NOTE: THIS IS A SECOND COPY OF THIS COOL LP THAT DAVE HAD, IT IS A LESSER GRADE THAN THE ONE THAT JUST SOLD, STILL A VERY STRONG VG+. THANKS FOR LOOKING!

TWO YEARS AGO I LOST ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS TO CANCER, HE WAS A COOL MUSICIAN A DRUMMER BY TRADE, ORIGINALLY FROM SEATTLE, BUT RELOCATED TO L.A. IN 1985, HE AMASSED A VERY LARGE MUSIC COLLECTION, AND HAD KILLER TASTE FOR ROCK & ROLL, SADLY I AM SELLING OFF A LOT OF HIS COLLECTION ON BEHALF OF HIS WIDOW TO HELP PAY OFF DEBTS INCLUDING HOSPITAL BILLS, TAXES AND STORAGE UNIT FEES. I AM NOT TAKING ANYTHING FOR THIS SERVICE, DOING IT FOR MY FRIEND (MISS YOU DAVE!). THIS ITEM IS FROM HIS COLLECTION.

THE PHOTO'S MAY BE A LITTLE BLURRY, HAVE A LITTLE GLARE, SOME REFLECTIONS OR IN SOME CASES YOU MAY SEE SPECKS OF DUST. BUT THE PHOTO'S ARE OF THE ACTUAL ITEM YOU ARE BIDDING ON. I DO COMBINE SHIPPING. BUT I DO NOT ACCEPT “BEST OFFERS”, THE MONIES GO TO MY FRIENDS WIDOW.

THESE ARE VISUALLY & PLAY GRADED.

ARTISTS: THE FLAMIN' GROOVIES

TITLE: “TEENAGE HEAD”

TRACK LISTING: SEE BELOW

A1 Piano – 3:32 A2 Piano – 4:33 A3 Piano – Written-By – 2:52 A4 3:58 B1 2:53 B2 Arranged By – *Lyrics By [New Lyrics] – *Written-By – 2:04 B3 Written-By – * 3:19 B4 2:32 B5 5:02

Companies, etc. Distributed By –

Credits Design [Album ] – *, *, *, * Engineer, Remix [Re-mix Engineer] – Performer [The Flame-ettes] – , , * Performer [The Flamin Groovies Are] – , , , *, Photography By [Cover And Liner] – Producer – Written-By – * (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B4, B5), * (tracks: A1, A2, A4, B1, B4, B5)

Notes Pink label 1st press. Label variation.

Engineer: Alan Corbeth (Courtesy Bell Sound Studio, N.Y.C.)
with the Assitance of Danny, Frank, and Randy

Dedicated to:
Lenny Kaye, John Zacherle, Lisa Robinson, The Mad Peck, Ed Ward, Doctor Ross, Loose Gravel, Jean-Charles Costa, Cab Covay, R. Meltzer, Bobby Abrams, Lonesome Rhodes, Andy Zwerling, Roni Hoffman, Karin Berg, Ron Weisner, Neil Scott, (who appears through the courtesy of Portrait Records) Soozin and Joel, Ed McCormack, Dave Marsh, The Fab Nears, Anne-Marie Micklo, Bruce O. Bishop, Danny Fields, Neil the Man Moran, Randy Newman, Steve Fisher, Stephan Goldman, Fred Henriques, Andrew Lauder, Lon Chaney, Tod Browning, The Iguanas, Danny Goldberg, Linwood Lane and Linda, Coastin Zazoo, D. Clifford Bedford, Lillian Roxon, Kim Fowley, The Wandering Seatons.

