MC5 Back In The USA LP ATLANTIC 1970 US orig SD 8247 NEW RACE-SONICS RENDEZVOUS
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MC5

FRED 'SONIC' SMITH, ROB TYNER, DENNIS THOMPSON, MICHAEL DAVIS, WAYNE KRAMER

Alongside their Detroit-area brethren the Stooges, MC5 essentially laid the foundations for the emergence of punk; 

deafeningly loud and uncompromisingly intense, the group's politics were ultimately as crucial as their music,

 their revolutionary sloganeering and anti-establishment outrage crystallizing the counterculture movement 

at its most volatile and threatening. Under the guidance of svengali John Sinclair (the infamous founder 

of the radical White Panther Party), MC5 celebrated the holy trinity of sex, drugs, and rock & roll, 

their incendiary live sets offering a defiantly bacchanalian counterpoint to the peace-and-love reveries 

of their hippie contemporaries. Although corporate censorship, label interference, 

and legal hassles combined to cripple the band's hopes of mainstream notoriety, 

both their sound and their sensibility remain seminal influences on successive generations of artists

"BACK IN THE USA"

1970     LP     ATLANTIC RECORDS    SD 8247 STEREO

PRINTED IN U.S.A.    ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE SLEEVE

THICK CARDBOARD COVER (AMERICAN STYLE)

This version: Atlantic 'Broadway' address on back cover and labels

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: none

LABEL: ATLANTIC - GREEN/ORANGE LABEL - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: (front & rear) SD8247  (spine) SD 8247   

Catalog on labels: SD 8247 (ST-A-691719DCW) / SD 8247 (ST-A-691720DCW)

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): ST-A-691719-G   x  LW   AT   GM East Det     Milan

On side A the "AST-17696A 1 3 2"-part has been crossed out of the runout groove etchings

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): ST.A-691720-A   LW AT   B1 STEREO     GM East Det  D   Milan

On labels: rim text reads ' Mfg. By Atlantic Recording Corp., 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y.'

On back cover: All selections in this album are BMI.

Recorded at GM Studios, East Detroit, Michigan

Produced by Jon Landau

Atlantic Recording Corporation, 1841 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10023

Printed in U.S.A.     © 1970 Atlantic Recording Corporation

tracklisting

Side A: TUTTI FRUTTI - TONIGHT - TEENAGE LUST

LET ME TRY - LOOKING AT YOU

Side B: HIGH SCHOOL - CALL ME ANIMAL - THE AMERICAN RUSE

SHAKIN' STREET - THE HUMAN BEING LAWNMOWER - BACK IN THE USA

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While lacking the monumental impact of Kick Out the Jams, the MC5's second album  is in many regards their best and most influential, its lean, edgy sound anticipating the emergence  of both the punk and power pop movements to follow later in the decade.  Bookended by a pair of telling covers -- Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti" and Chuck Berry's "Back in the U.S.A.",  the disc is as much a look back at rock & roll's origins as it is a push forward into the music's future;  given the Five's vaunted revolutionary leanings, for instance, it's both surprising  and refreshing to discover the record's emotional centerpiece is a doo wop-inspired ballad,  "Let Me Try," that's the most lovely and gentle song in their catalog. …(AllMusic)







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