Amboy Dukes

Artist: The Amboy Dukes , and Ted Nugent
Label: Won Sin
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 667344407423
EAN: 0667344407423
ASIN: B000A0BBT4

Release Date: 2005-05-02

Amboy Dukes

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Tracks:

Baby Please Don't Go
I Feel Free
Young Love
Psalms Of Aftermath
Colors
Let's Go Get Stoned
Down On Philips Escalator (D.O.P.E.)
The Lovely Lady
Night Time
It's Not True
Gimme Love
Sobbin' In My Mug Of Beer

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Migration
Journey to the Center of the Mind
Loaded for Bear: The Best of Ted Nugent & the Amboy Dukes

Customer Reviews:

Heavy Michigan garage rock circa 1967.......2007-05-07

The Michigan-based Amboy Dukes are better known for their second LP "Journey to the Center of the Mind," and as the incubator for the Motor City Madman, Ted Nugent, than for this 1967 debut. Still, the band's calling card, a hammering, guitar-driven cover of Big Joe Williams' "Baby Please Don't Go" is here, and though Nugent neither wrote or sang lead, his ferocious playing was quite dominant. His talent elevated this beyond that of a garage band still learning their instruments, and like other Michigan bands (MC5, Stooges, Grand Funk), the Dukes were loud and heavy. No tinny Sears guitars or whining Farfisa organs here.

At times the band's attack was muted by Steve Farmer's hippie lyrics and some of-the-era instrumental touches like the sitar on "Psalms of the Aftermath." Perhaps this was meant to provide balance, as "Psalms" appeared as the B-side of "Baby Please Don't Go." Nugent would eventually take a virulently anti-drug stance, but not before cooking up the music to back Farmer's lysergic lyrics on songs like "Colors." John Drake was an adequate front man, but more impressive are the band's harmonies, particularly in covering The Who's "It's Not True."

The album's eleven original tracks are complemented by two bonuses on this CD, "J.B. Special" and "Sobbin' in My Mug of Beer." The former is reputed to have been considered as a single, and its fully-finished production with Nugent's guitar buzzing over a boogaloo beat is worth hearing; the latter sounds like a garage recording, with a tinny guitar and a lyric that sounds like a placeholder. Fans of Nugent's solo work may not find this sufficiently gonzo, but those who like garage rock (and the Dukes better known second LP) should give this a spin. [©2007 redtunictroll at hotmail dot com]

Not quite..........2006-12-27

I hate to disagree with Mr. Tammaro, but this does NOT contain the first two Amboy Dukes albums: it's their first album plus a previously unreleased song tacked on at the end. Also, of their three Mainstream releases, this is by far the weakest. If you want to hear some great Amboy Dukes music, get "Journey..." or "Migration" or the flawed but still very good "Loaded for Bear" best-of anthology.

Amboy Dukes.......2005-09-05

This CD-Rom has the first and second albums by Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes. Previously only available on 33 1/3 records. This is a great product and I was very excited to find it at Amazon.com. The price was good and the quality was also good. I have been looking for the first two albums on cd for years and they were unavailable until now. Thanks Amazon.com.

Rich Tammaro

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