BOC/OFF: why were the Jams kicked out?

[Steve Youles]

A huge gulf production wise between Kick Out The Jams and Back In The USA,
certainly, but the songs on the latter are excellent.  I wonder if it's one
of those albums that could be 'fixed' by playing it through a multi-band
graphic equaliser?

Another one I have is 'Babes In Arms' which is a retrospective round-up of
oddities, including different versions of Shaking Street, American Ruse,
Tonite and Looking At You.  Best of all though, is the track Sister Anne.

Steve


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>>Eric Siegerman wrote:

>>Kick Out The Jams.  If you don't like that, there's no need in going any
>>further.  Absolutely, positively, do not start with Back In The USA.
>>That album is a textbook example of the difference a producer can make,
>>in this case for the worse.


On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 18:08:05 -0400, Doug Pearson <jasret at MINDSPRING.COM>
wrote:

>Opinion strongly seconded.  The third album, 'High Time' is great, but not
>really the best place to start.  Actually, the BEST place to start with
>the MC5 would be their second (indie-released) 7", "Looking At You", which
>has been reissued in a bunch of formats, so you don't need to pay $150 for
>an original copy.  However, there is an awful remake of the song on 'Back
>In The USA', so be careful!  (Not an entirely dissimilar situation to
>certain Hawkwind releases.)

>    -Doug
>     jasret at mindspring.com