Arthur Lee: Alone Again Or (Mojo Heroes S.) [Paperback]

Barney Hoskyns (Author)

Book Description

Series: Mojo Heroes S. | Publication Date: March 2003

ARTHUR LEE and the band he fronted, Love, are widely acknowledged to be one of the most influential groups of the late '60s and their psychedelic-folk masterpiece, Forever Changes, regularly appears high in polls of the greatest albums of all time.

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Review

"A good story, great music and a bunch of fascinatingly fucked-up lives."

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Canongate U.S. (March 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1841953156
• ISBN-13: 978-1841953151
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,648,464 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars What was the point?, December 31, 2001

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T. M. O'Donovan (Staten Island, New York United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arthur Lee: Alone Again Or (Hardcover)

In a word, this book is terrible. Perhaps the author was working with a very limited budget from the publishing house, but there is no doubt that this is one of the most poorly researched books I have ever read. It reads more like a long internet article from a casual fan. First of all, the subject of this book, Arthur Lee, was apparently only interviewed once, a few years back. And it wasn't much of an interview. Bryan Maclean was only interviewed once prior to his death. The rest of the material comes from liner notes from repackaged CDs and three magazine interviews of Arthur Lee in the early 1970s. Not a single interview with a contemporary of Arthur Lee such as Neil Young or David Crosby. Moreover, no interview with Johnny Echols! In fact, Echols was interviewed for the liner notes of the Love's first album and directly contradicts the book's account as to how Love took its name and how the Leaves got "Hey Joe" from Love. Whether Echols' account was true or not - this author makes no mention of it and obviously made no attempt to interview Echols. What attempt did he make to interview Lee from jail? Don't waste your money like me. A disaster from start to finish. And a complete con job!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars no new information, January 17, 2002

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Stephen F Mulcahy (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Arthur Lee: Alone Again Or (Hardcover)

This book barely contains any new information about Arthur Lee and his fascinating and brilliant group. It's ok if you don't know much about the group but die hard Lee fans will be quite disappointed in this book. I agreewith the other reviewers : most of this book I've read before in liner notes and online postings. This is strange because Hoskyns' other books that I've read (on The Band and music in Los Angeles) were engaging, informative, and entertaining. In addition, he writes for MOJO magazine, a British publication that is top notch. It's puzzling how he could write such an inferior work as this. I also don't know why Hoskyns loathes the post Forever Changes music by Love so much. Granted,it's not as essential as the first three albums, but still it is generally quite good. Overall, this is a very disappointing book.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Severly Disappointing, January 8, 2002

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koolvibe (San Diego) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Arthur Lee: Alone Again Or (Hardcover)

DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT buy this book, especially if you are an Arthur Lee or Love fan. Nearly everything that is included in this book as already been published on the internet. It's almost as if Hoskyns didn't even write the book, since he pulls so much of his material from previous newspaper and magazine articles. He didn't even interview Lee in jail - didn't speak to Johnny Echols (who EVERYONE has been wondering about).