MC5 LIVE!!!!! - videos + audio

| Blue Fender Bronco 1968 | Cream Gibson SG | Fuzz Tone | Jimi Hendrix Flying V | Jimmy Page Dragon Telecaster | Jo Ann Kelly | Kahvas Jute & Chariot | Music | MC5 | Nick Drake Guitars | Peter Green | Shocking Blue | The Leftards - Gong punk 2017+ | The Vamps 1965-77 | Yardbirds |

Kick Out the Jams LP 1969

The MC5 were a ground-breaking, high energy rock band from Detroit, Michigan whose recordings and live performances between 1966-72 are proof of this. Their 1969 live LP Kick Out the James is a classic of the era. Band members varied during the early and later years, however the longest and most significant lineup was as follows: 

  • Rob Tyner - Vocals & Harmonica
  • Fred Sonic Smith - Guitar
  • Wayne Kramer - Guitar (founder)
  • Michael Davis - Bass
  • Dennis Thompson - Drums.

Davis, Thompson and Tyner left the band during the early and middle part of 1972, with Smith and Kramer carrying on until the end of that year. The final show of the original lineup took place on New Year's Eve 1972 at the Grande Ballroom, Detroit, to a muted reception.

1965

* I Don't Mind, Motor City Five, duration: 3.05 minutes. Included Tyner, Smith and Kramer, with Pat Burrows on bass and Bob Gaspar on drums. Soul song.

1966

* Breakout '66, live recording, no video, 1966, duration: 40.01 minutes. Tracks: Looking at You, Black to Comm, I Just Don't Know .... Sounds like the Yardbirds, with a British blues rock feel.

1967

* Black to Comm, October 1967, duration: Live b/w television footage of an extended, psychedelic blues jam. You Saw It First on Channel 56 television show.

1968

* Born Under a Bad Sign, The Village Pub, Birmingham, Michigan. Live audio included in the 2020 Denis Thomson interview video at 14.10 minutes.

* Sturgis Armory, Michigan, 27 June 1968. Bootleg recording. Tracks: Ramblin' Rose, Kick Out The Jams, Come Together, Revolutionary Blues, I'm The Man For You (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa), James Brown Medley: Cold Sweat / I Can't Stand Myself / There Was A Time, Upper Egypt, Tutti Frutti, Borderline, Born Under A Bad Sign. Available: Are You Ready to Testify 3 x CD set.

* First Unitarian Church, Detroit, Michigan, September 1968. Bootleg recording. Tracks: I Want You, Starship, I Believe to My Soul, Black to Comm.  Available: Are You Ready to Testify 3 x CD set.

* Live at the Grande Ballroom, 1968, bootleg recording. Released 2005. Tracks: Brother J.C. Intro, Motor City Is Burning, I Believe To My Soul, Rocket Reducer No.62 (Rama La Fa Fa Fa), I'm Mad Like Eldridge Cleaver, Ice Pick Slim, Black To Comm.

1969

*  Kick Out the Jams LP released in February 1969. Live recording. Duration: 40.11 minutes.

* I Want You Right Now - rare video montage of various live performances footage, with audio from the Kick Out the Jams LP released in February 1969.

* Live in West Park, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1969, duration: 1.25 minutes. Mixture of live b/w footage with Teenage Lust from live at Saginaw Civic Centre, 1970.

1970

* The American Ruse, circa 1970, duration: 2.35 minutes. Live b/w television footage, with the band miming.

* Complete concert, Saginaw Civic Centre, Michigan, 1 January 1970, duration: 49.07 minutes. Bootleg recording. Tracks: (00:00) MC Intro/ Ramblin' Rose, (03:48) Human Being Lawnmower, (06:29) Tonight, (09:36) Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa), (14:55) It's a Man's World, (20:47) Teenage Lust, (24:00) Looking At You, (29:29) Fire Of Love, (33:32) Shakin' Street, (37:08) Starship / Kick Out The Jams/ Black to Comm. Available: Are You Ready to Testify 3 x CD set.

* Human Being Lawnmower, Saginaw Civic Centre, Michigan, 1 January 1970, duration:  2.42 minutes. Audio only.

* Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois, 18 July 1970. Bootleg recording of sets by The Stooges and MC5. Duration: 61.33 minutes. URL: https://youtu.be/wd-yU5g0PsQ.

* Ramblin Rose, Kick out the Jams, Looking at You, Tartar Field, Wayne State University, Detroit, 19 July 1970, duration: 10.25 minutes. Censored. Live b/w outdoor concert footage first shown on the local television show Detroit Tube Works.

* Kick out the Jams (uncensored + colourised), Tartar Field, 19 July 1970, duration: 3.19 minutes.

* Looking at You, Tartar Field, 19 July 1970, duration: 4.07 minutes.

1972

* Kick Out the Jams and Empty Heart, 1972, duration: 9.18 minutes. Live b/w footage from French television.

* Tonight, Friars Aylesbury Phase Two Borough Assembly Hall, Market Square, Aylesbury, UK, Friday, 11 February 1972, duration: 5.57 minutes. Live indoor concert footage, in colour.

* Kick out the James, Friars Aylesbury Phase Two Borough Assembly Hall, Market Square, Aylesbury, UK, Friday, 11 February 1972, duration: 4.01 minutes. Live indoor concert footage, in colour, with Fred Smith in his Sonic Smith golden uniform.

