Vinyl Rewind - Love - Forever Changes | Johnny Echols interview

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  • Johnny Echols stops by the Vinyl Pad to talk about his work on Love's Forever Changes and other stories.
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Komentáře • 237

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic Před 6 lety +130

    Love is such an underrated group.

    • @festersuncle6298
      @festersuncle6298 Před 4 lety +1

      Love is now and will forever be a cult band. That's why they're so special to folks. Agree?

    • @oppothumbs1
      @oppothumbs1 Před 3 lety +3

      @@festersuncle6298 No they didn't tour and might have been somewhat bigger though you can never depend on the lousy tastes of the masses to appreciate greatness. Jim Morrison/Doors did, Robert Plant said Forever Changes was his favorite record of all time.

    • @vanmorgan855
      @vanmorgan855 Před 2 lety

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      I was dumb lost the login password. I appreciate any help you can offer me

    • @adrienkenzo8381
      @adrienkenzo8381 Před 2 lety

      @Van Morgan instablaster =)

  • @obbor4
    @obbor4 Před 6 lety +66

    What a great interview and what a gracious man! Nothing but the facts, as he lived them, without a drop of rancor or cynicism. These guys made incredible music, and that fact never changes.

  • @dixielandfarm
    @dixielandfarm Před 8 lety +120

    Your crowing achievement for the channel so far. Just amazing hearing this legend.

    • @VinylRewind
      @VinylRewind  Před 8 lety +5

      +dixielandfarm Thank you Kris!

    • @plrndl
      @plrndl Před 6 lety +4

      I do hope you mean " crowNing achievement"!

  • @williamhenderson8371
    @williamhenderson8371 Před 6 lety +33

    Forever Changes is unquestionably a desert island disc for me. What an interesting interview. Echols was so gracious to agree to do this. I loved hearing his stories and learned so much. I thought you also did an amazing job with your interview. Great questions! You handled it like a pro. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

  • @AndrewCowen1962
    @AndrewCowen1962 Před 8 lety +79

    Thanks for this. A real contribution to rock history.

  • @davidellis5141
    @davidellis5141 Před 5 lety +16

    Johnny Echols is literally now a " Senior " spokesman for Rock & Roll. An amazing summary of Rock royals he worked with. Great memory. He has a book in him.

  • @georgebethos7890
    @georgebethos7890 Před 7 lety +37

    Excellent interview Johnny Echols is such a class guy

  • @MrRhmccabe
    @MrRhmccabe Před 6 lety +6

    Greatest record ever made.

  • @61dodgelancer
    @61dodgelancer Před 6 lety +8

    Thank you for this wonderful interview with Johnny Echols. I bought "Forever Changes" back in 1967. I love, Love, today as much as I did 50 years ago. Loved hearing LOVE's story.

  • @bobburroughs6241
    @bobburroughs6241 Před 4 lety +12

    Indispensable album. Had it from the beginning and still dipped into regularly. In the first wave of magical sounds from the States. Wonderful that Arthur was able to revive the album and bring it to a new audience in his later years.

  • @JoeChrisMorris
    @JoeChrisMorris Před 6 lety +15

    excellent interview of someone who hasn't been heard of since 1968 (Your mind and we belong together b/w Laughing stock)

  • @rtrepsas
    @rtrepsas Před 7 lety +21

    WOW, Johnny Echols and Arthur Lee started with THE Coasters, Little Richard, Billy Preston (of Beatles fame) AND Marilyn McCoo of The Fifth Dimension!

    • @spacepatrolman
      @spacepatrolman Před 4 lety

      czcams.com/users/results?search_query=MARYLIN+MCOO+AND+CARL+WILSON

  • @DrustIV
    @DrustIV Před 5 lety +9

    So good to hear Johnny talk about my fav album of all time. What great bloke. I've always adored his superb guitar playing on FC but never knew he was responsible for the gorgeous 'Flamenco' guitar on Alone Again Or. Great interview.

