Label: Elektra Records (US), 74005-2
Style: Psychedelic Rock, Hard Rock, Jazz Rock, Garage Rock
Country: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Time: 36:16
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 210 Mb
The
album was recorded during September and October 1966 at RCA Studios in
Hollywood, California, with the exception of lead single "7 and 7 Is",
recorded the previous June. The single was a departure for the band and
became their highest charting, reaching No. 33 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Despite the success of "7 and 7 Is", a string of well received live
performances at the time and contemporary critical acclaim for the album
upon its release, it peaked at No. 80 on the Billboard 200.
Prior to
the album's recording, the band had grown dissatisfied with Elektra and
attempted to leave the label but were placated with a cash advance and
an increased royalty rate. The album marked several significant changes
for the band, including a new studio (RCA), engineer (Dave Hassinger)
and producer (Paul A. Rothchild). Additionally, there were several
lineup changes in the band, with drummer Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer moving
to keyboards and Michael Stuart recruited to take his place on drums,
as well as the addition of jazz saxophonist and flautist Tjay Cantrelli.
The songs were composed by frontman Arthur Lee but "rewritten and
rearranged in the studio", with the band members developing their own
parts.
In contrast to the band's first album, Love (1966), which had
been dominated by garage rock and folk rock, Da Capo features a wide
range of musical styles, including psychedelia, baroque pop, jazz, Latin
music and proto-punk. The album is also regarded as one of the first
examples of "jazz rock", and Lee and guitarist Johnny Echols credited
jazz musicians Miles Davis and John Coltrane as having influenced the
sound. Some critics have considered Da Capo to be a stylistic bridge
between Love and their acclaimed third studio album, Forever Changes
(1967), regarding Lee's smoother vocal tone and more autobiographical
lyrics on Da Capo to be a harbinger of his work on Forever Changes and
later Love albums. The album's title derives from the Italian musical
term "da capo", meaning "from the beginning".
Da Capo has been
included in several critics' record guides and all-time lists, including
John Tobler's 100 Great Albums of the Sixties (1994), Colin Larkin's
All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000), Tom Moon's 1,000 Recordings to Hear
Before You Die (2008) and Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear
Before You Die (2005).
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da_Capo_(Love_album))
Album recorded and mixed in the analog domain - AAD. That is, a minimum of digital processing.
A=Analog.
D=digital. The first letter stands for how the music was recorded. The
second letter for how it was mixed. The third letter stands for the
format (all CD's will have D as the last letter).
01. Stephanie Knows Who (02:34)
02. Orange Skies (02:53)
03. iQue Vida (03:42)
04. Seven & Seven Is (02:19)
05. The Castle (03:03)
06. She Comes In Colors (02:45)
07. Revelation (18:56)
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