A-Square (Of Course): The Story of Michigan's Legendary A-Square Records

A-Square (Of Course): The Story of Michigan's Legendary A-Square Records

A-Square (Of Course): The Story of Michigan's Legendary A-Square Records
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Edition: Music CD
Audio: Russian (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2008-05-26
Music Label: Big Beat UK
Soundtracks:
  1. I'm So Glad - The Scot Richard Case
  2. Looking At You - The MC5
  3. Somehow - The Thyme
  4. Stranded In The Jungle - The Apostles
  5. Get The Picture - The Scot Richard Case
  6. Wanna Walk Down - The Thyme
  7. She Is A Friend - Rain
  8. Easy Way Out - The Bossmen
  9. Time Of The Season - The Thyme
  10. Midnight To Six Man - The Scot Richard Case
  11. Tired Of Waiting For You - The Apostles
  12. Borderline - The MC5
  13. I Found You - The Thyme
  14. Who Is That Girl - The Scot Richard Case
  15. Get Down - Half Life
  16. I'm A Man - The Prime Movers
  17. Love To Love - The Thyme
  18. Just Like An Aborigine - The Up
  19. I Cannot Stop You - The Bossmen
  20. Very Last Day - The Thyme
  21. Cobwebs & Strange - The Scot Richard Case
  22. Listen My Girl - The Bossmen
  23. Window Song - The Thyme
  24. Mystery Man (demo) - Dick Wagner & The Frost
  25. I Found A Love - The Thyme

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Free Music Review: Some awesome 60's Detroit nuggets with excellent sound!
Hit: 5 Stars

The high points of this collection definitely puts it into the must buy category of any 60's music afficianado. They are The Scot Richard Case (early SRC)recordings of not one but 2! Pretty Things covers plus a version of I'm So Glad which easily equals The Cream. Their original song Who is That Girl and cover of The Who's Cobwebs and Strange are great also. The 2 MC5 recordings sound better than ever especially the fabulous Borderline.Iggy Pop lays down the blueprint for his fine singing voice which we all know and love on I'm a Man. But the "Big" find has to be a group called Half-Life whose song Get Down actually gives the MC5 a run for their money (Please! there has to be a full album by these guys somewhere). Oh,did I forget the great demo version of The Frost's Mystery Man. The rest is less hard rock type music(more Hollies and Zombies,there's even a great cover of Time of the Season) but I'm sure it'll sink into my subconscious eventually. An all around fantastic compilation that really makes me drool thinking about The Rationals collection that's on the way. To hear these classics from the original master tapes instead of from crummy sounding bootlegs will be a wonder to behold!

A-Square (Of Course): The Story of Michigan's Legendary A-Square Records Poster

Hugh 'Jeep' Holland was in many ways the catalyst for the Detroit rock revolution of the late 1960s. This enigmatic individual graduated from running hip record store Discount Records in Ann Arbor to his operating his own label and management stable, as well booking every major act that played in Michigan during that heady era. The legendary bills at Detroit's Grande Ballroom were all overseen by Jeep, and many musicians in the state still single him out as the true steward of 60s Detroit rock.

A-Square (Of Course), named for Jeep's booking agency, chronicles the fascinating career of this lovable rogue whose reputation preceded him. It draws principally on the vaults of his A-Square label, so beloved of 60s garage collectors, but also includes rare recordings by some of the groups that Jeep managed and/or booked.

Foremost amongst the latter are the MC5, whose super-rare 1968 single Looking At You was issued by the band on A-Square without Jeep's knowledge. It is featured here from the original master tapes, as are the incendiary early recordings by the Scot Richard Case, later known by the acronym SRC. The Thyme were another popular group that Jeep nurtured, and in addition to their singles, several unissued tracks by the outfit are included.

Jeep also booked the Bossmen, later to become Grande stalwarts the Frost, and several previously unreleased tracks are present on A-Square (Of Course). Of great interest to Stooges freaks will be a live track by the rarely heard Prime Movers, featuring a snotty young Iggy Pop on drums and lead vocals, circa 1966. Collectable items by the Up, Apostles, Rain and others round out the set, which is profusely annotated and illustrated with items from Jeep's personal archive. A-Square (Of Course) finally and definitively documents a major chapter in Detroit rock history.

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