  • @MsLoverockmusic
    @MsLoverockmusic Před 10 měsíci +2

    2023 and this is still a great interview. It was good to hear Johnny's side of the story of Love. For someone like me who recently discovered the music of Love, this 60+ year-old appreciated this interview very much! ❤

  • @booklover3959
    @booklover3959 Před 5 lety +8

    Wow! I have been a fanatic Love fan for years and there is info in here that I had no idea. This was a fantastic interview! The store Luv Brassieres was inspiration for the band name for instance. So cool. And the interviewer is a model of how to do an interview. He lets the subject talk and fully express himself. Thank you.

  • @melodycallero8680
    @melodycallero8680 Před 8 lety +8

    So sad Glenn Frey Eagles passed! Happy you are safe and sound home from Miami shoot! Johnny Echols rocks!!!!!

  • @ccvolz8006
    @ccvolz8006 Před 8 lety +4

    Thanks Johnny for telling us how it really was!

  • @richmod
    @richmod Před 6 lety +34

    What a great interview , very interesting to hear all his stories. Forever Changes is a unique special album , love your channel , keep up the good work

  • @mikebass3723
    @mikebass3723 Před 8 lety +43

    What a fantastic interview Eric! Johnny is such a chill/cool guy with a wealth of information on one of my favorite albums! Hats off to you, and keep up the superb work you're always spoiling us with! :)

    • @oppothumbs1
      @oppothumbs1 Před 3 lety +2

      John was interviewed for the current Charles Manson series on HBO. Intelligent, cool

  • @MrBill2719
    @MrBill2719 Před 4 lety +3

    Excellent interview. A rare case in which the interviewer actually knows what he is talking about, and Mr. Echols articulated his experiences very well. Have heard some of the studio banter during the recording of this classic album, plus outtakes, very interesting.

  • @dongilmore798
    @dongilmore798 Před 4 lety +6

    The best interview about the original group I have ever heard. I remember Love playing at our High School in 1966 in Pasadena. One of my top 5 fav groups all my life.

  • @davesparks9503
    @davesparks9503 Před 8 lety +13

    Excellent interview ..Forever Changes one of the best Albums ever..

  • @marcintime
    @marcintime Před 5 lety +7

    What a fabulous interview and what a great guy Johnny Echols is. A real treat for us Love fans!

  • @betsyduane3461
    @betsyduane3461 Před 3 lety +1

    I saw Lee in a small club in 1995 in NYC, he was great.

  • @ChubbyChecker182
    @ChubbyChecker182 Před 3 lety +4

    5 minutes into this interview... I'm thinking wow this one of the most interesting interviews with a musician I have ever seen... Great stuff

  • @jfretless
    @jfretless Před 8 lety +26

    Again... The most underrated channel on CZcams. Great work Eric and company.

    • @VinylRewind
      @VinylRewind  Před 8 lety +3

      +jfretless thank you very much

    • @paulbatlan6584
      @paulbatlan6584 Před 4 lety

      Yes concurred. Great interview. This team did your homework.

  • @Colldan09
    @Colldan09 Před 8 lety +4

    Great interview. My late brother was a big fan of this group in the 60's! Excellent!

  • @shanekennedy1480
    @shanekennedy1480 Před 4 lety +2

    why love arent even in rock n roll hall of fame is beyond me when lesser bands swan in!.......love influenced the doors, lez zeppelin, syd barrett and countless others!.......
    was lucky to see love revisited with johnny echols and their amazing last touring band called baby lemonade!......the guys played the 3 classic albums! ....... blew the roof off!.....
    johnny had all the cool of arthur lee in spades! .... every inch a rock legend!..... so uber youthful and achingly cool and likeable!........ simply amazing! ......best gig ever in glasgow, scotland

  • @shrimpe2876
    @shrimpe2876 Před 5 lety +4

    This band has changed my life, love this interview

  • @starcloud4959
    @starcloud4959 Před 6 lety +7

    Johnny Echols you're the best.keep it coming.never stop. Love 4 ever (ForeverChanges no.40 on rolling stone?huh?everyone secretly knows its the best.) I guess there will never be another Love but we can only try.

