1969

L to R: Marc, Bill, Mark and Mike.

First official Publicity Photo just before Rick joins the band, January 1969.
Although the photo is black and white, the uniforms were pink!

Rick Record joins Love, Inc. January 1969.

January - Rick joins Love, Inc. as The Untame Sound play their last few engagements.
Mike and Bill's brother Ron, is drummer for the Untame Sound.

January 4 - Performance at University of Maine Portland, (now USM) Portland, ME.

January 10 - Performance at Woodfords Congregation Church (Congo), Portland, ME.

January 11 - Performance at University of Maine, Portland, Portland, ME.

January 17 - Performance at St. Hyacinth Hall, Westbrook, ME.

January 18 - Performance at St. John's Hall, Biddeford, ME.

January 25 - Morton's Pavilion, Naples, ME.

Marc at the St. John's Hall Performance January 18, 1969

Original newspaper ad for Morton's Pavilion Dance. Scrapbook archives.

Original yellowed copy of Portland Evening Express article, February 15, 1969
on the end of The Untame Sound and final performance in February 1969.
Marc let Ron borrow his drums that night for their final performance.

February - The Untame Sound play their final gig at the Portland Expo, Portland, ME.
Rick begins a 20 month run with the band.

February 8 - Performance at Holy Cross Auditorium, South Portland, ME.

February 14 - Performance at Woodfords Congregational Church, Portland, ME.
Before the performance, Rick is attacked, sustains injuries and misses the show.

February 28 - Love, Inc. wins 1st Place at Portland Battle of the Bands at the Portland Expo.
Marc plays with a fever of 102 and bronchitis.

Portland Press Herald article in early March 1969
on winning the Battle of the Bands.

Scoresheet for the Portand Battle. We won by 2 points!

Original Flyer and newspaper article for the Stevens Avenue Armory Dance.
Both Joey and Clifford "Kippy" Richardson have passed on.

March 1 - Performance at Stevens Avenue Armory, Portland, ME.
Marc again plays with a high fever and spends the next week in bed recovering.

March 13 - Live television performance on WCSH TV - Youth Cavalcade
One of the songs performed is Mark's "Leave Me alone in the Morning".

March 29 - Love, Inc. ties for 5th Place at State Battle of the Bands,
Lewiston Armory, Lewiston, ME.

March 29 - Dale Moreau and Bob Arsenault join as Roadies.
Dale also become the band's Sound Engineer.

April - The group buys a new 1969 Chevy Van to haul themselves and their
equipment around. They had been using another used van which broke down
on the way to an engagement, and decided to get a reliable van.

At this time, Mark's father, Roger, becomes the driver of the ve-hi-cle for the group.
There is always a contest among the group members to ride shotgun in the van!
Mike designs and letters the logo on the van.

April - Shortly before the Portland Expo gig Mike purchases a new 1968
Gibson Les Paul Custom guitar which is dubbed the "Golden Warrior".
It is the beginning of a beautiful musical relationship. In 2008, Mike did
a recon job on the guitar, and it's once again producing wonderful music!

April 5 - Marc celebrates his 18th Birthday.

April 14 - Love, Inc. hosts it's first Dance at Portland Expo, Portland, ME.
On the bill with them is Cabot, (formally The Talisman). At the end of the
group's first show, they play Donovan's "Atlantis", currently on the Charts,
and at the end of the song, Cabot joined in with them for the long ending.

Again, only the second time two bands have played the same song together.
Over 1400 kids attended the performance, to kick off April Vacation.

April 15 - Marc writes "Never Never Land", first song of 1969,
and the B side of their first single, "She Don't Care About Me"

April 18 - Announcement: Love, Inc. will record their first Single
for Musicor Records in Boston for release in the summer.
This is the same label Gene Pitney and George Jones record on.

April 25 - Bill celebrates his 14th Birthday, becoming the youngest
professional bass player in Maine, just before the Boston recording session.

