Mc5 Back In The Usa Vinyl Best Pressing

Mc5 s second album reissued on lp.

Mc5 back in the usa vinyl best pressing.

Back in the usa is mc5 s first studio album release following their live record kick out the jams from 1969. This band always rocked in my opinion and i loved all three lp s they put out. Back in the usa was the second album by detroit s legendary mc5 but the first to be recorded in the studio. Gritty sweaty 70 s boozed up dirtballs who looked like they just crawled out of their tour van after 3 weeks with no showers.

Their sophomore effort features a fine selection. Once you get over the shock that this is really an mc5 album you can begin to really appreciate it. The original band line up consisted of vocalist ro. Mc5 back in the usa released 50 years ago today january 15th 1970.

I love the cover. Green white and orange atlantic labels with 1841 broadway address in rim text. Ok kids it s rockin time. Released in brown cardboard jacket with pasted on glossy front artwork and matte rear slick with printed color paper from the atlantic catalogue promotional inner sleeve.

Originally released in 1970 this album takes a step back from the raw in your face sound of their classic debut kick out the jams for a more focused tighter approach. Machine gun blasts of pure energy and hooks with nods to the founding fathers chuck berry and little richard and freshly minted teen. The human being lawnmower and shakin street are two of my all time faves from the mc5. Pressed by columbia records pressing plant terre haute per cth in label matrix numbers and runouts.

Limited 180 gram vinyl lp pressing with original artwork. Back in the usa on 180 gram vinyl. I still consider most of back in the usa out of character for the mc5 but it s 1 3 of their album output and deserves a good listen and it is growing on me a lot more now than it did back around 1970. Limited 180 gram vinyl lp pressing with original artwork.

The vinyl played perfect and the sound was fine on the stereo system. The incendiary detroit quintet mc5 the mc stood for motor city burned briefly but brightly at rock s cutting edge in the late 1960s and early 1970s building a reputation of high energy high volume performances. The mc5 is an american rock band formed in lincoln park michigan and originally active from 1964 to 1972. Detroit s mc5 kicked off the 70s with a bang on back in the usa released january 15 1970 a roadmap for punk s class of 77 the album condensed the epic throbbing sprawl of kick out the jams into the pure essence of rock roll.

Originally released in 1970 this album takes a step back from the raw in your face sound of their classic debut kick out the jams for a more focused tighter approach.