  • @JBevan85
    @JBevan85 Před 6 lety +6

    This is absolutely fantastic. One of my favorite albums.

  • @divingduck1970
    @divingduck1970 Před 6 lety +5

    A lot of new info for me. Thank you.

  • @jwosborne4262
    @jwosborne4262 Před 6 lety +8

    Great interview.Thank you ever so much. I'm so happy I ran across this. Great history lesson.

  • @zochbuppet448
    @zochbuppet448 Před 6 lety +6

    Love and Forever Changes disappeared from memory until interest in the early the early 80's by UK post punk groups that were blending punk and Psychedelic. Interest built up until the later 80s where a complication was released for the U.S/ Canada and I bought it. The albums were very hard to find before that...or very expensive.

  • @nidumite
    @nidumite Před 5 lety +2

    Had the pleasure of meeting Johnny recently what a humble guy the man is. He had time to sign autographs ,have pictures taken and most of all to talk to the fans. Love a truly great band and Baby Lemonade with Johnny gave us all there in Bristol a night to remember.

  • @rtrepsas
    @rtrepsas Před 7 lety +5

    It's Unanimous 130 likes vs. ZERO unlikes!

  • @ryangettig274
    @ryangettig274 Před 5 lety +3

    High Moon Records outta NYC has rolled out stellar releases of Black Beauty and Real to Real:)

    • @casperguylkn
      @casperguylkn Před 4 lety

      I just discovered this fact and I want to pick them up now.

  • @ronlight7013
    @ronlight7013 Před 8 lety +3

    "Remain relevant" = my mantra (so far; so good)

  • @j.r.9104
    @j.r.9104 Před 7 lety +12

    What a fantastic interview. I LOVE the history he went into. Learned a few things.

  • @littlebeatcombo
    @littlebeatcombo Před 8 lety +5

    Great interview, man. Really looking to seeing Johnny touring with Love Revisited in the UK this summer.

    • @VinylRewind
      @VinylRewind  Před 8 lety +1

      +the daymons thank you and have a blast at the show

  • @aboutsoundandvision
    @aboutsoundandvision Před 3 lety +2

    This band changed my life, no pun intended. Forever Changes is an album that took a few listens to really hit me, but when it did it's like it unlocked something magical. It's one of those rare albums that just becomes a part of you and I couldn't imagine life without it. Digging into the backstory of the band and the rest of the discography was one of the most fun discoveries I've ever had musically. This is a band that within a few months of discovering I knew had become one of my all time favorites, thanks to Arthur Lee, Bryan MacLean, Johnny Echols, and the rest of the various members for your contribution to culture and changing my life forever.

  • @boychildnew1
    @boychildnew1 Před 4 lety +1

    Johnny's turn now! Good man...im reading the book about Arthur now that is going over the same early years. I adore LOVE so much, a huge influence on me and on my writing also. Fantastic stuff.... and well done Johnny for calling it 'the UK' rather than just 'England' as 90% of Americans do, much to the annoyance of the Scots, Welsh and Northern Irish!

  • @astraltweeks7099
    @astraltweeks7099 Před 8 lety +18

    great great interview. really nice work

  • @RonWylie-gk5lc
    @RonWylie-gk5lc Před 5 lety +3

    WHat a treat this was, great to hear such background, these interviews are really so special. This show should be mainstream

  • @internettrowel6930
    @internettrowel6930 Před 5 lety +4

    legendary band! great interview.

  • @maximuskhan2100
    @maximuskhan2100 Před 2 lety +1

    I have heard of this album for years, but amazingly had never heard anything from it over the years and they are not discussed enough so I kinda just missed the boat on this one. Finally heard a couple of months ago and the hype is justified. Absolutely brilliant almost like they made this album with absolutely no regard to the outside world which is why it is timeless.

  • @jjamo5
    @jjamo5 Před 4 lety +2

    Forever Changes is Pure Genius

  • @bobevers11
    @bobevers11 Před 6 lety +3

    great interview. forever changes will always remain ..

