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Episode 161: “Alone Again Or” by Love

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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The Death of Love

During the 70s Lee moved to smaller and smaller labels, and had a never changing lineup of musicians. He would make albums with one or two new songs that sounded as good as anything he'd done, and a bunch of terrible filler. There were moments of hope, like when he reconnected with his old friend Jimmy Hendrix, and Hendrix guested on a track on the latest album by a version of love. The recordings did so badly that Lee's new label, Blue Thumb, insisted on trying to get the old version of love back together for a European tour. They played one gig together in the US, but that was a disaster, and so the new love continued to

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