Da Capo [Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered]

Love | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 3, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Rhino/Wea UK
• ASIN: B000066CQ9
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,852 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Stephanie Knows Who (Mono Mix)

2. Orange Skies (Mono Mix)

3. Que Vida (Mono Mix)

4. Seven And Seven Is (Mono Mix)

5. The Castle (Mono Mix)

6. She Comes In Colors (Mono Mix)

7. Revelation (Mono Mix)

8. Stephanie Knows Who (Stereo Mix)

9. Orange Skies (Streo Mix)

10. Que Vida (Stereo Mix)

11. Seven And Seven Is (Stereo Mix)

12. The Castle (Stereo Mix)

13. She Comes In Colors (Stereo Mix)

14. Revelation (Stereo Mix)

15. Seven And Seven Is (Bonus Track) (Tracking Session)

Editorial Reviews

2002 reissue of 1967 classic features the original seven tracks in mono & stereo with 'Seven & Seven Is' (Tracking Session) added as a bonus.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars It must be Love... February 14, 2004

By elizabeth

Format:Audio CD

This cd is truly a measure of how big a Love fan you are... 6 of the 7 tracks from _Da Capo_ appear on the excellent _Love Story_ anthology, so if you're buying this for "Revelation", I think the word "fanatic" can safely be applied to you (grin).

Personally, I think the seven-person lineup heard here was Love's best. Side one is perhaps the best 17 minutes of music the group ever made. The arrival of Tijay Cantrelli (woodwinds) and Michael Stuart (drums) really expanded their sound and raised the level of musicianship. Nowhere is this more eveident than on "Revelation", that sprawling reminder of a bygone era. The song is too long and never really goes anywhere, but Stuart's drumming and Cantrelli's saxophone solo are definitely worth listening for (John Echolls complains loudly in the liner notes that Paul Rothschild ruined the song by moving sections of it around, but, really, it's hard to imagine it having turned out too much differently).

As always, Rhino's packaging and sound are excellent. I thought hearing the remastered stereo mix would prove them wrong for having used the mono one on _Love Story_, but... they were right, the mono does sound better (except "Revelation").

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars When I read MusicFan's review I had to laugh... October 2, 2009

By robort

Format:Audio CD

When I read MusicFan's review I had to laugh... His opinion of each track on "DaCapo" was favorable, except "Revelation." I had to laugh because that sounded so familiar to me.
I purchased the LP in the sixties when it came out. I liked all the cuts until the screaming part of the "Revelation" track came up. I yanked it off the turntable and never played that side again (it's a long track which comprised the entirety of side 2), until... several years later, one evening, a conglomeration of friends were over and we had a stack of records qued. Candles were lit and everone "was feeling no pain" so to speak, eventually "Revelation" came on (someone had flipped the records such that the wrong side of that record was up). I didn't recognize it and wondered "is that one of my mine?"
Long story shorter, we were all totally mesmerized - I came to understand and enjoy it - and I have loved it ever since. Kinda like skydiving, once you come to like it...
People who know about "Love" usually agree, their music was amazingly original and far ahead of it's time.
DA CAPO by Love is a great experience. I wouldn't be without it, especially Revelation!

Post Script: First time I heard LedZeppelin tracks: "didn't like all the screaming" and stashed the album away (get it? the same thing happened!). Later, needless to say I experienced a complete reversal and they became my favorite group for years, especially that first album.

18 of 22 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Arthur Lee's first journey through brilliance December 26, 2003

By Tezcatlipoca

Format:Audio CD

Love's first album had its moments but was possibly too much of a muchness with some of the folk rock numbers being too similar among themselves."Da Capo's"diversity is its winning point with each song having a distinctive identity. That said,only"Revelation",a 19 minute jam,is a half realized concept,for the remaining 6 tracks all reach glorious heights.

STEPHANIE KNOWS WHO-Deft time changes power this rocker.Possibly the closest to their first album,though more embelished than any track on their rough edged debut.
ORANGE SKIES-A jazzy,laid back melody showcasing Arthur Lee's dexterity.Moreover it presents us with the inspired image"Orange Skies,carnivals and cotton candy and you".
QUE VIDA!-This spanish flavored tune is another standout.The guitar riff driving this song is as beautiful as it is superb.
7&7IS-Proto Punk,a relentless 2 minute assault with werdifying guitars and a bass with an odd revving vibe as backdrop to Arthur's sped up vocals.It turned out to be Love's only hit single.The remaster's liner notes cleared up at last the meaning of the decades long mystery"My dad's is in the fireplace and my dog lies hypnotized"(it turned out to be quite simple,you'll see when you read it)
THE CASTLE-75% of this song is instrumental but since the interplay between the guitar,the bass and the harpsichord is so close to perfection it would be unfair to ask for more.
SHE COMES IN COLOURS-One of Love's top compositions and the album's high water-mark.From the emotionladen vocals to the strangely adequate flute nothing here descends below excellence.
REVELATION-Love decided to recreate on an album their onstage gimmick in which every element of the band had his moment in the spotlight.Predictably the magic didn't pass entirely unto the the recording.Moments of brilliance are interspersed with tedious and redundant segments giving "Revelation"a flawed final form.
"Da Capo" and its successor,the celebrated "Forever Changes",still come through(more than 30 years after after their release)as the most vibrantly original works released in the 60's.
The Beatles had a more coherent career but Love's best work can feasibly surpass the Fab4's best releases.
Essential Stuff.