  • @kathrynmcelroy5658
    @kathrynmcelroy5658 Před 7 lety +4

    Fantastic review! Thank you and keep it up man! Keep our great legends going!

  • @raddmann336
    @raddmann336 Před 5 lety +1

    Johnny needs to write a book. I'd be first in line to buy it.

  • @thehomelessconsultant9949
    @thehomelessconsultant9949 Před 7 lety +12

    This is so cool! Thanks for making this fine interview with an important guitarist available.

  • @youmalty
    @youmalty Před 8 lety +13

    That was a great interview, Eric. Forever Changes is without a doubt in my top 10 favourite albums of all time. It sounds like nothing else and no matter how many times I've heard it, the melodies are both beautiful and unpredictable - there's always a sense of "where is this going?" You got some great stories out of Johnny, stuff I never knew. Thank you!

    • @VinylRewind
      @VinylRewind  Před 8 lety +3

      +youmalty Thank you. That was my goal, I didn't want to talk about the same stuff he's probably talked about for the last 30 years

    • @youmalty
      @youmalty Před 8 lety +2

      +Vinyl Rewind But do we get to hear your views on the album too? Planning a review?

    • @VinylRewind
      @VinylRewind  Před 8 lety +4

      +youmalty Ya know I did try and write a review for the album but it felt like I was just saying what's been said in so many other reviews, I felt I was adding nothing new, which is what lead me down the path to get Johnny on the show. At this point, I don't think I'll be covering anytime soon but I could revisit sometime or review some of the other albums by Love

  • @samrobinson141
    @samrobinson141 Před 7 lety +4

    New subscriber! Only got into this band in the past few years and this album still blows my mind, it has Everything!!

  • @themovierad
    @themovierad Před 7 lety +5

    nice interview

  • @aotweb2
    @aotweb2 Před 8 lety +9

    Thank you for this wonderful insight to a legendary piece of musical history.

    • @VinylRewind
      @VinylRewind  Před 8 lety +1

      +Jeff Ulmicher You're welcome. Thank you for watching

  • @ledzeppelin4isadopealbum426

    I must say it, I love Love. Forever Changes is one of my favorite albums ever!!! They’re so underrated!!

  • @betsyduane3461
    @betsyduane3461 Před 3 lety +2

    One of my bands used to do 'A House Is Not A Motel' years ago, it was a favorite of mine to sing, it flows so well.

  • @MrRhmccabe
    @MrRhmccabe Před 6 lety +3

    Thank you....great interview.

  • @rooftopcat1785
    @rooftopcat1785 Před 4 lety +1

    Very interesting and informative interview for the band love, and all the band histories prior. Nice yamaha amp and turntable clean the album and stylus and put that album on. The fact that the music industry would promote the new album with a billboard, A BILLBOARD, is too cool, make it known and put everyone on to the music.

  • @absolving
    @absolving Před 5 lety +3

    in-credible!!

  • @ZBot47
    @ZBot47 Před 5 lety +1

    The most underappreciated band ever.

  • @klausrain111
    @klausrain111 Před 3 lety +3

    Great interview, amazed at Johnny's memory. I always liked Love, I knew Arthur had a fine voice, but I was hardly ready for how great Forever Changes was. It was the kind of record you brought home and just played it 20 times in a row. Only other record like that for me was Beggar's Banquet. Bummer in the Summer was my song, the one I sang to myself while driving around.

  • @serik1165
    @serik1165 Před 7 lety +3

    I subscribed on this video alone. Great work. I thank you for this.

  • @jeffthepoet7
    @jeffthepoet7 Před 7 lety +9

    Love these kinda of interviews with legends like Johnny Echols. Thanks for posting. Forever Changes rocks on.

  • @rockradstone
    @rockradstone Před 4 lety +2

    Fun and informative interview; I didn't want it to end!!! Thanks Eric and Johnny. I was about 17 when Love hit the scene---good times, good times....

