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LIB 5041CD
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"This lineup includes the classic Groovies core of Cyril Jordan, George Alexander, and Chris Wilson, and was recorded in October 1980 just as the band's contract with Sire Records expired, introducing an element of uncertainty into the band's future. This 12-track live set list from San Francisco, with three bonus tracks, features their classic takes on the Beatles, Stones, Byrds, and some classic Flamin' Groovies rock numbers. This show has never been available in any format."
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"Flamin' Groovies seminal album Shake Some Action (1976). Taking notes from the British Invasion and inspiration under the San Francisco sun. Earning a perfect five-star review from AllMusic and an 8.5/10 from Pitchfork. On limited shamrock green vinyl. Mastered by Kevin Gray from the original master tapes. Pressed at RTI."
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LIB 5066LP
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"Flamin' Groovies Now isn't quite as cohesive as Shake Some Action, the album that preceded it, but in many respects the band sounds at once tighter and more relaxed, with some time on the road firming up the rhythm section while giving the songs a bit more room to swing (which wasn't one of the strong suits of the British Invasion bands that provided their aural template)."
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MOV 2822LP
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"American rock band The Flamin' Groovies were established in 1965 and are still active today: that marks an impressive career spanning over six decades. Jumpin' In The Night is their sixth studio album, originally released in 1979. Mark Deming of AllMusic called the album tighter and tougher than its predecessor. The production by Roger Bechirian and vocalist/guitarist Cyril Jordan flatters the guitars and emphasises the band's 'wall of guitars', ultimately making it an excellent pop rock effort. The album is available on black vinyl. 180 gram vinyl."
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LIB 5037CD
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"The third and last of the Flamin' Groovies late-'70s albums for Sire, Jumpin' in the Night storms out of the gate with the title song, a top-shelf rocker that brings the muscle of the Flamingo-era lineup of the Groovies to the more style-conscious British Invasion sonics of Cyril Jordan's version. Though Jumpin' in the Night never rocks that hard or that well again, it does sound decidedly tighter and tougher than 1978's Flamin' Groovies Now, and guitarist Mike Wilhelm, a new addition to the Now lineup, is much better integrated into their wall of guitars, with the Groovies sounding more solid than they did a year before. But while Jumpin' in the Night finds the Flamin' Groovies sounding better than ever, the material unfortunately lets them down. It's no wonder why the Flamin' Groovies loved the Byrds -- both were American bands who fell in love with the sounds of British rock and crafted their own variation on the style -- but three Byrds covers on this album is about two too many (especially given how clunky David Wright's drumming sounds on '5D'), and though having the Groovies tackle 'Absolutely Sweet Marie' and 'Please Please Me' sounds good on paper, the audible results are a bit underwhelming. (On the other hand, their cover of 'Werewolves of London' is better than anyone had a right to expect.) The production and engineering by Roger Bechirian is crisp and flattering to the guitars, but lacks the resonance of Dave Edmunds' more layered approach on Shake Some Action and Now. A great band, the Flamin' Groovies often seemed to have a hard time reconciling their best qualities with the record-making process, and Jumpin' in the Night is probably the best example of this dilemma, though it has more than enough worthwhile moments to compensate."
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LIB 5001CD
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"The Flamin' Groovies perform live at the Vaillencourt Fountain with the same line-up as the group that recorded for Seymour Stein on Sire Records. The fountain is located in Justin Herman Plaza in San Francisco and was completed two years after the Groovies played there. It may be best known for a 1987 concert by U2, just starting their Joshua Tree tour, when Bono famously spray painted on the fountain and was both praised and criticized for his actions. This soundboard recording was confusingly called 'Jumpin' In The Night', otherwise known as 'Valencourt Plaza' where it was recorded. The concert serves to document a typical Groovies gig of the time with staples like 'Shake Some Action', 'Tell Me Again' and 'First Plane Home', covers of 'Feel A Whole Lot Better', Moby Grape's 'Fall On You', the odd Beatles and even NRBQ's 'I Want You Bad'. The performance was broadcast live on KSAN."
