Bang – Mother / Bow To The King 

Label: Capitol Records – SMAS-11110 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold, Los Angeles 

Country: US 

Released: 1972 

Genre: Rock 

Style: Hard Rock 

Track list 

 

Mother 

 

A1 

Mother 

Just a tad of light surface crackles at lead-in that’s it! 

A2 

Humble 

Plays great 

A3 

Keep On 

Plays great 

A4 

Idealist Realist 

Heavy Psych/Garage feel awesome! 

 

Bow To The King 

 

B1 

No Sugar Tonight 

Written-By – Randy C. Bachman* 

 

Plays great! Little to no surface noise at lead-in awesome tune! Wah-Wah action! 

B2 

Feel The Hurt 

Softer tune just a hint of surface crackles at lighter passages, no biggie! 

B3 

Tomorrow 

Plays great! 

B4 

Bow To The King 

Lighter intro tune maybe a hint of light surface crackles for a sec. Uriah Heep-esque! 

Note: 

No Snaps 

No pops 

 

 

No skips 

No jumps 

No repeats 

 

 

Companies, etc. 

Recorded At – Criteria Recording Studios 

Recorded At – The Sound Factory 

Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles 

Credits 

Artwork [Back] – John Millerburg 

Backing Vocals – Clydie King, Donny Gerrard, Shirley Mathews*, Vanetta Fields* 

Bass, Vocals – Frank Ferrara 

Cover – Saget Studios 

Cover [Concept] – John Hoernle, Rick Bowen 

Drums – Bruce Gary (tracks: A3, A4) 

Drums, Percussion – Duris Maxwell 

Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar – Frank Gilcken* 

Engineer – Dave Hassinger (tracks: A3, A4), Karl Richardson 

Executive-Producer – Rick Bowen 

Percussion – Jeffrey Cheen 

Producer – Jeffrey Cheen, John Palladino (tracks: A3, A4) 

Written-By – Frank Ferrara (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4), Frank Gilcken* (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4), Tony D'Iorio, Jr.* (tracks: A1 to A4, B2 to B4) 

Notes 

Produced by Jeffrey Cheen for Rikbo Productions at Criteria Recording, Miami, Florida - Engineer: Karl Richardson. 
 
"Keep On" and "Idealist Realist" produced by Jeffrey Cheen and John Palladino at The Sound Factory, Hollywood, California - Engineer: Dave Hassinger 

Barcode and Other Identifiers 

Matrix / Runout (Side 1 etched [stamped] 2): 1-11110-F-3• 2 ✲ 

Matrix / Runout (Side 2 etched [stamped] 2): 2-11110-F-3• 2 ✲ 

Pressing Plant ID (both sides stamped): ✲