  • @cbond1c113
    @cbond1c113 Před rokem

    What a great privilege to be able to interview Johnny Echols! You've really won my respect with this one. Love has been one of those bands I had wanted to get into, but their stuff was super super hard to find. I had my hands on Love Revisited for a while but that's it. "Forever Changes was something I had read about for nearly 20-years before I finally heard it circa 1991. I immediately knew what all the fuss was all about! It would've been cool if Johnny Echols had a similar solo career running parallel to that of Arthur Lee's the whole time. Is it just me when I think that when people where digging Lenny Kravitz, it was really Johnny Echols that they would've really wanted?

  • @Johanes-Patar
    @Johanes-Patar Před 8 lety +7

    Brilliantly done interview. Thankyou from Indonesia

  • @monkee5th
    @monkee5th Před 4 lety +2

    Forever Changes is one of my favorite albums of all times.

  • @A-Pa-s-Plainjane
    @A-Pa-s-Plainjane Před 4 lety +1

    Huge thanks to both of you for having this conversation which was a total delight. Much respect and thanks for filling in some of the spaces for us in your history. Johnny, you are a wonderful human being. I have appreciated listening to your works and albums since the beginning. It's fascinating that Arthur Lee was more of a poet than a musician. Having the Castle to work out of and collaborate out of, must have been fantastic. Take good care, gentlemen.

  • @mindofprog
    @mindofprog Před 7 lety +3

    Just fantastic! Thanks for this

  • @alkitzman9179
    @alkitzman9179 Před 2 lety

    Johnny Echols if you read this. Thank you so much for this great music you were such a vital part of. This may be the most outstanding interview I have ever heard with a World class Musician. Humble honest wow Thanks . Yeah Forever Changes to me the best Album of 1967 and I Love the Beatles . However your Guitar work was great. I play a bit myself so I know. THANK YOU

  • @aitch3
    @aitch3 Před 2 lety +1

    I'm surprised this group and all the characters are not more well known in the US.

  • @dobbsiancant7736
    @dobbsiancant7736 Před 6 lety +7

    this is so great! thanks!

  • @chilango7259
    @chilango7259 Před 6 lety +2

    wow!!!

  • @kogen800
    @kogen800 Před 5 lety +5

    13:04 I don't understand what Johnny says because Arthur is credited as a guitarist on the album

    • @casperguylkn
      @casperguylkn Před 4 lety

      Arthur was a minor player when it came to instrumentation.

  • @doccyclopz
    @doccyclopz Před 8 lety +7

    Bravo Well done.A very informative and enjoyable interview.

  • @guynewport
    @guynewport Před 4 lety +2

    Thanks so much for getting this out there; Love and especially "Forever Changes" is and has been, a favorite of mine for decades. It's good to see Mr. Echols and his take on the music the group made decades ago.

  • @richierugs6544
    @richierugs6544 Před 4 měsíci

    only the cool kids had that album--it's a fantastic record, and the live dvd of it with them young people always brings a tear to mine eyes

  • @birdiehop
    @birdiehop Před 3 lety +1

    Johnny Echols is such a likable person never mind all his accomplishments and gifts! Thanks for doing this interview. Subscribed!

  • @milesdufourny4813
    @milesdufourny4813 Před rokem

    Bought this album back in the Spring of 1968 after hearing "You Set The Scene" on WYBC (Yale radio station). Never stopped listening to it.

  • @BarakaPDub
    @BarakaPDub Před 8 lety +7

    What a cool interview to land!!! This was awesome. I love Forever Changes and it was so cool to get more on the 'Love' back story. Thanks so much for all of the additional interview bits you had to cut out in the end.

    • @VinylRewind
      @VinylRewind  Před 8 lety +3

      +BarakaPDub Thank you Paul. Yeah, it was one of the rare cases where my interview episode was longer that the bits that cut out, so I that's why I made them separate little videos.

  • @plrndl
    @plrndl Před 6 lety +3

    Great interview. Thank you.

  • @michaelmamp9096
    @michaelmamp9096 Před 4 měsíci

    Johnny is just as cool I thought he'd be. I have always loved L❤VE!! How they're not up there with the BEATLES & STONES & the other big bands has always a mystery to me!

