Monday, March 5, 2018

The Rockets - Live Rockets, Needle Drop

Having mistakenly found and then downloaded The Rockets Live album, a vinyl rip@24bit 192khz 3GB flac file, no less, did I realize it was not The Rockets from Detroit, USA but some space rock band from France. Dang it.
So this got me to go ahead and rip my pristine Rockets Live L.P.

Perusing the interwebs, I saw a copy on eBay for sale at $75.00. Man, I'm gonna have to consider selling some of my stash.

Haven't heard this one in a while, and it's good ol' kick ass Rock'n Roll!
Here's a review I stole that says it all better than I can. Besides that, I'm just too fucking lazy and not articulate enough to say what this dude already said.

THE ROCKETS-LIVE ROCKETS: Detroit Rock City boasts an impressive rock & roll pedigree that includes ALICE COOPER, BOB SEGER, MC5, RARE EARTH, TED NUGENT and BROWNSVILLE STATION. LIVE ROCKETS is a slam-bang grab bag of boogie classics from that region's most underrated band, whose five album career has otherwise never been legitimized by a greatest hits compilation. DAVE GILBERT's raspy, "Saturday night out with the boys" screech, bolstered by ex DETROIT WHEELS legends JIM MCCARTY's careening axe salvos and JOHNNY "THE BEE" BADANJEK's solid stick-work, is augmented by guest sax blower CHUCK PERRAUT and a trio of soul-powered female backing vocalists. This is a made-loud-to-play-loud farewell party with sass to spare. Crash 'n burn BADENJEK originals like CAN'T SLEEP, TURN UP THE MUSIC and ROLLIN' BY THE RECORD MACHINE mix seamlessly with a suitably funky cover of LOU REED's slinky SALLY CAN'T DANCE and a ballbustin' version of bloozer PETER GREEN's classic OH WELL. As one of their better album titles suggested, there's NO BALLADS to get in the way of a good time. Brash, bloozey, and ballsy, once you give 'em a ride, LIVE ROCKETS is a hard platter indeed to take off your record machine.

Well, that just about covers all you need to know about this kick-butt album.

Tracklist
A1 Rollin' By The Record Machine 4:19
A2 Desire    3:55
A3 Can't Sleep 3:01
A4 Sally Can't Dance 3:46
A5 Takin' It Back 4:52
B1 Open The Door To Your Heart 3:47
B2 Oh Well 4:16
B3 Turn Up The Radio 6:32
B4 Born In Detroit 4:52

Get it in 24bit 48khz Flac [551mb] or MP3@320 [95mb]

FLAC

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13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Im gonna give this a listen. Thanks for sharing
analogkid6103

Camarillo Brillo said...

It's a rocker!

Raulzimdimaio@gmail.com said...

and more is rock & look is glam. !!!.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for Live Rockets rip. I used to have this LP. This was a great band, should have been much bigger.

Camarillo Brillo said...

thanks for the feedback

Anonymous said...

I also feel this band should have been at least as big as Loverboy! - Stinky

Camarillo Brillo said...

Too many never made it did they Stinky?

Shaughn said...

saw this band open for REO Speedwagon in 1981, I had heard Oh Well, but nothing else, hooked for life after that, shoulda, coulda, made it, just wrong time for them

Camarillo Brillo said...

I may or may not have seen them. I think I did, but I don't have any ticket stubbs from them. I saw so many great concerts with muliple line ups at the Cap Center...

Bud_e_luv_bomb said...

I saw the 2010s version of The Rockets, Johhny B and Jim McCartey and others. Still good. I have all their records, "Lost Forever, Left For Dreaming" is my favorite.

analogkid610 said...

Camarillo Brillo I found this at Hear rock City thought you would like it
https://hearrockcity3.blogspot.com/2021/06/prepare-for-launch.html
Rockets live in Cleveland WMMS FM enjoy

Camarillo Brillo said...

I already have it, but thanks for the link anyways analogkid!

analogkid610 said...

I see you got good use out of that link to Hear Rock City. Figured you would enjoy the selections they come up with.

What This Is All About

I've been collecting live music from various sources since the mid to late 70's. Radio shows, TV broadcasts, radio show pre-FM CD's and vinyl LP's and some trades. Most of the shows posted here, I recorded and ripped myself. I always had top of the line stereo equipment and cassette and open reel recorders for those on air broadcasts.

I've downloaded plenty of bootlegged concerts from various blogs. As a rule I will only post stuff from my collection and not what is already available out there.

I also post out of print CDs and LPs from my collection.
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