MC5 Kick Out The Jams LP ELEKTRA 1969 UK orig+foc+stereo 74042 FRED SONIC SMITH
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THIS is the UK ORIGINAL FIRST STEREO PRESSING on ELEKTRA 'ORANGE' label. The gatefold cover is in VG CONDITION: with discolouration/wear/damaged on corners/spines [especially on left spine], mild creases/surface marks-hairlines on edges, tear on front (top right corner), surface ringwear/edgewear (especially on rear), left spine is mostly unreadable; INSIDE PANELS with normal wear; for details see photos. The vinyl (with surface hairlines) is from VG(+) to VG+ condition (some clicks/mild crackles especially at the start and on B4) and plays wonderfully and without lessening in sound quality.
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MC5
FRED 'SONIC' SMITH, ROB TYNER, DENNIS THOMPSON, MICHAEL DAVIS, WAYNE KRAMER
Alongside their Detroit-area brethren the Stooges, MC5 essentially laid the foundations for the emergence of punk; deafeningly loud and uncompromisingly intense, the group's politics were ultimately as crucial as their music, their revolutionary sloganeering and anti-establishment outrage crystallizing the counterculture movement at its most volatile and threatening. Under the guidance of svengali John Sinclair (the infamous founder of the radical White Panther Party), MC5 celebrated the holy trinity of sex, drugs, and rock & roll, their incendiary live sets offering a defiantly bacchanalian counterpoint to the peace-and-love reveries of their hippie contemporaries. Although corporate censorship, label interference, and legal hassles combined to cripple the band's hopes of mainstream notoriety, both their sound and their sensibility remain seminal influences on successive generations of artists.
"KICK OUT THE JAMS"1969 LP ELEKTRA RECORDS EKS 74042 STEREO MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL FIRST STEREO PRESSING GATEFOLD COVER NOTES: First UK pressing, with the word "motherfucker" censored on A2 and replaced by words "brothers and sisters". However, inner gatefold sleeve notes retain the printed word "motherfucker" - see IMAGES. Orange Elektra Label. Manufactured by Polydor Records Ltd. London.
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LABEL: ELEKTRA - ORANGE LABEL w/LARGE SILVER "E" on TOP - SILVER TEXT
Catalog on cover: EKS 74042
Catalog on labels: EKS 74042
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): EKS 74042 A2 4 ∴
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): EKS 74042 A2 3 ∴
On labels: 3rim text reads "All rights.........prohibited"
"All rights.......prohibited"
℗ 1969 STEREO
Produced by Jac Holzman & Bruce Botnick
Made in Gt. Britain
POLYDOR RECORDS LIMITED
On Back Cover: Tracklist & Credits
Manufactured by Polydor Records Ltd. London
tracklisting
Side A: RAMBLIN' ROSE - KICK OUT THE JAMS - COME TOGETHER
ROCKET REDUCER No. 62 (RAMA LAMA FA FA FA)
Side B: BORDERLINE - MOTOR CITY IS BURNING
I WANT YOU RIGHT NOW - STARSHIP
grading
RECORD from VG(+) to VG+ but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Rather than try to capture their legendary on-stage energy in a studio, MC5 opted to record their first album during a live concert at their home base, Detroit's Grande Ballroom, and while some folks who were there have quibbled that Kick Out the Jams isn't the most accurate representation of the band's sound, it's certainly the best of the band's three original albums, and easily beats the many semiauthorized live recordings of MC5 that have emerged in recent years, if only for the clarity of Bruce Botnick's recording. From Brother J.C. Crawford's rabble-rousing introduction to the final wash on feedback on "Starship," Kick Out the Jams is one of the most powerfully energetic live albums ever made; Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith were a lethal combination on tightly interlocked guitars, bassist Michael Davis and drummer Dennis Thompson were as strong a rhythm section as Detroit ever produced, and Rob Tyner's vocals could actually match the soulful firepower of the musicians, no small accomplishment. Even on the relatively subdued numbers (such as the blues workout "Motor City Is Burning"), the band sound like they're locked in tight and cooking with gas, while the full-blown rockers (pretty much all of side one) are as gloriously thunderous as anything ever committed to tape; this is an album that refuses to be played quietly. For many years, Detroit was considered the High Energy Rock & Roll Capital of the World, and Kick Out the Jams provided all the evidence anyone might need for the city to hold onto the title...(AllMusic)price rating
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