[News] Grapefruit to release “Motor City Is Burning – A Michigan Anthology 1965-1972, Various Artists” 3xCD Boxset

Famously home to Tamla Motown, the Motor City also hosted a plethora of artless teen garage bands, blue-collar heartland Rockers Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, proto-Punks The Stooges and MC5, the P-Funk Psychedelic Soul crew and Hard Rock heavyweights like Alice Cooper, Grand Funk Railroad and Frijid Pink.

Named after the John Lee Hooker/MC5 song that referenced the heavily-reported Detroit civil unrest of July 1967, “Motor City Is Burning” is a four-hour, 3xCD primer of the Michigan music scene during its late 60s/early 70s heyday.

It features all of the aforementioned acts as well as such names as Tommy James & The Shondells, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Freda Payne, Chairmen Of The Board and Rodriguez.

Hit singles (Question Mark & The Mysterians, The Supremes, The Temptations, R. Dean Taylor) are joined by key album cuts, cult 45s and a raft of private label or unissued-at- the-time tracks.

A 48-page booklet with rare photos and the story behind each track chronicles Michigan’s leading venues, principal recording studios, local labels and key backroom players as well as the bands themselves.

Pre-Order here: https://www.cherryred.co.uk/motor-city-is-burning-a-michigan-anthology-1965-1972-various-artists-3cd-box-set

Tracklist:

DISC ONE

01. 96 TEARS – ? (Question Mark) & The Mysterians
02. JENNY TAKE A RIDE! – Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
03. (I CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION – Terry Knight & The Pack
04. NEXT TO YOUR FIRE – The Pack
05. MYSTERY MAN (demo version) – Dick Wagner & The Frost
06. BABY WON’T YOU LET ME TELL YOU HOW I LOST MY MIND – The Spike Drivers
07.  IT’S TOO LATE – The Pedestrians
08. WHO DO YOU LOVE? – The Woolies
09. MO JO HANNAH – The Underdogs
10. I’M SO GLAD – The Scot Richard Case
11. I NEED YOU – The Rationals
12. SHE MAKES ME HAPPY – The Shaggs
13. WHERE YOU GONNA GO? – The Unrelated Segments
14. TELL ME WHY YOUR LIGHT SHINES – The Lykes Of Us
15. ACTION! (SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS) – Tidal Waves
16. MYSTIC CLOUD – The Pagens
17. THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW – The Innsmen
18. NIGHT WALKIN’ – The Unknown
19. DON’T PUT ME ON – The King’s Court
20. TILL TOMORROW – House Of Commons
21. A WINNER NEVER QUITS – The Solitary Confinement
22. HELP ME FIND MYSELF – The Troyes
23. CHRISTIANNE – The Hearsemen
24. COME SEE ABOUT ME – Dearborn City Limits
25. OUTSIDE WOMAN BLUES – Felix
26. STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE – The Apostles
27. SOMEHOW – The Thyme
28. I’M ALIVE – Tommy James & The Shondells

DISC TWO
01. 1969 – The Stooges
02. TEENAGE LUST – MC5
03. UP ALL NIGHT – SRC
04. ROAD RUNNER – Brownsville Station
05. ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER – Savage Grace
06. HALO OF FLIES – Alice Cooper
07. LIFE EVERLASTING – Earthen Vessel
08. INSIDE LOOKING OUT – Grand Funk Railroad
09. RIGHT AWAY – Head Over Heels
10. PRETTY GIRL WHY – Resolution
11. DREAMS SELECTION – Sunshine
12. WAKE UP PEOPLE – Kopperfield
13. SPIDER’S EYES – Bump
14. I CAN SEE THE LIGHT – The Glass Sun
15. BRAVE NEW WORLD – Boa
16. PAIN IN MY HEART – Frijid Pink
17. I GOT A RIGHT – Iggy & The Stooges

DISC THREE
01. BALL OF CONFUSION (THAT’S WHAT THE WORLD IS TODAY) – The Temptations
02. I CALL MY BABY PUSSYCAT – Parliament
03. PSYCHA-SOULA-FUNKADELIC – The Politicians
04. REFLECTIONS – Diana Ross & The Supremes
05. FLOWER GIRL – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
06. SCORPIO – Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band
07. INNER CITY BLUES – Rodriguez§
08. THE MOTOR CITY IS BURNING – John Lee Hooker
09. HEY BLACK MAN (part one) – Ed Robinson
10. HANGING ON TO A MEMORY – Chairmen Of The Board
11. BRING THE BOYS HOME – Freda Payne
12. INDIANA WANTS ME – R. Dean Taylor
13. TWENTY NINE – Marshall & Newell
14. SIDEWALK CAFE – Rare Earth
15. WALK DOWN THE PATH OF FREEDOM (single version) – Sunday Funnies
16. CAN’T TURN AROUND NOW – Fork In The Road
17. CRUMBS OFF THE TABLE – The Glass House
18. 1200 MILES – The Flaming Ember
19. EVERYDAY FUN – T.N.T.
20. THRILLS OF LOVE – Warlock
21. GIMME SHELTER – Ruth Copeland

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