![]() And by 1977’s “Monkey Island,” they’d decided to grow up, a move that would pay off very well for them once they got used to it.) (I am certain that, by 1974’s “Nightmares … and Other Tales From the Vinyl Jungle,” the band’s tales of house parties and Detroit breakdowns were starting to seem a little threadbare. Geils is not exhaustive, it is enough to convince me that “Bloodshot” is probably the band’s best studio attempt to capture its rowdy Seventies persona. (As an added bonus, the playout groove on one of the sides has a tiny, semi-secret message scratched in: “NICE TO SEE YOUR FACE IN THE PLACE.” Aw, thanks, guys.)Ģ. Red vinyl goes very nicely with the black-and-red design of the album cover, too.Īnd anyway, I like to imagine Geils’ jive-talking frontman Peter Wolf meeting with some record-company suit, cackling, “Put it on any color vinyl you want! It’s still gonna melt the needle.” When I bought it, I made sure to dub a copy quickly onto cassette, so I could enjoy the music without further scratching up the awesome redness.Ĭolored vinyl is really kind of a dopey marketing stunt - the sort of thing you’d do to move copies of an album you didn’t think would sell by itself.īut it was a novelty then, and maybe the band thought a change was as good as a rest. Yup, mine is one of the early pressings, on clear lollipop-red vinyl. 10 on the Billboard album charts, the only Top Ten placement for any Geils album or single of the Seventies.ġ. Spawned one wonderfully loose-limbed Top 40 single (now, don’t touch the knobs.) Reached No. Today’s subject: Third studio album by party-hearty R&B/rock band from Boston. Not everything I write about in this space will be a record (as in, an LP.) But that’s where we’re starting. ![]() ![]() ![]() I’m going to challenge myself to look at things I enjoy and explain five reasons why I like them. Welcome to the first installment of Five For The Record, which is intended to be a recurring feature. ![]()
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