LABEL: KAMA SUTRA RECORDS

CAT.#: KSBS 2031

YEAR: 1971

RECORD CONDITION: ALL RECORDS ARE VISUALLY & PLAY GRADED.THIS RECORD IS IN VG+ CONDITION. NICE SHINY LUSTER TO THE VINYL, NO LINES, SCRATCHES, SMUDGES, FINGERPRINTS ETC. THIS SOUNDS SUPER CLEAN,IN-BETWEEN THE TRACKS NO AUDIBLE NOISE AT ALL... THERE IS LIGHT BACKGROUND SOUND ON THE LEAD IN GROOVES, VISUALLY THIS HAS A FEW "SMUDGES", AND A FEW "LINES" BUT I TRACKED OVER THEM AND THEY REALLY DON'T AFFECT THE SOUND ALL THAT MUCH, THE SONGS STILL PLAY VERY CLEAN, MAINLY THIS COULD USE A GOOD CLEANING.

SLEEVE CONDITION: THE JACKET IS IN VG+ CONDITION. THERE'S NO WRITING ON THE JACKET. STRAIGHT EDGES, NO WRITING, TEARS, WRINKLES OR SEAM SPLITS, ETC.ETC. VERY VERY TINY “NOTCH” CUT DONE BY THE RECORD COMPANY, SO SMALL I JUST NOTICED IT. THERE IS VERY LIGHT RING WEAR TOP & BOTTOM ON THE FRONT (SEE PHOTOS).

MORE INFO: THIS LP IS CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL RELEASE, WITH THE PINK KAMA SUTRA LABELS. MATRIX # IS “KSBS 2031 A-2 BELL SOUND AC SON”

NOTE: DAVE HAD MORE THAN A FEW FLAMIN' GROOVIES LPs THAT I AM LISTING SO PLEASE CHECK 'EM OUT & THANX!

MORE INFO ON THE ARTISTS/RELEASE:

Flamin' Groovies is an that started in in 1965, led by Roy Loney and . After the Groovies released three albums, Loney left the band in 1971. He was replaced as co-leader by , and the band's emphasis shifted more toward . The band signed to in 1972 releasing three more singles until 1976. The Groovies then signed to and released three albums between 1976-79, Shake Some Action, Now (both produced by Dave Edmunds at Rockfield) and Jumpin' in the Night. The album title also a single Shake Some Action became a power pop anthem and is revered by many including Greil Marcus in his book, The History of Rock and Roll in Ten Songs. Chris Wilson left the band in 1981. After a couple of limited reunions with different lineups, the 1970s nucleus of Jordan, Wilson, and Alexander reformed the group in 2013, and the band's first post-reunion album was released in 2017.

In addition to the band's role in the advancement of power pop, the Flamin' Groovies have also been called one of the forerunners of .

Career[]

Beginnings[]

Roy Loney and Tim Lynch, who met in first grade, had put together a -type folk band with guitars when they were in junior high and high school. Beginning in 1965, after adding their friend George Alexander (whom they told to learn bass), they became a -influenced rock band with drummer Ron Greco. Greco knew a 15-year-old lead guitarist named Cyril Jordan, who quickly became a part of the group, although Greco then left and was replaced by Danny Mihm. After playing together for about three years under various group names and not getting any record company offers, they decided to put up their own money and make their own EP, which they could also use as a label demo. That EP, 1968's Sneakers, was recorded on 4-track and mixed in about eight hours total and featured Jordan (guitar, vocals), Loney (vocals, guitar), Alexander (bass, harmonica, vocals), Lynch (guitar, harmonica, vocals) and Mihm (drums). As a result of its success, they were signed to a contract by ; at about the same time, their manager leased from Bill Graham, and they became managers of the venue, which introduced them to a much wider variety of music, including and . 

During this period, they released 1969's In Loney's words, the album was "all over the map" and "kinda grasping at every possible straw"; it contained both re-creations of 1950s and more melodic songs that anticipated the movement of the 1970s—a genre to which the Flamin' Groovies would eventually contribute significant work. However, the album's low sales led to their release by Epic. They then started doing national tours, and their further exposure to Detroit's musical scene "hardened up our sound a whole lot", in Loney's words.At the instigation of Richard Robinson (a journalist and the Groovies' future producer), the Groovies then signed to for their next two albums, 1970's and 1971's . Flamingo had the disadvantage of being recorded on 12-track, which used the same 1" tape as 8-track recording did, so the dynamic width had to be compressed; as Jordan later put it, "12-track sounds like shit." Teenage Head, which was re corded on 16-track, is listed in the 2006 book , and reportedly compared the album favorably to the ' contemporaneous . Despite the critical plaudits, though, neither album sold at all, which caused Loney and Lynch to lose interest and left the Groovies in limbo about their future.Loney (a rockabilly and blues aficionado) and Jordan (who leaned more to Beatle-style pop) also clashed over the band's direction, leading to a meme that "Roy is the Stones guy, Cyril is the Beatles guy". Jordan, however, felt the band was just evolving. Tim Lynch then left the band and was replaced by James Ferrell, shortly before the Groovies played a concert for the closing of the that was broadcast live on local San Francisco radio station KSAN. 

Isolation and Success[]

Not long after the KSAN concert, Loney also left the band and was replaced by 18-year-old singer and guitarist , who, along with Jordan, began to move the group in a more overtly power pop direction. Alexander had become friends with British music executive , and in 1972, the band reached a deal to sign with Lauder's ("UA") and to record with British producer at in , even though the U.S. division of UA had already turned down the band. The Groovies moved to England, where they remained for the rest of 1972, but the UA deal was never expanded beyond two single releases, "Slow Death"/"" and "Married Woman"/"Get a Shot of Rhythm and Blues", which United Artists preferred to Edmunds and the band's choices "Shake Some Action" and "You Tore Me Down". However, "Slow Death", an anti-drug song that Jordan had written with Loney, was banned by the for using the word "morphine", which killed the momentum behind the signing. All seven songs recorded in 1972 by the Groovies for UA (the six named above plus Chuck Berry's "") were released in 1995 by on the album. 

The failure of these singles effectively left the band in limbo for two years. During this lull, drummer Danny Mihm also left the band, replaced first by Terry Rae and ultimately by David Wright In 1973, the Groovies re-recorded "Shake Some Action" as part of a deal with , but executive turnover at Capitol blocked that deal before the contracts were signed. In an effort to gain some leverage, the band agreed to release the Edmunds-produced version of "You Tore Me Down" as the first single on the brand-new label in 1974. Some of the various released and unreleased recordings made and produced by the Groovies during this period (six demos from 1971, "" from 1972, one TV recording from 1972, and the two Capitol demos from 1973) were later collected on the 2002 Norton album Slow Death. 

Finally in 1975, from became the Flamin' Groovies' manager and arranged for them to sign to the new (but poorly distributed) label , headed by . Due to that, the Groovies returned to the UK and recorded and released (in 1976) , again produced by Edmunds, which included the same recordings of two songs ("Shake Some Action" and "You Tore Me Down") that United Artists had passed on in 1972 but Stein loved. The album received rave critical reviews, similar to Teenage Head. The Groovies continued to tour continually and were supported by the at the in London on July 4, 1976 (which was coincidentally the US's bicentennial) in the latter band's first ever appearance in the UK. This concert has been widely noted as a seminal moment in the development of punk rock. 

Sire's distribution was taken over by in 1977, and so the Groovies returned to a major label; however, James Ferrell, who had been unhappy with the band's "Beatle-esque" direction, was fired and replaced by Mike Wilhelm, who had previously played with Wilson in the San Francisco band "Loose Gravel". The band then recorded two albums for Sire/Warners, 1978's , once more produced by Dave Edmunds, and 1979's , produced by Jordan and . Wilson felt that Now was his favorite album and the band with Edmunds was in "one of our most creative times". However, Sire gave the album little promotion, and it didn't sell appreciably better. Edmunds also intended to produce Jumpin' in the Night, but, according to Wilson, his new manager blocked him from doing so. Both albums included several covers of older material from other artists, which became an issue between Jordan, who wanted to include the covers (because he was trying to renegotiate his publishing rights with Sire), and Wilson, who did not. According to Jordan, during this period Warners also released a punk rock songbook that featured the . the Ramones, and the Groovies.

