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Steppenwolf entered the studio for their recording debut with a lot of confidence -- based on a heavy rehearsal schedule before they ever got signed -- and it shows on this album, a surpr… Mehr…

Steppenwolf entered the studio for their recording debut with a lot of confidence -- based on a heavy rehearsal schedule before they ever got signed -- and it shows on this album, a surprisingly strong debut album from a tight hard rock outfit who was obviously searching for a hook to hang their sound on. The playing is about as loud and powerful as anything being put out by a major record label in 1968, though John Kay's songwriting needed some development before their in-house repertory would catch up with their sound and musicianship. On this album, the best material came from outside the ranks of the active bandmembers: Born to Be Wild by ex-member {|Mars Bonfire|}, which became not only a chart-topping high-energy anthem for the counterculture (a status solidified by its use in {|Dennis Hopper|}'s movie Easy Rider the following year), but coined the phrase heavy metal, thus giving a genre-specific name to the brand of music that the band played (and which was already manifesting itself in the work of bands like {|Vanilla Fudge|} and the just-emerging {|Led Zeppelin|}); the Don Covay soul cover Sookie, Sookie, which, as a single by the new group, actually got played on some soul stations until they found out that {|Steppenwolf|} was white; two superb homages to Chess Records, in the guise of Berry Rides Again, written (though adapted might be a better word) by Kay based on the work of {|Chuck Berry|}, and the {|Willie Dixon|} cover Hoochie Coochie Man; and {|Hoyt Axton|}'s The Pusher, an anti-drug song turned into a pounding six-minute tour de force by the band. The rest, apart from the surprisingly lyrical rock ballad A Girl I Knew, is by-the-numbers hard rock that lacked much except a framework for their playing; only The Ostrich ever comes fully to life among the other originals, but the songs would catch up with the musicianship the next time out. Music>Music>Vinyl>BN.com Vinyl>BN.com Vinyl, Music On Vinyl Core >3<

EAN: 0600753403334

The heavy side of the late '60s and early '70s is captured by this much-anticipated folio with such legendary classics as: Born to Be Wild • Magic Carpet Ride • The Pusher &… Mehr…

The heavy side of the late '60s and early '70s is captured by this much-anticipated folio with such legendary classics as: Born to Be Wild • Magic Carpet Ride • The Pusher • Rock Me • Hey Lawdy Mama • Sookie, Sookie • For Ladies Only and many more. Music>Music>Vinyl>BN.com Vinyl>BN.com Vinyl, ** WHAT RECORDS *** Core >3<

2013, EAN: 0600753403334

Künstler: Steppenwolf, Music on Vinyl (H'Art), Publiziert: 2013-01-10T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Musik, Hersteller-Nr.: 24695, 0.52 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2046, Metal & Hardrock, Kategorien, Mu… Mehr…

Künstler: Steppenwolf, Music on Vinyl (H'Art), Publiziert: 2013-01-10T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Musik, Hersteller-Nr.: 24695, 0.52 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2046, Metal & Hardrock, Kategorien, Musik-CDs & Vinyl, Featured Categories, Music on Vinyl (H'Art), 2013<

EAN: 0600753403334

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