Kick Out The Jams: Clear & Red Splatter Vinyl LP
0603497838387Label: Rhino
Release Date: 6th October
Top 10 most important rock records of all time. Revolutionary then, maybe even more so now. The brass balls to record your debut album as a live record and to pull it off as the masterpiece it is and with a proto-punk fire and fury that would launch a million angry boats. Extraordinary recording.
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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. 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.