  • @planetcaravanzine6548
    @planetcaravanzine6548 Před 8 lety +3

    very great job eric!

  • @euphoniousmonk5885
    @euphoniousmonk5885 Před 8 lety +3

    That was really great! Thanks so much for the interview.

  • @cdpiro
    @cdpiro Před 4 lety

    LOVE...one of the best bands few knew about.

  • @rodhatley9427
    @rodhatley9427 Před 3 lety +1

    Eric, kudos on a wonderful interview with Johnny. This was terrific and I hope that you might be able to do more of these kinds of interviews with the actual artists themselves. Keep up the great work!

  • @ThisBirdHasFlown
    @ThisBirdHasFlown Před 4 lety

    Holy crap Johnny knew an insane amount of big figures in his very younger years. Billy Preston, that's insane. And Little Richard!
    What the... and THEY were the original Grass Roots? I've been watching the American Office lately so that's just nuts lol.

  • @MikeyFortune
    @MikeyFortune Před 11 měsíci

    Utterly fascinating 👍🏻. I was into LOVE from the start and bought my first copy of “Forever Changes” when it was first released. MASTERPIECE then and now 🤷🏼

  • @dougwilson8489
    @dougwilson8489 Před rokem +1

    Man I love Love! I wish that they spoke more about the first two albums witch I think are so much better than forever changes. The first time I heard forever changes I thought it was a wretched disappointed of an album compared to the first two albums.

  • @kurtzcol
    @kurtzcol Před 8 lety +4

    top notch, really enjoyed this interview keep these coming

  • @earheadsix4119
    @earheadsix4119 Před 8 lety +1

    Geek, wow, you really nailed it. Lot's of nice tidbits that weren't in the Love documentary. This is a real coup! I never really thought of the fact that being a mixed race group would effect their ability to tour. It's a stain that continues to haunt our country to this day. Quite frankly, to borrow a phrase from the late Stuart Scott, Johhny Echols is as cool as the other side of the pillow.

    • @VinylRewind
      @VinylRewind  Před 8 lety +1

      +Earhead Six Haha, he is very cool. He basically talked with me non stop for an hour. Awesome dude

    • @earheadsix4119
      @earheadsix4119 Před 8 lety

      This is so great. You deserve as many accolades as you can get for this. I hope your career goes through the roof. Well done. Very, very well done!

    • @VinylRewind
      @VinylRewind  Před 8 lety +1

      +Earhead Six thank you. I wouldn't have pursued it as hard if it was for you, that's for sure, always pestering me haha

    • @earheadsix4119
      @earheadsix4119 Před 8 lety

      I may be pest, but this is all you. Great questions, really relaxed interview. I'm so impressed.

    • @VinylRewind
      @VinylRewind  Před 8 lety +1

      +Earhead Six again, thank you

  • @aroseappears1
    @aroseappears1 Před 3 lety +3

    Going to Bido Lito's was the first place I found before the Whiskey a go go where I was the last dancer in the cage.bi closed the cage in 1969

  • @geneobrien8907
    @geneobrien8907 Před 6 měsíci

    Their performance on Later... with Jools Holland is perfect!

  • @richardelliott8352
    @richardelliott8352 Před rokem

    forever worthwhile interview. I am grateful to be enlightened by the stories, and now know that what I always assumed was the shape of Africa , is the shape of a heart, changing my comprehension of the cover art.

  • @murch13
    @murch13 Před 4 lety

    What a great interview! You should do more like this...

  • @decadantdog4444
    @decadantdog4444 Před 4 lety

    I saw Love around 1976 or so and at that time they were a 3piece band as I recall.

  • @sugarjoe50
    @sugarjoe50 Před 4 lety

    Excellent interview! I met Johhny briefly when Love played NYC in 2003 (?). Very nice dude.

  • @psychospeakempire
    @psychospeakempire Před 5 lety

    An AWESOME interview...thanks...Paul

  • @doom6015
    @doom6015 Před rokem

    Thank you for this!