Fu Manchu The Action Is Go 2LP LTD ED 2015 Reissue Black Gatefold NEAR MINT

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Fu Manchu

The Action Is Go

Label:At The Dojo Records – ATD006  Format:2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered  Country:US  Released:2015  Genre:Rock  Style:Stoner Rock

AllMusic:  

Not that it's unique, yet even with half the band changed from the last time around, the twin-riff action that kicks off "Evil Eye," and The Action Is Go! as a whole, sounds like nobody else but Fu Manchu, somehow. Punk energy, classic rock drive, psychedelic crunch, and heavy-ass grind all at once -- really, is anything more needed? From there the new lineup proceeds to kick ass and take names in its own way -- music to shake one's very long hair to while cranking it up and driving around. Hill's strength as a vocalist has long been that he doesn't sound like a deep, bellowing yahoo, but that nutty kid down the block who knows how to party anyway. The Action Is Go! lets him demonstrate that in spades, not to mention his guitar abilities as well as Balch's lead soloing. He and Bjork make perfect recruits for Fu Manchu -- the one pours out the heavy, never dull riffing, the other knows how to lay down some grooves and slam it out when needed in equal measure. Check out the extended zone-outs on "Burning Road" and "Trackside Hoax" to see how both can play it calm when needed for totally cranking up. Another smart touch was getting J. Yuenger, ex-White Zombie guitarist, as producer -- he balances a touch more clarity in the mix with full-bodied charge, not to mention playing a variety of additional keyboards and goodies. Unsubtle hints and homages to the '70s puree of influences crop up throughout -- Bjork's funky breaks on "Urethane" will have many humming War's "Lowrider" to themselves, and for good reason. All this, a cover of SSD's hardcore classic "Nothing Done," and a great Glen E. Friedman skateboard photo from 1977 on the front -- sounds like Southern California from here.


Tracklist
A1        Evil Eye
A2        Urethane
A3        The Action Is Go
A4        Burning Road
B1        Guardrail
B2        Anodizer
B3        Trackside Hoax
C1        Unknown World
C2        Laserbl'ast!
C3        Hogwash
C4        Grendel, Snowman
D1        Strolling Astronomer
D2        Saturn III
D3        Nothing Done
Written-By – Al Barile Of SSD


    Phonographic Copyright ? – Mammoth Records
    Copyright © – Mammoth Records
    Copyright © – Strolling Astronomer Music
    Copyright © – Xclaim!
    Licensed To – Fu Manchu
    Recorded At – Grandmaster Recorders
    Recorded At – Sound City Studios
    Recorded At – Music Grinder Studios
    Mastered At – A&M Studios
    Mixed At – The Village Recorder

    Bass, Theremin – Brad Davis
    Drums – Brant Bjork
    Layout – Liam Ward
    Lead Guitar – Bob Balch
    Management – Brian Frank
    Mastered By – Dave Collins
    Mastered By [Vinyl] – Peter Black
    Mixed By – Joe Barresi
    Mixed By [Assistant] – Eric Greedy
    Photography By [Cover] – Glen E. Friedman
    Photography By [Inside] – C. Taylor Crothers
    Producer, Organ, Synthesizer [Moog], Electronic Drums [Electro-harmonix Space Drum] – Jay Yuenger
    Recorded By – Ulrich Wild
    Recorded By [Assistant] – Billy Bowers, Ryan Boesch
    Recorded By, Recorded By [Additional] – Bradley Cook
    Vocals, Guitar – Scott Hill

This in the 2015 reissue of the 1997 "the action is go", double LP, black vinyl, gatefold sleeve.

    Barcode: 8 29707 00861 0
    Rights Society: ASCAP

CONDITION:  NEAR MINT