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STEPPENWOLF

JOHN KAY, GOLDIE McJOHN, MARS BONFIRE, JERRY EDMONTON, NICK ST. NICHOLAS

Led by John Kay (born Joachim Krauledat, April 12, 1944), Steppenwolf's blazing biker anthem "Born to Be Wild" 

roared out of speakers everywhere in the fiery summer of 1968, John Kay's threatening rasp sounding

 a mesmerizing call to arms to the counterculture movement rapidly sprouting up nationwide. 

German immigrant Kay got his professional start in a bluesy Toronto band called Sparrow, 

recording for Columbia in 1966. After Sparrow disbanded, Kay relocated to the West Coast and formed Steppenwolf, 

named after the Herman Hesse novel. "Born to Be Wild," their third single on ABC-Dunhill, 

was immortalized on the soundtrack of Dennis Hopper's underground film classic Easy Rider. 

The song's reference to "heavy metal thunder" finally gave an assignable name to an emerging genre...

"THE SECOND"

1968     LP     DUNHILL/ABC RECORDS     DS-50037   STEREO

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE SLEEVE (Released with a shiny foil front cover)

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: DUNHILL/ABC - BLACK LABEL - SILVER TEXT (White on rim)

Catalog on cover: DS-50037

Catalog on labels: DS 50037-A / DS 50037-B

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): DS-50037-A  2   LW

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): DS-50037-B     LW

On labels: Produced by: Gabriel Mekler

rim text reads "Dunhill Records, Inc. is a subsidiary and trademark.....ABC Records, Inc....Made in USA"

On back cover: Photography: Henry Diltz

Recorded at American Recording Co.

Dunhill Records Inc./New York-Beverly Hills/A Subsidiary of ABC Records, Inc., 

1330 Avenue of the Americas, N.Y.

tracklisting

Side A: FASTER THEN THE SPEED OF LIFE - TIGHTEN UP YOUR WIG / NONE OF YOU DOING

SPIRITUAL FANTASY - DON'T STEP ON THE GRASS, SAM

Side B: 28 - MAGIC CARPET RIDE - DISAPPOINTMENT NUMBER (UNKNOWN)

LOST AND FOUND BY TRIAL AND ERROR - HODGE, PODGE, STRAINED THROUGH A LESLIE

RESURRECTION - REFLECTIONS

grading

RECORD EX (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ (please, see pictures and read above description)

The group's second album was virtually a re-creation of its predecessor, only slightly more sophisticated in its range of songs and the manner of playing them, and the in-house writing had improved, though the latter also became highly derivative. Steppenwolf the Second embraces everything from hard rock to psychedelia to blues, and the band is in excellent form, playing very hard and edgy, except on the deliberately lyrical, reflective "Spiritual Fantasy," a rare acoustic number for the group. Much more to the point of the group was the single "Magic Carpet Ride," the ultimate psychedelic pop dance number of the decade, and the marijuana anthem "Don't Step on the Grass, Sam," the pounding "28," and the album-opener "Faster Than the Speed of Life." Side two of the original LP was a great achievement in its own right, opening with "Magic Carpet Ride," which leads into a nonstop extended array of hard-rocking numbers, mostly in a blues idiom: "Disappointment Number (Unknown)," "Lost and Found by Trial and Error," "Hodge Podge, Strained Through a Leslie," and "Resurrection." The playing was as good as the first album, and though there's nothing quite comparable to "Born to Be Wild" here in terms of cultural impact, the level of the surrounding numbers is higher...(AllMusic)