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Grand Funk Railroad Live
- The 1971 Tour
Hollywood, CA - Capitol Records is proud to announce
the release of Grand Funk Railroad’s LIVE –
THE 1971 TOUR. 1971 was a year that saw Grand Funk
Railroad in incredible form--both on record and in concert.
In fact, Grand Funk Railroad sold out Shea Stadium faster
than The Beatles! This collection of previously unreleased
live music is the start of Capitol’s year-long reissue
campaign of the entire Grand Funk Railroad catalog.
Grand
Funk Railroad set the world on fire with their high-octane
and power-charged rock. Theirs was a sound filled with excitement,
defiance and emotion. The times were changing, it was the
early 70s and fans were flocking to concerts in droves to
see the formidable talents of three guys from Michigan.
LIVE
- THE 1971 TOUR
features searing and memorable live tracks from various stadium
concerts in the spring and summer of 1971, featuring such
throbbing tunes as "Footstompin’ Music" and
the album rock singalong "I’m Your Captain."
A live favorite, "Inside Looking Out," comes in
at over fourteen minutes and "T.N.U.C." receives
the full in-concert treatment, registering at almost eighteen
minutes in length! The diversity of the band is everywhere,
especially on their own rendering of "Paranoid,"
as opposed to Black Sabbath’s version, which gets further
to the heart of that twisted state of mind while rocking out
tough as nails. And while GFR could rock as hard as anyone—their
sold-out stadiums across the country testified to that—they
also could pull out sweet rockers like "Hooked On Love"
and "Get It Together." A cover of the Rolling Stones’
"Gimme Shelter" from New York’s Shea Stadium
adds to this rich, rockin’ and fully engaging live album.
Closing the set is the electric and eclectic "Into The
Sun," another live staple for the group. Notice that
five of these eleven tracks were recorded in their homeland
of Detroit, a fitting tip of the hat to their original fans,
indicative of what GFR has always been—loyal and fully-loaded.
Anyone
who saw Grand Funk Railroad in their prime knows how good
a live band they were and how strong their songs were in concert.
And as they always said, their music was meant to be "played
at maximum volume." Play it and enjoy.
Track listing:
Intro
(Also Sprach Zarathustra) (Chicago 5/1/71)
Are You Ready (Chicago 5/1/71)
Footstompin’ Music (Detroit 4/29/71)
Paranoid (Detroit 4/29/71)
I’m Your Captain (Shea Stadium 7/9/71)
Hooked On Love (Shea Stadium 7/9/71)
Get It Together (Shea Stadium 7/9/71)
T.N.U.C. (Detroit 4/29/71)
Inside Looking Out (Detroit 4/29/71)
Gimme Shelter (Shea Stadium 7/9/71)
Into The Sun (Detroit 4/29/71)
GRAND FUNK RAILROAD LIVE – THE 1971 TOUR
Street
Date: May 7, 2002 Label: Capitol Records
Genre:
Rock Format: CD
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