Long Burn the Fire is the second studio album by the Detroit rock band Black Merda

Black Merda

Black Merda is an American rock band from Detroit, Michigan, active from the mid 1960s to the early 1970s and reuniting in 2005. They are considered to be the first all black rock band...

. The band’s name was altered to Mer-Da on the album’s front cover. It was released by Chess Records

Chess Records

Chess Records was an American record label based in Chicago, Illinois. It specialized in blues, R&B, soul, gospel music, early rock and roll, and occasional jazz releases....

 subsidiary Janus in 1972. The album sleeve features only guitarists Anthony and Charles Hawkins and bassist VC L. Veasey. Original drummer Tyrone Hite had left the band and was not officially replaced; session drummer Bob Crowder was hired just before the recording sessions. The original album was long out of print before being reissued on CD by TuffCity Records in 1996. All of the album’s tracks are also collected on the 2005 Black Merda compilation The Folks From Mother's Mixer

The Folks From Mother's Mixer

The Folks from Mother’s Mixer is a compilation of tracks recorded in the early 1970s by the band Black Merda. It was released in 2005 and collects all the tracks from the band’s two original albums, Black Merda and Long Burn the Fire ....

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Track listing

1. For You – 4:38
2. The Folks from Mother’s Mixer – 4:09
3. My Mistake – 5:25
4. Lying – 4:25
5. Long Burn the Fire – 3:21
6. Sometimes I Wish – 3:45
7. I Got a Woman – 4:53
8. We Made Up – 3:41

Personnel

Anthony Hawkins – guitar, vocals

VC L. Veasey – bass, vocals

Charles Hawkins – guitar, vocals

Bob Crowder – drums