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| フォーマット | CDアルバム |
| 発売日 | 2019年02月13日 |
| 国内/輸入 | 輸入(イギリス盤) |
| レーベル | Grapefruit |
| 構成数 | 3 |
| パッケージ仕様 | ボックス |
| 規格品番 | CRSEGBOX051 |
| SKU | 5013929185104 |
構成数 : 3枚
合計収録時間 : 02:44:01
The Flamin' Groovies were one of the great unknown and unappreciated bands of the 1970s, but their influence was undeniable and their albums have a way of coming back into print every decade or so. Grapefruit's Gonna Rock Tonite! pulls together the band's first three albums along with a bunch of bonus tracks taken from live-in-the-studio sessions done in 1971. 1969's Supersnazz finds them exuberantly tripping through rock & roll's back pages with revved-up covers of Eddie Cochran, Huey "Piano" Smith, and Little Richard songs and delivering originals that show just how well the group had learned their lessons. Powered by Roy Loney's happily insane lead vocals, Cyril Jordan and Tim Lynch's powerful guitar attack, and the rock-solid bass/drums partnership of George Alexander and Danny Mihm, the band were equally adept at cranking out good-time rockers ("Love Have Mercy"), barrelhouse blues ("The First One's Free"), baroque pop ("A Part from That"), and breezy surf jams ("Around the Corner"). After bouncing to a new label and playing shows with the Stooges and MC5, the band returned on 1970's Flamingo with a stripped-down, grungy sound and supercharged tunes that had none of the polish of those on their debut. Loney sounds manic, Jordan and Lynch rip off jagged solos, and the band punch like heavyweight fighters. Tracks like "Comin' After Me" and "Second Cousin" are unhinged rockers, "Headin' for the Texas Border" is riff heavy and pounds like a migraine, their take on Little Richard's "Keep a Knockin'" gives their Detroit counterparts a run for their money, and "Roadhouse" ends the album with a jolt of punk energy and noise. The album is uneven and weighed down by the corny country weeper "Childhood's End" and the sappy ballad "She's Falling Apart." That's not an issue with 1971's Teenage Head, an album that truly deserves its classic status. The title track is a timeless shot of punk attitude, metallic guitar crunch, and rock & roll fire, "High Flying Baby" sounds like Captain Beefheart high on nitrous oxide, "Yesterday's Numbers" is heart-felt folk-rock, and "Whisky Woman" is the kind of late-night ballad the Stones were writing at the time. Add the echoing rockabilly gem "Evil Hearted Ada," the laid-back and countrified "City Lights" (which has one of Loney's best vocals), and a high-energy cover of Randy Newman's "Have You Seen My Baby?" that really should have been a hit single to the mix, and it's pretty much a perfect album. The live-in-the-studio bonus tracks are a nice addition (as they were to the 1999 Buddha reissues) and the whole set is wrapped up nicely by an exhaustive set of liner notes. Groovies fans may own this music already, but it's nice to have remastered versions of the albums all housed together in a nice little box. For the uninitiated who are looking for rock & roll kicks, you could do a whole lot worse than giving this band and this set a whirl. ~ Tim Sendra
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