're the prettiest song
16 five string serenade
Two from the Arthur Lee Five String lp of 1992 with a little bit of the old spirit of Lee's songwriting intact
