Love and The Zombies are the two biggest bandwagonned classic rock acts among musical faux-intellectuals....nothing against any of them. I would be honored to be included in your rarified circle. That being said, I haven't had a chance to get to their stuff, mostly because I don't want to gamble on a compilation.
I'm always amazed when people compare their influence as being remotely comparable to that of the Beatles, Stones, or Velvet Underground. It just makes no sense to me.