'72 GRAND FUNK E Pluribus SILVER FOIL COIN Hard Heavy
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1972 SILVER FOIL COIN COVER OF CLASSIC HARD FUNK ROCKER!
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
E Pluribus Funk
USA - Capitol Records - SW-853
SCARCE with CLEAN silver cover......
Original 1972 first pressing vinyl in round silver foil "coin" cover with original round color photo insert
The silver foil coin cover is about impossible to find without abrasions, scuffs, or wear...here, a well preserved clean M- silver coin cover and clean record!!
E Pluribus Funk, the last album Grand Funk Railroad recorded as a trio (Mark Farner, Mel Schacher, and Don Brewer) is chock-full of bombastic rhythms, over-amped bass, and monstrous thrashing power-chords and riffs . The maturity shown on albums like Closer to Home, as well as the brash, unrefined blues and hard rock of albums like On Time, came together perfectly on E Pluribus Funk. This was their fifth album, and in placing their first two albums under one column, and their next two in another column. This one, falling right in the middle.
The first track, "Footstompin' Music," is little more than a jam session with some words placed at the beginning. It starts simply, but Don Brewer has barely hit two notes on his drum when Mel Schacher starts up on the bass in earnest, and doesn't let up. What happens next is a furious kaliedoscope of rhythm, as Mark Farner switches back and forth between the organ and the electric guitar. It's ballsy, with just the right splash of laid-back blues twang. The band then plays something a little more mature, an anti-Vietnam song ("People, Let's Stop the War") that might remind one a song from the album Closer to Home. From there, we go to "Upsetter," a classic Farner song about a lecherous woman. This, and the two songs that come after it ("I Come Tumblin'" and "Save the Land") move at a hectic pace. Farner writes some outstanding lyrics about peace, love and understanding, and at the same time writes some incredible music to go with it. The stamina of Don Brewer is awesome; he didn't play the drums this well on any album that came later. Meanwhile, Farner is his usual nasty self on the guitar, exploding with rhythm one moment, tearing it up in a solo the next. His guitar playing here hearkens back to the days of Terry Knight And The Pack, but there's a gracefulness to his savagery, reflective of the years that have gone by. There's even a Schacher bass solo in the very long-winded (and scorchingly hot) jam session that "I Come Tumblin'" wraps up with.
Finally, after they're assaulted our eardums to the point where they might explode, the band finishes with "Loneliness," a very touching melody that's melancholy in the same vein as "I'm Your Captain," but with a slight edge to it.
SIDE ONE FOOTSTOMPIN' MUSIC PEOPLE LET'S STOP THE WAR UPSETTER COME TUMBLIN SIDE TWO SAVE THE LAND NO LIES LONELINESS
CONDITION: The silver foil "coin" cover is usually found with scuffs and scratches, here, this '72 original seems like it was put away and kept pristine, not scuffed or scratched anywhere on the delicate cover, M- and highly collectible...
The vinyl is "VG++" (excellent) with a few minor scuff lines and such, plays enjoyable from start to finish...
the round color group photo is mint.
A cool addition to anyone's music library!
SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...
EFFICIENT/CAREFUL GRADING
All imperfections are noted both cover & record
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