April 29 - Love, Inc. travels to Boston's AAA Studios to record two sides
for Musicor Records, Mike and Mark's "She Don't Care About Me",
written in November 1968, and Marc's new "Never Never Land".
The session is completed in about 4 hours.

May - The entire Love, Inc. family gathers to hear the
acetate Studio Copy of the group's first single.

Extremely rare photo of the boys parents who gathered
to listen to the acetate copy of the first single.

L to R:
Roger and Jean Gouzie, Mike and Bill's parents,
Violet and Roger Swett, Mark's parents,
Janie and Philip Mailhot, Marc's parents,
Dick and Gloria Record, Rick's parents.

R.I.P.
Violet Swett passed away in 1975
Roger Swett passed away in 1998
Roger Gouzie passed away in 2001
Dick Record passed away in 2006
Gloria Record passed away in 2009
Janie Mailhot passed away in 2010
Jean Gouzie passed away in 2012
Philip Mailhot passed away in 2021

Off and running. Love, Inc. at the State CYO Convention, May 1969.

The Group with Road Manager, Wayne Sacco.

Early Business Card after Rick joined the band.

May - The group plays the State Catholic Youth Organization Convention
at the Sheraton Ballroom, Portland, ME.

May 11 - Love, Inc. plays first Rock Mass in Maine history at
Holy Cross Church, South Portland, ME, mobbing the Church.
The kids are lined up outside 5 deep that could not get in.

May 22 - Performance at Lafayette Townhouse, Portland, ME
for Junior Achievement.

May 23 - Performance at YWCA, Portland, ME.

May 24 - Performance at Yarmouth High School, Yarmouth, Maine with
Homemade Blues, and the Group celebrates the 1st Anniversary of their Debut.

May 29 - Love, Inc. returns to the South Portland, Maine Armory
for a performance with The Arbitrators.

May 30 - Performance at Portland Expo, Portland, Me with
opening groups, Peter Albert's Homemade Blues, and The Innmen.

May 31 - Performance as Headliners for the first time at Palace Ballroom,
Old Orchard Beach, ME. The boys draw a huge crowd there.

Playlist from The Palace Ballroom Old Orchard Beach, ME - 1969.
The Palace closed and was later turned into a rollerskating rink.
The building was finally closed and torn down in the year 2000.

June - Photo Shoot at Nubbles Pond, Raymond, ME.

Bill writes his first song "Loving You", with Mark
Mark writes the song "Ten Miles of Bad Road"
Marc writes the song "Thank You Mary Beth"

All will be recorded at EAB in September as Demos.

Two photos from the Nubbles Pond photo shoot.

June - The group replaces the PA horns with a new Shure Vocal Master PA.

June - Wayne Sacco leaves as Roadie.

June 4 - Daytime performance at the Steerhouse, Lewiston, ME.

June 4 - Evening performance for Cathedral High School Boat Cruise.

June 7 - Performance at Rockland Recreation Center, Rockland, ME.

June 9 - Mark and Marc graduate from Westbrook High School. They take a
short trip to western New York to visit Marc's grandparents to celebrate.

June 20 - Performance at St. Hyacinth Hall, Westbrook, ME.

June 22 - Mark celebrates his 18th Birthday.

June - Love, Inc. plays at the Portland Country Club for a private gig.
Also appearing and reading his poetry is the famous actor, Gary Merrill,
complete in his kilts! The group has a nice chat with him between shows.

June 24 - SINGLE: She Don't Care About Me/Never Never Land released.

The Musicor Single, our first and most successful.

July - Performance in Ipswitch, MA as the opening act for Country Funk,
who they would open for again in Portland, ME about a week later
at the Eastern Prom Concert in late July, but exact date unknown.

July 2 - Love, Inc. perform for the 1st time at Beal Gymnasium,
South Portland High School. The summer Carousel shows.

July 4 - Performance at Lakeside Pines Campground, Bridgton, ME.

Portland Press Herald article on the Musicor Single July 5, 1969.

July 8 - Performance at Merry Barn, Edgecombe, ME. The boys had to change
the words to The Ballad of John and Yoko in order to perform here,
and basically mumbled "Christ you know it ain't easy".

July 15 - Performance at Cape Elizabeth High School, Cape Elizabeth, ME.
Once again the boys produce a large turnout.

July 17 - Performance at Beal Gymnasium, South Portland, ME.
Another large crowd.

July 18 - Performance at St. Hyacinth Hall, Westbrook, ME.

July 19 - Performance at Skowhegan "76" Club, Skowhegan, ME.

July 20 - Performance at Outdoor Rock Concert, Manchester, NH.

Midway through the performance, it begins to rain, and the group
ends their performance. On the way back home they listen on the
radio to the first Moon Landing.

Mark with his Gibson ES 335 at the Manchester, NH Outdoor Concert, July 20, 1969.

July 21 - Performance at the Merry Barn, Edgecombe, ME.

July 22 - Rick celebrates his 20th Birthday.

July 25 - Performance at South Portland Recreation Center
for Fairchild Semiconductor.

Two more never before seen photos from the Nubbles Pond Shoot.

Original Flyer for the August 3, 1969 Eastern Prom Festival

L to R: Rick - Bill - Marc - Mike and Mark.

Two never before seen views of Love, Inc.
at Eastern Prom in Portland, August 3, 1969.

Photos courtesy of Carol Starbird Bean.

August 3 - Performance on Eastern Promenade - Portland Maine.

Outdoor Concert for over 2500 people, largest crowd the boys have played for so far.
The boys are billed third on the publicity, despite a very successful Single.
Featured on the bill is the popular group, Country Funk.

August 7 - Performance at Gen. Carter Memorial Armory, Caribou, ME.

The Musicor Single makes #2 on the basis of calls alone in Presque Isle, ME
and the boys not only spend the summer promoting it by playing live,
but also doing live radio interviews as well.

During the visit to Caribou, people were crossing the street to avoid the group,
who had the long hair and mod clothes, something folks up there had not seen before!

The group had a good crowd at the performance, most of them
seeing pop music live by a band for the first time.

The night of "10,000 peanut shells at the Hotel Caribou!".
Bill remembers it as the first time he ever ordered orange juice in a restaurant!

August 11 - Mike celebrates his 17th Birthday.

August 12 - Performance at the Merry Barn, Edgecombe, ME.

August 15 - Performance at Lewiston Armory, Lewiston, ME.

August 16 - Performance at the Palace Ballroom, Old Orchard Beach, ME.
The group packs the venue.

August 23 - Performance on Peaks Island, ME.

The group takes a motorboat back to shore after the show
and returns the next day to get their equipment, as they
ended their performance the night before at low tide!

August 24 - The Musicor Single makes the WLOB Top 10.

August 29 - Performance on the WLOB Casco Bay Cruise.

September 1 - Performance at DES Hall Gloucester, MA.

The first performance in MA, and the band signs with Martin
Enterprises to represent their bookings outside of Maine.
Night of "the naked Robert in the pool" at our motel!

September 7 - First recording sessions at EAB Studios, Lewiston, ME.

Four songs were recorded:

- Thank You Mary Beth -
- Leave Me Alone in the Morning -
- Ten Miles of Bad Road -
- Loving You. -

On Ten Miles of Bad Road,
Mick performs one of the greatest guitars solos ever recorded for the band.

September 13 - Performance at Deering High School, Portland, ME.

September 19 - Performance at Winslow High School, Winslow, ME.

September 20 - Performance at Colby College, Waterville, ME.

September 27 - Performance at Colby College, Waterville, ME.

The Boys take time from a very busy schedule for new updated individual photos...October 1969

October - PM productions announces the second Expo gig the band will host in late November.

October 1 - Performance at Cony High School, Augusta, ME.

October 4 - Performance at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME.

October 10 - Performance in Houlton, ME - Venue unknown.

October 11 - Performance in Caribou, ME...Venue unknown.

October 17 - Performance at University of Maine Orono.

October 18 - Performance at South Portland Recreation Center,
South Portland, ME, to a record opening night crowd.

