Editing Love (band) (section)

=== Later years ===
For unclear reasons, Bryan MacLean left the band after ''Forever Changes''<ref name=":1" /> (though one possible issue was a solo deal that he had signed with Elektra<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/love-story|title=LOVE STORY – Record Collector Magazine|website=recordcollectormag.com|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref>), while Lee dismissed all the other members.<ref name=":0" /> MacLean later reemerged as a [[Contemporary Christian]] artist.<ref name=":1" /> Johnny Echols and Ken Forssi succumbed to drug addiction and crime, and disappeared from the music scene;<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/love-hurts-6401143|title=Love hurts|last=Scribner|first=Sara|date=March 25, 1999|website=Dallas Observer|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> and drummer Michael Stuart also retired from music.<ref name=":7" /> Echols eventually moved to New York and became an in-demand studio musician.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Breznikar|first=Klemen|author-link=Klemen Breznikar |date=December 29, 2017|title=Love interview with Johnny Echols|url=https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2017/12/love-interview-with-johnny-echols.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102210829/http://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2017/12/love-interview-with-johnny-echols.html|archive-date=January 2, 2018|access-date=February 18, 2020|website=[[It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

Arthur Lee, as the only remaining member, convened a new lineup of Love with Jay Donnellan (soon replaced by Gary Rowles) on guitar, Frank Fayad on bass, and George Suranovich on drums. This lineup played in a [[blues rock]] style, as opposed to the folk-rock and psychedelic styles of the band's previous incarnation. The new lineup never garnered the widespread acceptance or acclaim of the original group.<ref name=":0" /> Three albums were released by various permutations of this lineup: ''[[Four Sail]]'' (1969), ''[[Out Here (Love album)|Out Here]]'' (1969), and ''[[False Start (Love album)|False Start]]'' (1970).<ref name="The Great Rock Discography" /> The last featured a guest appearance by [[Jimi Hendrix]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/false-start-mw0000308241|title=False Start – Love {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> Another album by this incarnation of the band was recorded in 1971, but the material was not released until 2009 on the compilation album ''Love Lost''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/love-lost-mw0001777902|title=Love Lost – Love {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> Arthur Lee released the solo album ''[[Vindicator (album)|Vindicator]]'' in 1972.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/vindicator-mw0000751489|title=Vindicator – Arthur Lee {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> Another lost Love album titled ''[[Black Beauty (album)|Black Beauty]]'' was recorded in 1973 by a new lineup featuring guitarist Melvan Whittington, bassist Robert Rozelle, and drummer Joe Blocker, but Arthur Lee's record label went out of business before it was released. The album was finally released by [[High Moon Records]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/11/love-black-beauty-review.html|title=Love: Black Beauty Review|date=November 11, 2014|website=pastemagazine.com|language=en|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> The final official Love album, ''[[Reel to Real (album)|Reel to Real]]'' (1974), was recorded by Lee and session musicians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/reel-to-real-mw0000839507|title=Reel to Real – Love {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> It features the track "[[Everybody's Gotta Live]]", which was previously recorded by Lee for ''Vindicator''.<ref name="Copyright 1972">{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cEchAQAAIAAJ|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series|date=1972|publisher=[[United States Copyright Office]]|access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|date=November 16, 1974|title=Billboard's Top Album Picks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CSgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA61|language=en|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc.|page=61|access-date=April 16, 2022}}</ref>

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, there were various attempts to reunite the original Love lineup. At the suggestion of late-period guitarist John Sterling, Arthur Lee and Bryan MacLean reunited for one show in 1978, which was recorded and released as ''Love Live'' in 1980.<ref name=":0" /> Material from ''[[Out Here (Love album)|Out Here]]'' plus four previously unreleased live tracks was released as ''Studio/Live'' in 1982.<ref name=":0" /> Arthur Lee was largely inactive in the 1980s and only made sporadic onstage appearances with pickup bands.<ref name=":4">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/arthur-lee-1945-2006-78583/|title=Arthur Lee (1945–2006)|last1=Sullivan|first1=James|date=August 4, 2006|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref>

Lee reemerged in 1992 with a new album titled ''Five String Serenade'', released under the name Arthur Lee & Love.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/five-string-serenade-mt0011489520|title=Five String Serenade – Arthur Lee {{!}} Song Info|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> The album's title track was later covered by [[Mazzy Star]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/so-tonight-that-i-might-see-mw0000102852|title=So Tonight That I Might See – Mazzy Star {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> Lee then returned to semi-regular performing, often backed by the band [[Baby Lemonade (band)|Baby Lemonade]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/61807/love-backing-band-splits-with-arthur-lee|title=Love Backing Band Splits With Arthur Lee|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> In 1995, [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Records]] released the compilation ''Love Story'', a two-disc set with extensive liner notes which chronicled the band's 1966–1972 period.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/9244/Interviews/Love--Interview-with-Johnny-Echols|title=Love – Interview with Johnny Echols|website=www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk|access-date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218163505/http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article/9244/Interviews/Love--Interview-with-Johnny-Echols|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Ken Forssi, bassist for the classic Love lineup, died of a suspected [[brain tumor]] at age 54 on January 5, 1998.<ref name=":3" /> Bryan MacLean died of a [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] at age 52 on December 25, 1998, while having dinner with a young fan who was researching a book about Love.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-bryan-maclean-1044305.html|title=Obituary: Bryan MacLean|date=January 1, 1999|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref> Arthur Lee was in prison when both of these former bandmates died.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/loves-arthur-lee-to-be-free-243446/|title=Love's Arthur Lee to Be Free|last1=Greenwald|first1=Matthew|date=December 12, 2001|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref>