Flamin Groovies Gonna Rock Tonite: Complete Recordings 1969-1971 CD

UK three CD set. Irrespective of musical direction, sales figures or personnel changes, The Flamin' Groovies have always had greatness attached to their name. The Groovies made the transition from San Francisco also-rans to genuine contenders with a trio of peerless albums - Supersnazz, Flamingo and the particularly magnificent Teenage Head - for major labels (Columbia's Epic imprint and Buddah subsidiary Kama Sutra). Bolstered by sundry outtakes, alternative versions and single mixes, those three albums now appear under one roof for the first time with Gonna Rock Tonite!, a complete anthology of the band's studio work during the pivotal 1969-71 timeframe: halcyon days that ended in late 1971 when frontman Roy Loney abruptly quit the group he'd formed just a few short years earlier. Bursting with creative tension, wilful diversity and absurdist wit, Gonna Rock Tonite! Climaxes with the classic album Teenage Head, a brazen attempt to out-Stone the Stones that saw one critic describe it at the time of it's mid-1971 appearance as "close to being the best hard rock album ever released by an American group". The definitive issue of these definitive recordings, Gonna Rock Tonite! #is taken from the masters and housed in a striking clamshell box. It includes a 20-page booklet that features a new 7,500 word essay on the band.

1. Love Have Mercy 2. The Girl Can't Help It 3. Laurie Did It 4. A Part from That 5. Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu 6. The First One's Free 7. Pagan Rachel 8. Somethin' Else/Pistol Packin' Mama 9. Brushfire 10. Bam Balam 11. Around the Corner 12. Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu (Single Version) 13. The First One's Free (Single Version) 14. Somethin' Else (Single Version) 15. Laurie Did It (Single Version) 16. Gonna Rock Tonite 17. Comin' After You 18. Headin' for the Texas Border 19. Sweet Roll Me on Down 20. Keep a Knockin' 21. Second Cousin 22. Childhood's End 23. Jailbait 24. She's Falling Apart 25. Road House 26. Shakin' All Over 27. That'll Be the Day 28. Louie Louie 29. My Girl Josephine 30. Around and Around 31. Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu 32. Going Out 33. High Flyin' Baby 34. City Lights 35. Have You Seen My Baby? 36. Yesterday's Numbers 37. Teenage Head 38. 32-20 39. Evil Hearted Ada 40. Doctor Boogie 41. Whisky Woman 42. Scratch My Back 43. Carol 44. Rumble 45. Somethin' Else 46. Walking the Dog 47. Going Out (Version 2)