Sonic's Rendezvous Band (Box Set)
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Sonic's Rendezvous Band is a 2006 release box set by Sonic's Rendezvous Band
under the UK label Easy Action
. The remaining band members contributed to the box as well as Fred "Sonic" Smith's estate. The Box includes three previously unreleased live shows, the previous release Sweet Nothing in its entirety, several tracks from the City Slang release, a collection of basement tapes and other live material, as well as the studio recorded single City Slang and its intended b-side Electrophonic Tonic.http://www.easyaction.co.uk/sonics-rendezvous-band/srb/
, Senior Editor of Rolling Stone Magazine, stated in the review of this box set that it "comes with its own controversy" over whether it was approved by all involved. Record label Easy Action asserts on its Web site that the release was approved by the surviving band members and by Fred Smith's wife
and children. The release is also advertised in Scott Morgan's website. In the interests of balance it should be pointed out that Fricke added: "I'm not taking sides. I just want as much of the best of this band as I can get, in good faith and quality. Right now, this is what I have. And I am playing it. Loud".
However, the band's ex-road manager's website states that it wasn't approved at all, neither by band members nor by the heirs of Fred Smith. The statements, made by Freddie Brooks, disregard the box set as a "fraudulent release" (sic). Brooks said his own website would be re-launched in October 2006, with re-issues of two previously-available CDs and a new three-disc box set, but this has failed to materialise.
Sonic's Rendezvous Band
Sonic's Rendezvous Band was a rock and roll band from Ann Arbor, Michigan in the 1970s, featuring veterans of the 1960s Detroit rock scene.- Background :Sonic's Rendezvous Band came from the ashes of four Michigan rock bands:...
under the UK label Easy Action
Easy Action
Easy Action is the second studio album by Alice Cooper, released by Straight Records in March 1970. The title comes from a line in the musical film West Side Story, which was one of the band's favorite films...
. The remaining band members contributed to the box as well as Fred "Sonic" Smith's estate. The Box includes three previously unreleased live shows, the previous release Sweet Nothing in its entirety, several tracks from the City Slang release, a collection of basement tapes and other live material, as well as the studio recorded single City Slang and its intended b-side Electrophonic Tonic.http://www.easyaction.co.uk/sonics-rendezvous-band/srb/
Controversy
David FrickeDavid Fricke
David Fricke is a senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine, where he writes predominantly on rock music. In the 1990s, he was managing editor before stepping down.-Background:David Fricke is a graduate of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania...
, Senior Editor of Rolling Stone Magazine, stated in the review of this box set that it "comes with its own controversy" over whether it was approved by all involved. Record label Easy Action asserts on its Web site that the release was approved by the surviving band members and by Fred Smith's wife
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses....
and children. The release is also advertised in Scott Morgan's website. In the interests of balance it should be pointed out that Fricke added: "I'm not taking sides. I just want as much of the best of this band as I can get, in good faith and quality. Right now, this is what I have. And I am playing it. Loud".
However, the band's ex-road manager's website states that it wasn't approved at all, neither by band members nor by the heirs of Fred Smith. The statements, made by Freddie Brooks, disregard the box set as a "fraudulent release" (sic). Brooks said his own website would be re-launched in October 2006, with re-issues of two previously-available CDs and a new three-disc box set, but this has failed to materialise.
Disc 1
- "Promised LandPromised Land (song)"Promised Land" is a song lyric written by Chuck Berry to the melody of "Wabash Cannonball", an American folk song. The song was first recorded in this version by Chuck Berry in 1964 for his album St. Louis to Liverpool. Released in 1965, it was Berry's first single issued following his prison term...
" (Chuck BerryChuck BerryCharles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...
) - "Earthy (Scott MorganScott MorganScott Morgan is an American rock & roll and soul musician, most known for his work with the Sonic's Rendezvous Band, the Rationals, The Solution as well as his solowork.-The Rationals:Morgan's first band was The Rationals...
