This Band Is Red Hot 1969-1979 [PA]

Performer: The Flamin' Groovies
Producer: Richard Robinson; Steve Goldman; Stephen Goldman; Cyril Jordan; Dave Edmunds; Richard Robinson; Roger Bechirian; Kevin Mueller (Compilation); John Dowler (Compilation); Ian McFarlane (Compilation); Peter Shillito (Compilation)
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: Liner Note Author: Ian McFarlane. Author: Chris "Poet" Wilson. Throughout the 1970s, the Flamin' Groovies brought the influence of `50s rock & roll and `60s pop into a new era. Their raw, garagey sound was itself a major influence on `70s pub rock and power pop, and this 24-track collection charts the Groovies' course from their earliest recordings to their Dave Edmunds-produced late-'70s albums. A definitive cross-label anthology, THIS BAND IS RED HOT cherry-picks tunes from the band's albums on the Epic, Buddah, Kama Sutra, and Sire labels. Led by Cyril Jordan and (in their early period) Roy Loney, the Flamin' Groovies burned with rock & roll energy, but their tunes snapped and crackled with pop smarts, and their sound is captured in all its glory on this expertly assembled package.

Record Collector (magazine) (p.94) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Smart, driving, red-hot and, yes, original rock'n'roll."

Something of an American underground institution, San Francisco's the Flamin' Groovies started out in the mid 1960s as a Stones-tinged throwback to the early days of rock & roll. Although the band had its fans, they were too out of step with the Summer of Love to break through to the mainstream. Though this era would produce one of their two signature songs, "Teenage Head." By the '70s, the band switched up their sound and recast themselves as power-pop songsters. It was during this period that the Flamin Groovies would release their other beloved classic, "Shake Some Action," one of the all-time great power-pop tunes.

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