Teenage Head is the third by the American band , released in March 1971 by . 

Released the same year as ' classic album , reportedly noticed the similarities between the albums and thought the Flamin' Groovies did the better take on the theme of classic and revisited in a modern context.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS OF THE CD REISSUE

October 3, 2015

Format: Audio CDVerified Purchase After this album was recorded, singer Roy Loney left the band over differences in opinion with co-founder Cyril Jordan over the band's future musical direction. If nothing else, Loney certainly left with a bang; many (although not me) believe this to be the Groovies' best album. It's a good one, especially at this price ($4.99 for the CD as I write this).

This CD includes the original nine 1971 album tunes and seven bonus tracks. The regular album tracks include plenty of highlights. "City Lights" and Robert Johnson's "32-20 Blues," the latter made more interesting with new lyrics by Loney, are done in a country-blues style with some tasty slide guitar. A cover version of Randy Newman's "Have You Seen My Baby?" is enhnaced by Jordan's chugging rhythm guitar.

For much of this, it sounds like Loney is channeling Mick Jagger, but on "Evil-Hearted Ada," he does his best Elvis impersonation as Jordan captures the mood with a rhythm guitar reminiscent of "Mystery Train." "Doctor Boogie" moves along with some nice blues harmonica. The title song qualifies as a garage-rock classic, with vocals so downright menacing that halfway thru the song you'll pull down the shades and lock all your doors and windows, lest Loney be lurking outside.

March 14, 2017

One of the greatest albums ever made! I love Roy Loney's dirty, snarling, in your face vocals. This album is not for the faint of heart or soft rock crowd. The band plays an aggressive combo of tight yet loose arrangements. Yes I know that's an oxymoronic statement. Make sure you get the version with the 7 bonus cuts. Thanks to Roy I finally know all the words to "Louie Louie". Cyril Jordan and the rest of the boys play their asses off. Just as good as Sticky Fingers and I bet the Groovies could take the Stones in a fight back then too. This album is on testosterone overload and that's a great thing. If you like it be sure to pick up their companion album Flamingo, also with 7 bonus cuts. This is a great cure for the crap that passes for music now.

January 16, 2008

The first time I heard 'em, it was thanks to a copy of Trouser Press and a BMG deal where I just threw in a best of to see what it was about. I enjoyed it and like so many cds, it got lost through a series of state to state moves. And you know what happens...you forget! So Christmas '07, I got that really great garage rock gargantuan Nuggets Vol 1. And if you got that, you know what that does...Must get more garage rock! So some pokin' around and next thing you know you come across The Flamin' Groovies. So After a little deliberation, I ordered this one. And it was worth every penny! So what do you get? A great concise Stonesy rock album with some really great covers in the form of a tight little set of bonus tracks! And to the Groovies credit, they actually straddle the line between making them own and being reverent. I think the solos on these bonus tracks and their own orignals are just right.(Their takes on Shakin' All Over and Louie Louie are choice!) Long enough to explore the groove but not turn all wanky. They are clearly enjoying themselves.
Their sound literally catches the 60s turning into the 70s. But even better than that there is a strange contemporary twist to the proceedings that shows style is timeless. It maybe a classic rock sound but this is no oldies trip. There is a proto-punk snottiness to Roy Loney's vocals that makes me believe that Iggy Pop may have has an album or two in his collection. I also wouldn't be surpised if Steve Wynn doesn't dig these guys as well. This is some fine Glimmer Twins style jamming here. You have the point by now..Get this if you want if you like that pure roots inflected rock. A digger's delight!

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