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The Flamin’ Groovies
In Person!!!!
RELEASE
May 06, 1997
LABEL
Norton
GENRES
Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll, Proto-Punk, Power Pop
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Album Review
There are loads of
Flamin' Groovies
live recordings out there, some more legitimate than others, but until now all of them have required some allowances in the mind of the listener to their sonic and musical shortcomings. Not In Person!, which actually works as an album. The first ten tracks on this disc were taped for radio broadcast during the final week of the Fillmore West's existence, on June 30, 1971, and capture the
Roy Loney
lineup of the group at the peak of its form, grinding their way in high style through "Slow Death," "Shakin' All Over," "Teenage Head," "Walkin' the Dog," "Sweet Little Rock 'n Roller," and "Have You Seen My Baby," among others. There's one bit of little dropout and hints of some slight sound leakage -- overall, the audio quality is maybe two steps above that of, say, The Live Kinks album (by Muswell Hill's own precursors to
the Groovies
, natch) -- but the balance between the voices and the instruments is about as good as any
Groovies
concert recording, and for a change, the "room" ambience, as it were, works in the group's favor -- the guitars are all nicely represented. Moreover, the performance by
Loney
,
Jordan
, and company does work as an audio release -- there's nothing here that you had to be here to see. The set is rounded out by "I'm a Man" and "Headin' for the Texas Border" from a Matrix show from a year earlier. Leave it to a label run by members of
the A-Bones
to get out the best live classic
Flamin' Groovies
album ever.
–
Bruce Eder, Rovi
Track Listing
I Can't Explain
Sweet Little Rock & Roller
Have You Seen My Baby?
Road House
Doctor Boogie
Slow Death
Shakin' All Over
Teenage Head
Louie, Louie
Walking the Dog
I'm a Man
Headin' for the Texas Border
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