Love

Part two in Rhino's well chosen sampler, these five songs shows what a lyrical genius and restless pioneer the late Arthur Lee was. Troubled and troubling, the musician was fearless in his expression, mixing flamingo guitars, cosmic poetry, nervous flutes and sleigh bells to create a confounding mix of pain and pleasure, certainty and fear, underneath the deceptively sunny melodies, hinting at the darkness underpinning the ethos of flower power.