Love Craft – We Love You Whoever You Are (1975):  H. P. Lovecraft is one of my favorite authors; he lived in relative obscurity in the early 20^th Century and wrote a series of horror stories and novellas in an idiosyncratic style.  His writings have been described as “occult science fiction”, with his most famous creation being what is now known as the Cthulhu Mythos, a pantheon of loathsome elder gods who exist in a parallel universe and could break through into our world at any time.  H. P. Lovecraft has influenced generations of horror and science fiction writers in the century or so since his stories were originally published.  In June 2021, during an interview on CBS Sunday Morning, writer Stephen King talked about finding a book by H. P. Lovecraft called The Dunwich Horror and Other Tales in a trunk in the attic containing his late father’s belongings.  Reading those stories ignited King’s passion for writing, and Stephen King is now one of the most prolific and biggest selling authors who has ever lived.  Back when H. P. Lovecraft was little known in the larger culture, a well-regarded 1960’s psychedelic rock band took the name H. P. Lovecraft, naming one of their songs after a Lovecraft story, “The White Ship”.  After the H. P. Lovecraft band broke up, drummer Michael Tegza reworked the band on two occasions.  With the name shortened to Lovecraft, an album called Valley of the Moon was released in 1970; I don’t have a copy of that album yet.  Under the band name Love Craft, We Love You Whoever You Are is the second of these reincarnations.  The addition of soulful vocals by LaLomie Washburn atop a dreamy pop-psychedelic sheen makes this a fascinating listen, though the album has little similarity to the original H. P. Lovecraft band.