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Discograffiti

LOVE PART 11: THE FULL STORY BEHIND THE END OF LOVE MK. I (7 & 7 & 7 IS: THE DEFINITIVE 21-EPISODE STORY OF ARTHUR LEE & LOVE SERIES) (Ep. 256)

April 24, 2026·19 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

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 podcast OG Joe Kennedy about the classic psych band’s entire recorded output, with commentary on their history, wild stories, and star ratings for every release, including long-form interviews with both Johnny Echols and the members of Baby Lemonade, who’ve served as Love now for coming up on 35 years. 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 11 covers the first several months of 1968, during which the original Love fell to pieces. Here, then, is everything you could ever want to know about the period after which the band was no more. Here are just a few of the many things that Joe discusses with Discograffiti in this podcast: A look into why Forever Changes may have tanked as badly as it did; An in-depth examination of one of the great singles of all time, their 1968 swan song “Your Mind And We Belong Together” backed with “Laughing Stock”; Arthur’s unsuccessful attempt to eject Bryan MacLean from the band; The fate of Bryan MacLean’s solo album for Elektra; Love’s 1968 New York jaunt, which was plagued with a panoply of problems; The death of their road manager, which Arthur later documented in “Your Friend & Mine - Neil’s Song” on Love’s next record, Four Sail; What happened with Johnny Echols, Bryan MacLean, Snoopy Pfisterer, Michael Stuart-Ware, and Ken Forssi; And finally, the tragic life, and death, of Don Conka. For the full, ad-free, 61-minute podcast, either subscribe to Discograffiti’s Patreon at the Private Tier or higher, or just grab the episode as a one-off at the same link. The Full Podcast: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti New to the show? Start at the full version of Episode 1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/love-part-1-full-152927413 Purchase the 21-episode Love series at a 33% discount (hear as they appear): www.patreon.com/collection/2004969 Dave's Show Notes are available at a separate link for Lieutenants & up.   CONNECT Join our Soldiers of Sound Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1839109176272153 Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti Podfollow: ⁠⁠https://podfollow.com/1592182331⁠⁠ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClyaQCdvDelj5EiKj6IRLhw Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/discograffitipod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Discograffiti/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Discograffiti Order the Digital version of the METAL MACHINE MUZAK 2xLP (feat. Lou Barlow, Cory Hanson, Mark Robinson, & W. Cullen Hart): https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/197404 Order the $11 Digital version of the MMM 2xLP on Bandcamp: https://discograffiti.bandcamp.com/album/metal-machine-muzak Order the METAL MACHINE MUZAK Double Vinyl + Digital package: https://www.patreon.com/discograffiti/shop/169954 Merch Shop: https://discograffitipod.myspreadshop.com/all Venmo Dave A Tip: @David-Gebroe Web site: http://discograffiti.com/   CONTACT DAVE Email: dave@discograffiti.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hooligandave Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/dav

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