Detroit with Mitch Ryder - Get Out the Vote (1997) torrent

Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll
Disk Country: USA
Disc release year: 1997
Publisher (label): Total Energy
Part Number: Ner3010
Country: USA
Audio codec: FLAC (*.flac)
Rip Type: tracks+.cue
Audio bitrate: lossless
Duration: 01:03:01

On April 1, 1972, Detroit (the band, not the city), led by Mitch Ryder, performed at a Get Out the Vote rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan. This is a tape of the performance, which is listenable but rough around the edges, with a muffled quality that no amount of modern-day tweaking could fix. Ryder is in energetic form, but considerably hoarser voice than he was on the classic Detroit Wheels hits; you can believe it when the liner notes say he quit singing three months later rather than face a possible throat operation. The set is dominated by covers of Lou Reed ("Rock & Roll"), Chuck Berry, the Stones, Smokey Robinson, and Edgar Winter, as well as a reprise of the "Devil with a Blue Dress On"/Good Golly Miss Molly" hit by the Detroit Wheels; Steve Hunter, later to work with Lou Reed and Alice Cooper, plays lead guitar. It's good-time R&B-infused rock & roll, and no doubt was a good time indeed for those attending the event. But it's merely a souvenir when heard on disc, and not a recommended alternative to Detroit's official album.

Tracklist:
01. Mc/Little Bit Of Love 05:13
02. Let It Rock 03:22
03. Can't Get Next To You 04:09
04. Rock & Roll 09:31
05. City Woman 02:36
06. C. C. Rider/Jenny Take A Ride 03:48
07. All In A Dream 05:58
08. Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo 04:11
09. Gimme Shelter (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) 06:10
10. Devil With A Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly 09:23
11. Detroit Boogie 08:40