MC5 Kick Copenhagen LIVE´72 LP RARE

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> Lawnmower records, cover Vg++/rec M-

> Rel 1988 in a VERY LTD quantity! VERY TUFF TO LOCATE THESEDAYS!

> A MUST FOR ANY MC5 FANATIC!

> Col pics on front shot at actual gig.

> Cool, distinct sound Q.

Ramblin´ Rose  3:10
Empty heart 6:40
Bo Diddley 8:30
Let it rock 4:00

Motor city is burning 4:40
Gloria 7:10
Kick out the Jams 6:00
Louie Louie 6:40

MC5 Live at Beat Forum
23rd of November 1972, Gladsaxe, Denmark

by Anders Röder

Around 1000 people attended the concert held by Beat Forum in Hoeje Gladsaxe salen also known as The Kennedy Gym. The doors opened at 7.30 pm. Admission was Danish Kroner 7,- (US$ 0.85). The announced support band "Day of Phoenix" had dissolved and therefore been replaced by the Danish psychedelic band "Alrune Rod". As evidenced in the translated reviews below the majority of the audience was quite young and presumably much better acquainted with the support band than with the MC5. But as can be witnessed from the recording of the concert and the reviews MC5 put on a great show even without Tyner, getting the crowd on their feet.
While a few people in Denmark knew of MC5 through their first LP it is likely to believe that most of these never got past it onto the second LP with its very different sound. So the anticipation to seeing the band would presumably be the sonic blast and politic exclamations of that first LP as the reviews also shows. This is also backed by Peder Bundgaard who attended the concert with his friend the now deceased Danish poet and counter cultural hero Dan Turell. He remembers how he would have "Kick Out the Jams" on the record player constantly in the weeks prior to the concert expecting it to be a sonic blast but recalling it as being more of a straight forward rock concert. He also remembers how he was somehow put off by the Landau sound on "Back in the USA" having a hard time relating to that LP.

That MC5 literally got the audience on their feet can in actuality be heard on the tape recording from the concert. Before MC5 begins "Let it Rock" shouts can be heard from members in the audience: "Saet jer ned..saet jer ned…" (I.e.:"Sit down, sit down…"). The guy who did the recording was sitting on the floor as well. During the next number "Gloria" one can sense the excitement building in the audience when then suddenly a few bars into "Tonight" the sound on the recording starts to blur and lower in volume.
A lot of people seem to at last have tired of the demands of sitting down and risen up and then "Tonight" really starts cooking -the clapping gets louder and more intense- evolving into a long hard hitting jam.

While Beat Forum (as well as other locally oriented scenes) was dominantly a west coast, and to a lesser extent jazz, oriented hippie scene the concerts would also be attended by local biker prospects trying to harass the audience and starting fights. Lars Persson recalls how some of the hippies would fight back eventually forcing the biker prospects to give up their harassment. Peter Nielsen would later hire some of these biker prospects as concert guards this way trying to adopt them to the scene as to keep their attending buddies from starting trouble.
The MC5 concert on the 23rd of November 1972 did however get mentioning in the concert calendar of the Danish leftist newspaper "Information" on the 20th of November and an article of advance publicity appeared in the politically moderate Danish newspaper "Politiken" on the 23rd of November.

Anders Röder, Copenhagen 2001/10/20

At least two recordings of the concert were made. One version exists as issued on the LP "Kick Copenhagen" (MOW 11). The other recording exists as a tape copy only. The version issued on the LP is the version which has most clearness in sound. The two versions differs from each other as the LP version has "Louie, Louie" as the last song after "Kick Out the Jams" which the tape version does not have. The tape version has however "Tonight" prior to "Kick Out the Jams". Otherwise the order of the songs is identical on both recordings.
From comparing the two versions of the concert it is evident that the two people who recorded it where located in different parts of the concert room. Presumably the person who did the recording used on the "Kick Copenhagen" LP where located closer to the stage.
Photos were taken by at least two photographers. Peder Bundgaard took pictures for the Danish music magazine M/M. Another photographer referred to as A.A. on the LP, took pictures also, some of which appears on the cover of the LP.