Bryan Maclean, ifyoubelievein (CD)

In 1997, Sundazed followed through on the crazy idea of collecting Bryan Maclean's solo recordings of his songs from the Love era. Some are demos, while others are early 80s recordings from when Rhino attempted (and never finished) a similar collection. Unsurprisingly, the original demos sound better to my ears! The 3 songs Love did release are obvious highlights, and it's exciting to hear two different versions of "Orange Skies"—apparently the first song Maclean ever wrote at age 17. The 11 unreleased songs range from great ("Fresh Hope") to utterly bizarre ("Strong Commitment") to pretty forgettable. It's not as consistent as some similar reissues (the Peter Laughner one comes to mind), but it's still an interesting historical artifact with some great songs on it.