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TED NUGENT (self-titled) ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS APP 33692 200 gram QRP Audiophile pressing
Tracklist A1Stranglehold8:22A2Stormtroopin'3:07A3Hey Baby4:00A4Just What The Doctor Ordered3:43

B1Snakeskin Cowboys4:38B2Motor City Madhouse4:30B3Where Have You Been All My Life4:04B4You Make Me Feel Right At Home2:54B5Queen Of The Forest3:34 Recorded At –  Mixed At –  Bass –  Drums, Vibraphone [Vibes], Vocals –  Guitar, Vocals, Percussion –  Keyboards –  Percussion – ,  Rhythm Guitar, Vocals –  Written-By, Arranged By – * (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B5) Pressed By –  Remastered At –  Remastered By –  Notes 2014 audiophile release on Analogue Productions. Pressed by Quality Record Pressings. 200g Vinyl Pressed At Quality Record Pressings!
Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound & Plated by Gary Salstrom!
1975 Solo Debut Features The 8+ Minute Guitar-Driven "Stranglehold"! 

     With the release of Ted Nugent, the self-proclaimed Motor City Madman and god of gonzo guitar became not just a star, but one of rock 'n' roll's icons. The songs "Motor City Madhouse" and "Just What The Doctor Ordered" would become two of many of Ted's road anthems. These and the other 10 monster tracks on Ted Nugent were clear evidence that Ted was an artist to be reckoned with.

     Ted Nugent still likes to reflect back on what his critics were saying as he put his band, the Amboy Dukes, to rest and started the next phase of his career—one that would be under his own vision, his own direction and most importantly, his own name.

"I remember some of the more creative writers of the ilk claimed it would be 'the final nail in my coffin' — quote, unquote," Nugent says with a redemptive laugh. "I knew better."

     The mention of Ted's name elicits different reactions from rock fans today in different parts of the country. Nods of familiarity on both coasts, and clenched fists and knowing grins in the vast Midwest and South. He's sold millions of albums. Rock radio couldn't play enough of him — and neither could promoters, who made him the hardest-working and top-grossing gunslinger of the mid- and late-'70s. While most other rockers posed with their sleek Stratocasters and Les Pauls, there was Nugent, whipping his mane of hair around his head as he cranked out sound on his big Gibson Birdland, a hog of a guitar with rich, thick and creamy tones — clearly not something to be trusted to amateurs. But in Nugent's hands it screamed, squealed and cried, providing a vivid 3-D voice for the monster crunch of "Stranglehold," the menacing stomp of "Stormtroopin" and the fiery boogie of "Hey Baby," "Motor City Madhouse" and "Snakeskin Cowboys."

     We feel this is Ted's finest recording by far. And here, you'll hear this classic more clearly and vividly than ever before. This reissue was remastered by Ryan Smith in the late George Marino's mixing room at Sterling Sound using Marino's VMS 80 lathe and an ATR 102 tape machine modified by Mike Spitz—the only one of its kind in the world.. Then this 200-gram vinyl beauty was pressed by Quality Record Pressings, makers of the world's finest LPs, where it was plated for vinyl by Gary Salstrom, QRP's master plating technician and general manager. The power burned into these grooves is difficult to find anywhere else this side of the Atlantic, and indeed it remains a rare commodity anywhere in the world.

As Ted himself proclaims: "If anyone wanted to know what rock 'n' roll was all about, this is the only album they'll need."

     "The band's first release, 1975's Ted Nugent, is a prime slice of testosterone-heavy, raging, unapologetic rock & roll, and along with the band's 1977 release Cat Scratch Fever, it is Nugent's best solo studio album...Nugent himself hails Ted Nugent as his best work, and with good reason. It's an essential hard rock classic." - allmusic 

Features:
• 200g Vinyl
• Pressed at Quality Record Pressings
• Mastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound
• Mastered from the Original Analog Tapes
• Plated by Gary Salstrom