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Early Steppenwolf/For Ladies Only (Import) (CD)

By: Steppenwolf (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Early Steppenwolf/For Ladies Only (Import) (CD) Album By Steppenwolf (Artist)
1   Power Play
2   Howlin' For My Darlin'
3   I'm Going Upstairs
4   Corrina, Corrina
5   Tighten Up Your Wig
6   Pusher, The
7   For Ladies Only  
8   Sparkle Eyes  
9   Shackles And Chains  
10   Tenderness  
11   Night Time's For You  
12   Jaded Strumpet  
13   I'm Asking  
14   Black Pitt  
15   Ride With Me  
16   In Hopes Of A Garden  
 
DISC 2 for Early Steppenwolf/For Ladies Only (Import) (CD) Album By Steppenwolf (Artist)
1   For Ladies Only
2   Sparkle Eyes
3   Shackles And Chains
4   Tenderness
5   Night Time's For You, The
6   Jaded Strumpet
7   I'm Asking
8   Black Pitt
9   Ride With Me
10   In Hopes Of A Garden
 

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Title Note

Adapter: John Kay.

Liner Note Authors: John Kay; John Tobler.

Recording information: American Recording Studios (05/14/1967); Matrix, San Francisco, CA (05/14/1967).

Photographer: Tom Gundelfinger.

Arranger: John Kay.

Finally, BGO completes its Steppenwolf reissue program with this double disc. The second disc is For Ladies Only, which is negligible at best. But it's disc one that counts, with the reemergence of Early Steppenwolf, which was recorded in 1967 at San Francisco's Matrix. The band was actually called the Sparrow when this set was recorded, but the Steppenwolf sound was already in place. Before "Born to Be Wild" and the other hits, this band was a wild, woolly monster, and this set proves that in spades. It contains covers of classic blues tunes -- John Lee Hooker's "I'm Going Upstairs," Howlin' Wolf's "Howlin' for My Darlin'," the traditional "Corrina, Corrina" with the band's own greasy arrangement imprimatur, and Hoyt Axton's "The Pusher." It also features some key originals that would be recorded later in the studio, like "Tighten Up Your Wig" and "Power Play." It is "The Pusher," however, that offers the greatest view of the band at the time. Over 20 minutes in length, it is a wild, scary improvisational jam that never gives up the dark duende groove. Beginning as an experimental sonic tapestry full of rumbling drums, some feedback, and slippery guitar atonalism, it eventually begins to take shape until it roars to life like a great rock & roll beast. The blues come in along with free improv, found sounds, acid-drenched vocals, and yes, rock & roll crunch and thunder to take it out, leaving the band as exhausted as the audience. The sound quality's not great but it's far from dubious. There is so much in this package to enjoy that one will be tempted (rightfully) to forget disc two even exists. ~ Thom Jurek

Album Description

Finally, BGO completes its Steppenwolf reissue program with this double disc. The second disc is For Ladies Only, which is negligible at best. But it's disc one that counts, with the reemergence of Early Steppenwolf, which was recorded in 1967 at San Francisco's Matrix. The band was actually called the Sparrow when this set was recorded, but the Steppenwolf sound was already in place. Before "Born to Be Wild" and the other hits, this band was a wild, woolly monster, and this set proves that in spades. It contains covers of classic blues tunes -- John Lee Hooker's "I'm Going Upstairs," Howlin' Wolf's "Howlin' for My Darlin'," the traditional "Corrina, Corrina" with the band's own greasy arrangement imprimatur, and Hoyt Axton's "The Pusher." It also features some key originals that would be recorded later in the studio, like "Tighten Up Your Wig" and "Power Play." It is "The Pusher," however, that offers the greatest view of the band at the time. Over 20 minutes in length, it is a wild, scary improvisational jam that never gives up the dark duende groove. Beginning as an experimental sonic tapestry full of rumbling drums, some feedback, and slippery guitar atonalism, it eventually begins to take shape until it roars to life like a great rock & roll beast. The blues come in along with free improv, found sounds, acid-drenched vocals, and yes, rock & roll crunch and thunder to take it out, leaving the band as exhausted as the audience. The sound quality's not great but it's far from dubious. There is so much in this package to enjoy that one will be tempted (rightfully) to forget disc two even exists. ~ Thom Jurek

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