Four-hour 3CD set charting the birth and early development of American hard rock.<\/p>\n
Hit singles, key album tracks, and huge rarities from a genre that became a dominant force in US music.<\/p>\n
In the late 60s, the parallel emergence of psychedelia and the blues-based power trio format saw pop evolve into rock. In America, bands became harder, heavier, rawer, and louder to a back drop of the Vietnam War, street drugs, and increasingly powerful amps. Commercially successful acts like Vanilla Fudge, Steppenwolf, Blue Cheer, and Iron Butterfly spearheaded a new wave of bands whose sound would later be codified as heavy metal. Over three CDs and four hours of music, \u2018We\u2019re An American Band\u2019 charts hard rock\u2019s evolution during the late 60s and early 70s, culminating in Grand Funk\u2019s game-changing, chart-topping late 1973 single of the same name. In addition to the aforementioned bands, we feature the likes of Alice Cooper, The Stooges, ZZTop, MC5, and Love, hard rock dilettantes (Todd Rundgren, Kim Fowley, even Muddy Waters), and such pioneers as Kurt Cobain-endorsed satanic rockers Coven and early metal heads Sir Lord Baltimore. We include tracks from some of the most valuable vinyl LPs on the planet (Bolder Damn, Brigade), ultra-rare local singles (The Mass Confusion Rock Band, Wildwood), and vital music that went unreleased at the time (B. F. Trike, Cold Sun, etc). Housed in a clamshell box with an accompanying 48-page booklet, \u2018We\u2019re An American Band is a fascinating window on American rock\u2019s epic journey from the bowels of the late 60s underground counterculture to mainstream mid-70s acceptance.<\/p>\n
Tracklist:
DISC ONE
1 TICKET TO RIDE \u2013 Vanilla Fudge – 2 IRON BUTTERFLY THEME \u2013 Iron Butterfly – 3 SUMMERTIME BLUES \u2013 Blue Cheer – 4 THE OSTRICH (album version) \u2013 Steppenwolf – 5 REMLAP\u2019S CAVE PART II \u2013 The Savage Resurrection – 6 MAN WHO PAINTS THE PICTURES \u2013 Fever Tree – 7 WHY SHOULD I CARE \u2013 The Sound Barrier – 8 PRIDE OF MAN \u2013 Quicksilver Messenger Service – 9 MY OWN LIFE \u2013 Easy Chair – 10 CHICKEN WIRE LADY \u2013 Blues Magoos – 11 APRIL 15TH \u2013 The Human Beinz – 12 PLASTIC PEOPLE \u2013 Wildwood – 13 THE WAR RAGES ON \u2013 Mass Confusion Rock Band – 14 BLACK SHEEP \u2013 SRC – 15 LET\u2019S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER \u2013 Muddy Waters – 16 CRAZY WOMAN \u2013 Dragonfly – 17 HOT SMOKE AND SASAFRASS\u2013The Bubble Puppy – 18 GOOD MORNING DAY \u2013 Omnibus – 19 MISTERGENIE MAN \u2013 Society\u2019s Children – 20 BLOW MY MIND \u2013 Darius – 21 NIGHTRIDER\u2013 Kim Fowley
DISC TWO
1 KICK OUT THE JAMS \u2013 MC5 – 2 TIME SELLER \u2013 Stack – 3 UNDER THE ICE \u2013 Nazz – 4 FIELDS OF REGRET \u2013 Alice Cooper – 5 OCEANS INSIDE ME \u2013 Stone Garden – 6 I WANNA BE YOUR DOG \u2013 The Stooges – 7 DARK-EYED WOMAN \u2013 Spirit – 8 JOURNEYS \u2013 The Litter – 9 ROBERT MONTGOMERY \u2013 Love – 10 DONOVAN\u2019S MONKEY \u2013 Stalk-Forrest Group – 11 WICKED WOMAN \u2013 Coven – 12 WELCOME TO THE VOID \u2013 Morgen – 13 BABYLON \u2013 Conception – 14 HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN\u2013Frijid Pink – 15 SAD DAY \u2013 Fuse – 16 MISSISSIPPI QUEEN \u2013 Mountain – 17 NO PARKING(live) \u2013 Gold – 18 DARK ROAD \u2013 Christopher – 19 SELF-MADEGOLD \u2013 Brigade – 20 DEATH OF A VIRGIN\u2013Damnation Of Adam Blessing
DISC THREE
1 NEIGHBOR, NEIGHBOR \u2013 ZZTop – 2 TWISTED FLOWER \u2013 Cold Sun – 3 STARS IN THE SKY \u2013 Wildfire – 4 HELIUM HEAD (I GOT A LOVE) \u2013 Sir Lord Baltimore – 5 TIME AND CHANGES \u2013 B.F. Trike – 6 FACE THE CROWD \u2013 Demian – 7 ROAD RUNNER\u2013 Head Over Heels – 8 MONTREAL JAIL \u2013 Boomerang – 9 EVIL \u2013 Cactus – 10 B.R.T.C.D. \u2013 Bolder Damn – 11 NEVER COMING DOWN \u2013 Estes Brothers – 12 TRANSMANIACON MC- Blue \u00d6yster Cult – 13 YOU CAN\u2013Earthen Vessel – 14 THE QUEEN \u2013 Bang – 15 MY TIME IS OVER\u2013Sudden Death – 16 IT SWALLOWED THE SUN \u2013 The Flow – 17 SUICIDE \u2013 Dust – 18 LOVE JUMPED THROUGH MY WINDOW \u2013 Arthur Lee – 19 IS IT MY NAME\u2013Todd Rundgren – 20 YOU KNOW\u2013 Stray Dog – 21 WE\u2019RE AN AMERICAN BAND\u2013Grand Funk<\/p>\n
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Four-hour 3CD set charting the birth and early development of American hard rock.<\/p>\n