The Edgar Winter Group ‎ They Only Come Out at Night Rare Bob Ludwig Vinyl LP

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They Only Come Out at Night Studio album by  The Edgar Winter Group Released November 1972 Recorded August–September 1972 Genre Rock, hard rock Length 34:47 Label Epic Producer Rick Derringer The Edgar Winter Group chronology Roadwork
(1972) They Only Come Out at Night
(1972) Shock Treatment
(1974) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic Christgau's Record Guide B

They Only Come Out at Night is the third studio album by Edgar Winter and the first by the Edgar Winter Group. A commercial hit, the album reached the #3 slot on the Billboard 200 chart and features two of the band's most successful and recognizable songs, "Frankenstein" and "Free Ride". The album was certified gold on April 30, 1973 and platinum on November 21, 1986 by the RIAA. The single "Frankenstein" was certified gold June 19, 1973 by the RIAA. In Canada, the album reached #4 on 2 separate occasions - May 5 and June 16, totalling 14 weeks in the top 10. The single Hangin' Around reached #39.

Overview

Recording for the first time as The Edgar Winter Group, Winter assembled an all-star lineup which featured himself, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dan Hartman, noted session guitarist Ronnie Montrose, and producer/guitarist Rick Derringer, with Eagles' producer Bill Szymczyk serving as technical director.

Montrose, later cited as one of the most influential rock guitarists in America, had recently left Van Morrison's band and didn't view himself as a rock guitarist when he joined The Edgar Winter Group. "(Winter) so much wanted to do that whole rock thing that he encouraged me," said the guitarist. "I was in the Edgar Winter Group, and I had better start delivering this heavy guitar music. Now. Because I hadn't done that before."

Only twenty-one years old when the album was recorded, Hartman was a child prodigy who had played with Winter's brother Johnny in the past. Hartman was perhaps the album's unsung hero, writing or co-writing six of the album's ten tracks while also contributing vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, ukulele, bass, maracas, and percussion. "Dan was a true genius and a musical visionary", said Winter. "The group would never have been the same without Dan."[7]

"Free Ride" was handpicked by Winter as the album's first single. Though it fared poorly initially, it suddenly became a hit after the followup single "Frankenstein" went to #1 on the singles chart. Hartman had written "Free Ride" before even joining Winter's band, and it is Hartman who plays the song's signature opening guitar chords. "I've never heard anybody play it with exactly the same feel as Dan", Winter has said. Two guitar solos are played simultaneously by Montrose on the song in an attempt to get an Eric Clapton feel.

The main riff of "Frankenstein" originated when Winter was playing with his brother Johnny in the late 1960s, and the song developed as a live staple. "I wanted an instrumental that I could use as a showcase. I thought of myself as an instrumentalist, not as a singer", Winter said. From that riff, the song developed into a jam in which Winter improvised a dual drum solo with drummer Red Turner. The song was played live many times before Winter ever considered recording it. "We played that song all over the world and then completely forgot about it. I didn't think of it for years", he said. Initially known simply as "The Instrumental", the band warmed up each day in the studio by playing the song. During the album sessions, it was producer Rick Derringer who convinced Winter to try to turn it into "something that would be usable" for inclusion on the album. Winter recalls that editing the song in the studio was a chore, with audiotape "lying all over the control room". "(It was) draped over the backs of chairs and overflowing the console and the couch. And we were trying to figure out how to put it all back together." The song obtained its title during recording when drummer Chuck Ruff heard a rough mix and said "Wow, man, it's like Frankenstein." "As soon as I heard 'Frankenstein', the monster was born", Winter recalled.

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