) - It's Alright"
- "Mystically Yours" (Morgan)
- Keep on Hustlin’" (Morgan)
- "Space Age Blues" (W.R Cooke)
- "Do it Again"
- "Hearts"
- "I Believe to my Soul" (R.Charles / A.Learner)
- "Let the Kids Dance" (Bo DiddleyBo DiddleyEllas Otha Bates , known by his stage name Bo Diddley, was an American rhythm and blues vocalist, guitarist, songwriter , and inventor...
) - "Chungo of the Asphalt Jungle" (W.R Cooke)
- "Goin’ Bye"
- "Roberta" (A.Smith / J. Vincent)
Disc 2
- "Dangerous" (Morgan)
- "Asteroid B612" (Morgan)
- "Hard Stoppin’"
- "Irish Girl" (Morgan)
- "Like a Rolling StoneLike a Rolling Stone"Like a Rolling Stone" is a 1965 song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. Its confrontational lyrics originate in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhausted from a grueling tour of England...
" (Bob DylanBob DylanBob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
) - "Succeed" (Morgan)
- "Cool Breeze" (Morgan)
- "Song L"
- "Slow Down (Take a Look)" (Morgan)
Disc 3
- "Electrophonic Tonic" (Morgan)
- "Sweet Nothin’"
- "Asteroid B-612" (Morgan)
- "Gone with the Dogs"
- "Love and Learn" (Morgan)
- "Song L"
- "City Slang"
Disc 4
- "Dangerous" (Morgan)
- "Getting There" (Morgan)
- "Do it Again"
- "Hearts"
- "Love & Learn" (Morgan)
- "Heart of Stone" (Mick JaggerMick JaggerSir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger is an English musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist and a founding member of The Rolling Stones....
, Keith RichardsKeith RichardsKeith Richards is an English musician, songwriter, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created "rock's greatest single body of riffs", and placed him as the "10th greatest guitarist of all time." Fourteen songs written by Richards and songwriting...
) - "Sweet Nothin’"
- "Asteroid B-612" (Morgan)
- "Song L"
- "City Slang"
Disc 5
- "Succeed (Morgan) Morgan's Basement '76
- "Highjackin' Love" (T.Hester / R. ‘Popcorn’ Wylie) Morgan's Basement '76
- "Mystically Yours" (Morgan) Morgan's Basement '76
- "Take A Look" (Morgan) Morgan's Basement '76
- "Electrophonic Tonic" (Morgan) Morgan's Basement '76
- "So Sincerely Yours"
- "Dangerous" (Morgan)
- "Earthy" (Morgan)
- "Hearts (aka Detroit Tango)"
- "Step By Step" (with Lenny KayeLenny KayeLenny Kaye is an American guitarist, composer and writer who is best known as a member of the Patti Smith Group.- Early life :...
) - "Party Lights" (C.Clark)
- "Flight 505" (Jagger, Richards)
- "Thrill" (Morgan)
- "Goin Bye"
- "Gone With The Dogs"
Disc 6
- "Sweet Little SixteenSweet Little Sixteen"Sweet Little Sixteen" is a rock and roll song written and originally performed by Chuck Berry, who released it as a single in January 1958. It reached number two on the American charts, Berry's highest position ever on the charts, with the exception of the suggestive number one hit "My...
" (Chuck Berry) - "Clock With No Hands" (F.’Leadbelly’ Smith)
- "You're So Great"
- "Sweet Nothin’" Executive Ballroom, Sterling Heights 1978 Jan
- "Song L" Executive Ballroom, Sterling Heights 1978 Jan
- "Love & Learn" (Morgan) Executive Ballroom, Sterling Heights 1978 Jan
- "It's Alright"
- "Empty Heart" (Nanker, PhelgeJagger/RichardsThe songwriting partnership of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, known as Jagger/Richards , is a musical collaboration whose output has produced the majority of the catalogue of The Rolling Stones....
) Live at the Second Chance in 1977 - "American Boy"
- "Sweet Nothin’" (Instrumental) Rehearsal
- "Electrophonic Tonic" (Morgan) Studio
- "City Slang" Studio
External links
- http://www.sonicsrendezvousband.net/ - Official band website
- http://www.easyaction.co.uk/sonics-rendezvous-band/srb/