October 24 - Performance at University of Maine Orono.

October 25 - Performance at Stevens Avenue Armory, Portland, ME
for Fairchild Semiconductor.

October 31 - Performance at Westbrook Armory, Westbrook, ME with The Lonely.

Mark and Marc take time to clown around in the photo booth at Woolworth's - 1969.

November 7 - Performance at Westbrook High School, Westbrook, ME.

November 8 - Performance at South Portland Recreation Center, South Portland, ME.

November 14 - Performance at Gorham High School, Gorham, ME.

November 15 - Performance at Bonny Eagle High School, Bonny Eagle, ME.

November 21 - Performance at Biddeford High School, Biddeford, ME.

November 27 - Thanksgiving Night performance at Lewiston Armory,
Lewiston Maine, with White Fluff.

November 28 - Performance at Portland Expo,
Portland, ME with White Fluff.

Our second dance of the year the band throws, and again over 1000 kids attend the show.
The group closes the show with The Who's "My Generation", and Rick demolishes
a guitar at the end of the song, Pete Townshend style, to the amazement
of the audience! Vox Super Beatle Amp, dent in side!

This show is Emceed by a good friend of the group
and local Portland Radio personality, the late Bob Anderson.

Between shows at the Expo, the group signs with Pink Dolphin Records
in New York to initially record 4 sides. By the time they enter the Studio
the following April, it's decided to go for a complete LP instead.

Signing the Pink Dolphin Deal. Portland Expo, November 28, 1969.
L to R: Marc Mailhot, Mark Swett, Vern Whitman, Pink Dolphin A and R,
Frances Baker, President of Pink Dolphin Records,
Bill Gouzie, Mike Gouzie and Rick Record.

Frances Baker actually signs the Pink Dolphin Contract with all the guys watching.
This photo recently found.

An original poster from the Expo gig where we signed the Pink Dolphin contract.
I found the poster and Mickey framed it. He also found the photos of us from
that night and put them on the bottom of the frame. I've blown them up below.
These photos are rare, as I took some, but for some reason they did not come out.

We had over 1200 kids there that night!

From Left: Rick - Mark - Marc - Billy and Mike.

American Journal article on the Pink Dolphin signing - December 3, 1969

Local Press Release from December 1969 on the Pink Dolphin singing.
The Associated Press picked up on this and Billboard Magazine
ran a short article on Love, Inc. as a result.

November 29 - Performance at St. John's Hall, Biddeford, ME.

Decenber 5 - Performance at Chevrus High School, Portland, ME.

December 6 - Performance at John Bapst High School, Bangor, ME.

One of the songs the group performs is the Ten Years After song
"Good Morning Little Schoolgirl",
with the line "I want to ball you all night long",
which was pretty "Ballsy" for a group back then!

December 12 - Performance at Washington County College, Machias, ME
(Now - University of Maine, Machias).

December 13 - Performance at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME.

December 14 - Advent Christian Service at State Street Church, Portland, ME.

December 14, 1969

The Love, Inc. entourage December 28, 1969.
L to R: Rick, Mike, Bill, Mark, Bob, Marc, Dale, Jane and Phil.
This photo was taken just before leaving to play the Rock Mass.

Bob and Dale bringing equipment to the Van for the Rock Mass

December 28 - Second Rock Mass of 1969 at South Portland Armory, South Portland, ME.

Final performance of 1969 and once again the Armory
is filled to capacity. Marc is on Christmas vacation in western
New York and leaves for home on December 27 and is caught in
Lake Effect snows in one of the worst Blizzards since the late 1800s.

The entire New York State Thruway is closed and
the Mailhot's spend the night in Herkimer, New York,
arriving back home one hour before leaving for the Mass.
David Bell, drummer for Sounds Unlimited was recruited
and on call in case Marc missed the gig.

Rock Mass, December 28, 1969.

Rare side view color photo of the Rock Mass.
Courtesy Carol Starbird Bean.

Second annual Christmas photo, with Rick,
taken just before leaving for the Armory Rock Mass.

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