Various Artists - Were An American Band: A Journey Through The Usa Hard Rock Scene 1967-1973 [CD]

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• Four-hour 3CD set charting the birth and early development of American hard
• Hit singles, key album tracks and huge rari6es from a genre that became a dominant force in US

In the late 60s, the parallel emergence of psychedelia and the blues-based power trio format saw pop evolve into rock. In America, bands became harder, heavier, rawer and

louder to a backdrop of the Vietnam War, street drugs and increasingly powerful amps.

Commercially successful acts like Vanilla Fudge, Steppenwolf, Blue Cheer and Iron Butterfly spearheaded a new wave of bands whose sound would later be codified as heavy metal.

Over three CDs and four hours of music, ‘We're An American Band’ charts hard rock's evolution during the late 60s and early 70s, culminating in Grand Funk's game-changing, chart-topping late 1973 single of the same name.

In addition to the aforementioned bands, we feature the likes of Alice Cooper, The Stooges, ZZ Top, MC5 and Love, hard rock dilettantes (Todd Rundgren, Kim Fowley, even Muddy Waters) and such pioneers as Kurt Cobain-endorsed satanic rockers Coven and early metalheads Sir Lord Baltimore.

We include tracks from some of the most valuable vinyl LPs on the planet (Bolder Damn, Brigade), ultra-rare local singles (The Mass Confusion Rock Band, Wildwood) and vital music that went unreleased at the time (B. F. Trike, Cold Sun, etc).

Housed in a clamshell box with accompanying 48-page booklet, ‘We're An American Band’ is a fascinating window on American rock's epic journey from the bowels of the late 60s underground counterculture to mainstream mid-70s acceptance.

TICKET TO RIDE x96 Vanilla Fudge

KICK OUT THE JAMS - MC5

NEIGHBOR, NEIGHBOR - ZZ Top

IRON BUTTERFLY THEME x96 Iron Butterfly

TIME SELLER - Stack

TWISTED FLOWER x96 Cold Sun

SUMMERTIME BLUES x96 Blue Cheer

UNDER THE ICE - Nazz

STARS IN THE SKY - Wildfire

THE OSTRICH (album version) - Steppenwolf

FIELDS OF REGRET x96 Alice Cooper

HELIUM HEAD (I GOT A LOVE) x96 Sir Lord Baltimore

REMLAP'S CAVE PART II x96 The Savage Resurrection

OCEANS INSIDE ME x96 Stone Garden

TIME AND CHANGES - B. F. Trike

MAN WHO PAINTS THE PICTURES x96 Fever Tree

I WANNA BE YOUR DOG x96 The Stooges

FACE THE CROWD - Demian

WHY SHOULD I CARE x96 The Sound Barrier

DARK-EYED WOMAN - Spirit

ROAD RUNNER x96 Head Over Heels

PRIDE OF MAN x96 Quicksilver Messenger Service

JOURNEYS x96 The Litter

MONTREAL JAIL - Boomerang

MY OWN LIFE x96 Easy Chair

ROBERT MONTGOMERY - Love

EVIL - Cactus

CHICKEN WIRE LADY x96 Blues Magoos

DONOVAN'S MONKEY x96 Stalk-Forrest Group

B.R.T.C.D. - Bolder Damn

APRIL 15TH x96 The Human Beinz

WICKED WOMAN - Coven

NEVER COMING DOWN x96 Estes Brothers

PLASTIC PEOPLE - Wildwood

WELCOME TO THE VOID - Morgen

TRANSMANIACON MC - Blue xd6yster Cult

THE WAR RAGES ON x96 Mass Confusion Rock Band

BABYLON - Conception

YOU CAN x96 Earthen Vessel

BLACK SHEEP - SRC

HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN x96 Frijid Pink

THE QUEEN - Bang

LET'S SPEND THE NIGHT TOGETHER x96 Muddy Waters

SAD DAY - Fuse

MY TIME IS OVER x96 Sudden Death

CRAZY WOMAN - Dragonfly

MISSISSIPPI QUEEN - Mountain

IT SWALLOWED THE SUN x96 The Flow

HOT SMOKE AND SASAFRASS x96 The Bubble Puppy

NO PARKING (live) - Gold

SUICIDE - Dust

GOOD MORNING DAY - Omnibus

DARK ROAD - Christopher

LOVE JUMPED THROUGH MY WINDOW x96 Arthur Lee

MISTER GENIE MAN x96 Society's Children

SELF-MADE GOLD - Brigade

IS IT MY NAME x96 Todd Rundgren

BLOW MY MIND - Darius

DEATH OF A VIRGIN x96 Damnation Of Adam Blessing

YOU KNOW x96 Stray Dog

NIGHTRIDER x96 Kim Fowley

WE'RE AN AMERICAN BAND x96 Grand Funk

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