* Gibus Club, Paris, France, February 1972, duration: 17.26 minutes. Tracks: Kick Out the Jams, .... Low quality b/w video footage, which nevertheless captures the excitement of the performance.

* Beat Club, Germany, live colour in studio recording, 1972, duration: 28.33 minutes.  Blue screen backing raw recording, not as telecast. Tracks: 00:00 Kick Out the Jams, 09:16 Ramblin Rose, 13:00 The Motor City's Burning, 18:10 Tonight, 26:20 Black to Comm. A copy of Kick Out the Jams as broadcast can be seen here: https://youtu.be/Oeyt9wNYhnQ. Bass player: Steve Moorehouse.

* Kick Out the Jams, Beat Club, Germany, live colour in studio recording, 1972, duration:  4.16 minutes. As broadcast, with introduction and psychedelic background.

[Rob Tyner and Denis Thompson leave the band during the middle of 1972. Wayne Kramer and Fred Smith carry on, including gigs in Europe.]

* Empty Heart + interview, France, duration: 16.10 minutes. Colour television footage of interview and concert. Band members: Wayne Kramer, Fred Smith, plus Derek Hughes on bass and  Ritchie Dharma on drums.

* The Kulttuuralo, Helsinki, Finland, 17 November 1972, duration: 69.10 minutes. Tracks: Ramblin' Rose / I want you right now / Gloria / Looking at you / Let it rock / Louie Louie / Kick out the jams.

-----------------------

References

Bartkowiack, Mathew J., The MC5 and Social Change: A Study in Rock and Revolution, Mcfarland and Co., 2019, 209p.

Callwood, Brett, MC5 Sonically Speaking: A tale of revolution and rock 'n' roll, John Blake Publishing, 2007, 224p.

Davis, Michael, I brought down the MC5, Cleopatra Records, 2018, 348p.

Kramer, Wayne, The Hard Stuff: Dope, crime, the MC5 and my life of impossibilities, Hatchette Books, 2018, 320p.

McLeese, Don, MC5 Kick Out the Jams, Series: 33 1/3, book #25, Bloomsbury Academic, 2010.

Sinclair, John, Guitar Army: Rock and revolution with MC5 and the White Panther Party, Process Media, 2007. First published New York, 1972, 364p.

-------------------------

| Blue Fender Bronco 1968 | Cream Gibson SG | Fuzz Tone | Jimi Hendrix Flying V | Jimmy Page Dragon Telecaster | Jo Ann Kelly | Kahvas Jute & Chariot | Music | MC5 | Nick Drake Guitars | Peter Green | Shocking Blue | The Leftards - Gong punk 2017+ | The Vamps 1965-77 | Yardbirds |

Last updated: 12 September 2023

Michael Organ, Australia

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Michael Organ - publications

Image
Michael Organ - Publications, Presentations, Reports, Interview, Exhibitions, Videos & Blogs 1984-2024 Home This bibliography is arranged chronologically, from most recent to oldest. It includes material published in both print and online, ranging from books, book chapters, journal articles and conference papers through to websites, presentations (in Powerpoint and video format) and blogs. The content comprises academic studies, political and social commentary, local and international history, family history, and pop cultural and countercultural analyses. Musical items available on YouTube have also been added. Michael Organ (b.1956) is the sole author of all material listed below, unless otherwise indicated. For exhibitions in which he was involved, the names of the chief curators are given alongside his own. | Aborigines |  Bob Dylan | Buddhism |  Conrad Martens | Cream | Faerie | Film | Guitars | Lord of the Rings | Metropolis | Music | Peter Green | Poste
Read more

Michael Organ - webpage index

Image
Michael Organ - Research Collection 2022 Below is a copy of a webpage available on the University of Wollongong site from 1999 through to  March 2022 when Michael Organ was an employee of that institution. Much of it has subsequently been transferred to a personal blogger.com site. However, many of the links no longer work and some of the webpages no longer exist. However, an archived copy is available here of part of the original site:  https://web.archive.org/web/20211022101918/https://documents.uow.edu.au/~morgan/ . Material is also available though my bepress SelectedWorks page. A comprehensive, up-to-date list of my publications and presentations is to be found on a separate blog here . ---------------------------------------------  Welcome to my research web site. The archived Michael Organ MP web site contains copies of all my parliamentary work - speeches, motions, questions to the government, etc. - plus media and press releases during 2002-2004 and is located at the N
Read more

Captain Cook's disobeyance of orders 1770

Image
Captain James Cook: | Cook & the Appin Massacre 1816 | Disobedience of orders 1770 | Frontier Wars: Cook, Phillip & Macquarie | Woonona 28 April 1770 |   Sydney Parkinson, [Wirra Wirra Wai! - Go Away!] Two of the Natives of New Holland, Advancing to Combat [Botany Bay, 29 April 1770] , engraving, London, 1773. Events prior to the men being shot by Lt. James Cook prior to landing at Botany Bay. ------------------- Contents The ultimate genocidal action The Admiralty Orders The Royal Society Advice The repudiation of duty 1770 Discovering a 'discovered' land Illegal possession of possessed Country & terra nullius lie Shoot first @ Botany Bay The invasion of 1788 Possession as myth References / Bibliography ------------------- 1. The ultimate genocidal action Lieutenant James Cook, in charge of HMB Endeavour, disobeyed direct, written orders when he claimed the east coast of Australia in the name of His Majes
Read more