The group's first live album, recorded in one night and originally released as a two record set including some studio recordings overdubbed despite the bands will. Nevertheless, it catches the band in excellent form and is a reminder of what a great live band Steppenwolf is.
After the “Monster” album, The band needed a breather from the constant studio recording activities. It was therefore decided that a live album was exactly what we needed. We recorded one of our concerts at the Santa Monica civic auditorium which was a benefit for the “Students Against The War In Cambodia Committee”.
The resulting recordings had more material that would fit on one album but not enough to fill 2 disks. Consequently we recorded additional songs such as “Hey Lawdy Mama” “Corina Corina” and “Twisted” in the studio where we then (through the addition of canned applause) tried to integrate these extra cuts into the truly live tracks. While with hindsight, I wish we would have had the chance to record multiple concerts because then we would not have had to live or die with the results of only one performance, this album.
1. Sookie, Sookie (Don Covay, Steve Cropper) – 3:09
2. Don't Step On The Grass, Sam (John Kay) – 6:01
3. Tighten Up Your Wig (John Kay) – 4:23
4. Monster (John Kay, Larry Byrom, Jerry Edmonton, Nick St. Nicholas) – 9:56
5. Draft Resister (John Kay, Larry Byrom, Goldy McJohn) – 3:46
6. Power Play (John Kay) – 5:41
7. Corina, Corina (Mitchell Parish, J. Mayo Williams, Bo Carter) – 4:09
8. Twisted (John Kay) – 5:02
9. From Here To There Eventually (Jerry Edmonton, John Kay, Goldy McJohn) – 6:40
10.Hey Lawdy Mama (John Kay, Larry Byrom, Jerry Edmonton) – 2:59
11.Magic Carpet Ride (John Kay, Rushton Moreve) – 4:06
12.The Pusher (Hoyt Axton) – 6:02
13.Born To Be Wild (Mars Bonfire) – 5:43
14.Hey Lawdy Mama (Mono Single Version) (John Kay, Larry Byrom, Jerry Edmonton) – 3:20
15.Twisted (Mono Single Version) (John Kay) – 3:44
*Larry Byrom - Guitar
*Jerry Edmonton - Drums
*John Kay - Vocals, Guitar
*Goldy McJohn - Keyboards
*Nick St. Nicholas - Bass Guitar
1969 Early Steppenwolf (1967 Live, Japan SHM mini lp)
1971 For Ladies Only (Japan SHM 2013 remaster)
To me is one of the best live albums from that time.Amazing guitar work...
ReplyDeleteThanx again Marios, big fan of John Kay & SW. Hearing this LIVE album again will be very rewarding. You da man!
ReplyDeleteFantastic live. Thank you very much.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, great share, wonderful concert!!
ReplyDeleteI was a teenager when this album came out and I played it all the time. One day it went missing - and I haven't heard it since. Thanks for bringing back some great memories.
ReplyDeleteThis is a really great live album of Steppenwolf at their peak. The sound quality is also very enjoyable. Most of their greatest songs are collected here, so it's somewhat of a "best of" album, too. For some unknown reason (to me at least) a very few titles were apparently executed and recorded in the studio and overdubbed with live crowd noises, so it remains hard to notice. I would love to download this to my computer, but the links aren't working anymore. I hope they can be brought back to life again. Eh... Marios?
ReplyDeleteHi Marios, many thanks for the repost. The links are working now.
ReplyDeleteThank You very much ;-)
ReplyDeleteAny chance to reup:
https://rockasteria.blogspot.com/2012/04/various-artists-psych-bites-vol-1-1967.html