love is

In the late sixties, the Flower Power movement, “Peace, Love, & Freedom” was rooted in opposition to the Vietnam War. “Love Is”, originally released as a double vinyl album in 1968, was Eric Burdon & the Animals’ most ambitious effort and it very much epitomizes that period. It’s a recording that truly reflects its times with equal amounts of great musicianship and inspiration. Seven and a half minutes of ‘River Deep, Mountain High’ opens the album, there’s June Carter-Cash’s “Ring Of Fire” and the final piece is the seventeen minutes “Gemini”/”The Madman (Running Through The Fields),” by Zoot Money and a very young upcoming guitar virtuoso named Andy Summers.

Track Listing:

• River Deep, Mountain High
• I’m An Animal
• I’m Dying, Or Am I?
• Ring Of Fire
• Coloured Rain
• To Love Somebody
• As The Years Go Passing By
• Gemini
• The Madman (Running Through The Fields)