Blow Your Face Out [Live]

J. Geils Band | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 20, 1993)
• Original Release Date: 1976
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B00000331V
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,866 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Media Type: CD
Artist: GEILS,J. BAND
Title: BLOW YOUR FACE OUT
Street Release Date: 07/20/1993
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best Live albums.....EVER!, March 15, 2005

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Douglas Campbell - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blow Your Face Out (Audio CD)

"Blow Your Face Out" is in a league with only a handful of other live albums. Alongside The Allman Brothers' "At the Filmore East" and Cheap Trick's "At Budokan". All three of the records "Get it." Not a bad track in the bunch. Every song on "BYFO" is better than its original studio version.
Recorded in Boston and Detroit back in 1975, J. Geils was on, and I mean on. From the intro to Musta Got Lost to the pumped up version of Lookin' For A Love. Geils was having a ball on stage and it comes through loud and clear on this recording. Highly recomended!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars MADE LOUD TO BE PLAYED LOUD!, April 18, 2002

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Michael G. King "skyyking" (LOUISVILLE, KY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blow Your Face Out (Audio CD)

The J. Geils Band is a cross between the sound of The Blues Brothers and George Thorogood & The Destroyers. There's J. Geils's guitars, Danny Klein's bass, Seth Justman's keyboards, Stephen Jo Bladd's percussion, Magic Dick's harps, and Peter Wolf's vocals. Speaking of Peter Wolf, he was a former DJ of the manic variety whos late-night raps found their way into his stage routine. Peter Wolf was a classic rapper, between songs, long before rap went mainstream. Woofuh Goofuh with the green teeth and all you Whammer Jammers out there. A J. Geils Band live show gave new meaning to Don't Stop Until You Drop!

Track 1, Southside Shuffle, is an intimate little number with a Wilson Pickett & Eddie Floyd hometown record feel to it.

Track 2, Back To Get Ya, is an R&B groove influenced by the sound of The Ohio Players. It's funky!

Track 3, Shoot Your Shot, was originally recorded by Jr. Walker & The All Stars in 1967.

Track 4, Musta Got Lost, was originally from Geils 1974 album Nightmares. It is preceded by a classic Peter Wolf Woofuh Goofuh rap.

Track 5, Where Did Our Love Go, is the classic Supremes (Diana Ross) #1 hit single from 1964.

Track 6, Truck Drivin' Man, has been recorded by dozens of country music artists. Peter Wolf was, besides a big blues and R&B fan, a big country music fan.

Track 7, Loveitis, is a straight-ahead rocker. Tonsillitis, bursitis, loveitis. Makes sense to me.

Tracks 8 & 9, Looking For Love was a Bobby Womack Top 10 R&B hit for The Valentinos that starts off as a slow intro before Geils blasts into (Ain't Nothin' But A) Houseparty.

Track 10, So Sharp, was a 1967 song from Dyke & The Blazers. When you need some juice to get loose, you listen to Dyke & Blazers, recommends Peter Wolf.

Track 11, Detroit Breakdown, is the classic J. Geils party song.

Track 12, Chimes, is sort of a mood song allowing some instrumental stretching for the guys.

Track 13, Sno-Cone, is a blues great Albert Collins jungle rhythm instrumental that Geils used to open their shows with back in the early days. It set the tone and let the audience know what was coming.

Track 14, Wait, is a lyrically silly little song influenced by Mose Allsion the jazz pianist.

Track 15, Raise Your Hand, is an Eddie Knock On Wood Floyd song that represents sort of a roots thing for the band.

Track 16, Start All Over, was originally written after this lady, that Peter was very close to, died in a tragic auto accident while the band was on the road. The lyrics changed as time went on, but the chorus was about trying to deal with the end of something and the beginning of something new.

Track 17, Give It To Me, was a reggae style song influenced by Bob Marley. It was a big hit until it got banned from the radio. They said the lyrics were too suggestive. That's hard to believe, because a few weeks later, Chuck Berry's "My Ding-A-Ling" came out and didn't get banned. In fact, it went to #1. It might have had something to do with the fact that, at the time, The J. Geils Band were the underdogs who were kicking and scratching and crawling their way to the top.

The J. Geils Band - BLOW YOUR FACE OUT . . .

. . . MADE LOUD TO PLAY LOUD!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars White Boy R&B Proves White Men CAN Jump!, October 9, 2002

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Anthony L. Orant "organgrinder" (Palos Hills, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blow Your Face Out (Audio CD)

Before there was "Centerfold" and MTV, there was a band from the East Coast that would have given James Brown a run for his money. I was always told that in concert was the only way to experience J.Geils, and this CD totally proves it. From the opening with Peter Wolf screamin "Gimme the key", until the "Stay"-era Bowieish funk stomp closing of "Give It To Me", these guys are on FIRE! This band was a force to be reckoned with. This is good-time party music that was probably at home in every frat house in the 70s, and still sounds great today. Just check out the last song, "Give It To Me", and see if I'm wrong. Organ grinder Seth Justman shines brightly on this set. You won't be disappointed if you like high-energy R&B.