Motor City Is Burning: A Michigan Anthology 1965-1972 / Various 3CD (United Kingdom - Import)
Three CD anthology of the vibrant, wildly eclectic Michigan music scene in the late 60s / early 70s. Key Motor City tracks stretching from the Motown and Invictus labels to The Stooges, Alice Cooper, MC5 and many others. The most populous city in the state of Michigan, Detroit exuded a rock 'n' roll mentality like no other American town. Famously home to Tamla Motown, the Motor City also hosted a plethora of artless teen garage bands, blue-collar heartland rockers Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, proto- punks The Stooges and MC5, the P-Funk psychedelic soul crew and hard rock heavyweights like Alice Cooper, Grand Funk Railroad and Frijid Pink. Named after the John Lee Hooker/MC5 song that referenced the heavily-reported Detroit civil unrest of July 1967, 'Motor City Is Burning' is a four-hour, 3CD primer of the Michigan music scene during it's late 60s/early 70s heyday. It features all of the aforementioned acts as well as such names as Tommy James & The Shondells, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Freda Payne, Chairmen Of The Board and Rodriguez. A 48-page booklet with rare photos and the story behind each track chronicles Michigan's leading venues, principal recording studios, local labels and key backroom players as well as the bands themselves.
Label: Grapefruit
UPC: 5013929195622
Release Date: March 21, 2025
Track List
- 96 Tears - ? (Question Mark) ; the Mysterians
- Jenny Take a Ride! - Mitch Ryder ; the Detroit Wheels
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction -Terry Knight ; the Pack
- Next to Your Fire - the Pack
- Mystery Man (Demo Version) - Dick Wagner ; the Frost
- Baby Won't You Let Me Tell You How I Lost My Mind - the Spike Drivers
- It's Too Late - the Pedestrians
- Who Do You Love? - the Woolies
- Mo Jo Hannah - the Underdogs
- I'm So Glad - the Scot Richard Case
- I Need You - the Rationals
- She Makes Me Happy - the Shaggs
- Where You Gonna Go? - the Unrelated Segments
- Tell Me Why Your Light
- Shines - the Lykes of Us
- Action! (Speaks Louder
- Than Words) - Tidal Waves
- Mystic Cloud - the Pagens
- Things Are Different Now -The Innsmen
- Night Walkin' - the Unknown
- Don't Put Me on - the King's Court
- Till Tomorrow - House of Commons
- A Winner Never Quits - the Solitary Confinement
- Help Me Find Myself - the Troyes
- Christianne - the Hearsemen
- Come See About Me -Dearborn City Limits
- Outside Woman Blues - Felix
- Stranded in the Jungle -The Apostles
- Somehow - the Thyme
- I'm Alive - Tommy James ; the Shondells
- 1969 - the Stooges
- Teenage Lust - MC5
- Up All Night - SRC
- Road Runner - Brownsville Station
- All Along the Watchtower -Savage Grace
- Halo of Flies - Alice Cooper
- Life Everlasting - Earthen Vessel
- Inside Looking Out - Grand Funk Railroad
- Right Away - Head Over Heels
- Pretty Girl Why - Resolution
- Dreams Selection - Sunshine
- Wake Up People - Kopperfield
- Spider's Eyes - Bump
- I Can See the Light - the Glass Sun
- Brave New World - Boa
- Pain in My Heart - Frijid Pink
- I Got a Right - Iggy ; the Stooges
- Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today) -Thetemptations
- I Call My Baby Pussycat -Parliament
- Psycha-Soula-Funkadelic -The Politicians
- Reflections - Diana Ross ; the Supremes
- Flower Girl - Smokey Robinson ; the Miracles
- Scorpio - Dennis Coffey ; the Detroit Guitar Band
- Inner City Blues - Rodriguez
- The Motor City Is Burning -John Lee Hooker
- Hey Black Man (Part One) - Ed Robinson
- Hanging on to a Memory - Chairmen of the Board
- Bring the Boys Home - Freda Payne
- Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor
- Twenty Nine - Marshall ; Newell
- Sidewalk Cafe - Rare Earth
- Walk Down the Path of
- Freedom (Single Version) - Sunday Funnies
- Can't Turn Around Now -Fork in the Road
- Crumbs Off the Table - Theglass House
- 1200 Miles - the Flaming Ember
- Everyday Fun - T.N.T
- Thrills of Love - Warlock
- Gimme Shelter - Ruth Copeland