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LIB 5036CD
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"While it took a long and torturous five years for the Flamin' Groovies to find their way back to an American record deal with Shake Some Action, a year and a half later the band had a follow-up ready, and while 1978's Flamin' Groovies Now isn't quite as cohesive as the album that preceded it, in many respects the band sounds at once tighter and more relaxed, with some time on the road firming up the rhythm section while giving the songs a bit more room to swing (which wasn't one of the strong suits of the British Invasion bands that provided their aural template). The band lost guitarist James Ferrell during the post-Shake Some Action tour, but former Charlatans picker Mike Wilhelm proved to be a more than simpatico replacement on these sessions, and while leader Cyril Jordan didn't come up with another new song as transcendent as 'Shake Some Action,' 'All I Wanted' comes pretty close. But it's significant that most of the songs on Flamin' Groovies Now are covers, and while all of them are played with love, enthusiasm, and the right period flair (especially the Beatles' 'There's a Place,' Paul Revere & the Raiders' 'Ups and Downs,' and 'Move It,' an early U.K. hit for Cliff Richard), they give the album a feeling of being padded, and just because covering the Rolling Stones rarity 'Blue Turns to Grey' was a good idea didn't mean the Flamin' Groovies had any business tackling 'Paint It Black.' All in all, Flamin' Groovies Now is a terrific-sounding record that captures a fine band when it was in great form, but it also makes clear that the gremlins that often dogged the Groovies in the studio (namely their inability to make a 100 percent satisfying album) hadn't gone away."
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ROC 3372CD
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"The closing of the Fillmore West (actually, the Carousel Ballroom) put a big dent in the 'City By the Bay'. This performance was taken from the closing concerts for the venue. The list of bands that Bill Graham didn't want was also big... and the Flamin' Groovies were on it, for years. Our first manager was Bill's right hand man and when he quit working for Bill to manage the Flamin' Groovies this this did not sit well with Bill, so the Groovies went up and down in Bill's eyes. So it came as a big surprise when we discovered he wanted us for this big and important event, to participate in a series of shows leading up to the closing of this legendary venue. I remember the show well. The difference in playing this gig as opposed to the Whisky-A-Go-Go in L.A. was like night and day. At the Whisky, we were the house band (two summers in a row); at the Fillmore, we were up for grabs. Oh yeah, this was our last show with my good buddy, Roy Loney." --Cyril Jordan (Flamin' Groovies)
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LP version. "The closing of the Fillmore West (actually, the Carousel Ballroom) put a big dent in the 'City By the Bay'. This performance was taken from the closing concerts for the venue. The list of bands that Bill Graham didn't want was also big... and the Flamin' Groovies were on it, for years. Our first manager was Bill's right hand man and when he quit working for Bill to manage the Flamin' Groovies this this did not sit well with Bill, so the Groovies went up and down in Bill's eyes. So it came as a big surprise when we discovered he wanted us for this big and important event, to participate in a series of shows leading up to the closing of this legendary venue. I remember the show well. The difference in playing this gig as opposed to the Whisky-A-Go-Go in L.A. was like night and day. At the Whisky, we were the house band (two summers in a row); at the Fillmore, we were up for grabs. Oh yeah, this was our last show with my good buddy, Roy Loney." --Cyril Jordan (Flamin' Groovies)
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ECHO 2036CD
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By 1979, The Flamin' Groovies were still riding high from their 1976 album Shake Some Action, a devastating record that shone a wider light on the band and guaranteed their status as underground icons. Their influence would be felt in the ensuing years with numerous alternative bands both at home and across the world absorbing the band's look, sound, and attitude. Eternal champions of the raw punk of the 1960s that re-emerged on Greg Shaw's Pebbles series and Lenny Kaye's groundbreaking Nuggets, The Flamin' Groovies paid homage to the sound and the songs with an explosive live set as is evident from their appearance at Keystone in Palo Alto, CA, in August 1979. The complete radio broadcast of this performance is presented here in professionally remastered sound with background liners and rare archival photos.
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