Flamingo/Teenage Head [Import]

Flamin' Groovies | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 24, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Rev-Ola [Cherry Red]
• ASIN: B001NE81G2
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #276,127 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Comin' After Me

2. Headin' For The Texas Border

3. Sweet Roll Me On Down

4. Keep A Knockin'

5. Second Cousin

6. Childhood's End

7. Jailbait

8. Gonna Rock Tonite

9. She's Falling Apart

10. Road House

11. High Flyin' Baby

12. City Light

13. Have You Seen My Baby?

14. Yesterday's Numbers

15. Teenage Head

16. 32-20

17. Evil Hearted Ada

18. Doctor Boogie

19. Whiskey Woman

20. Bonus Tracks: Rumble

See all 21 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great job Rev-Ola!, March 31, 2009

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D.C.G. "The Chairman" (Honolulu, HI) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Flamingo/Teenage Head (Audio CD)

First of all, hats off to Rev-Ola for such a great job. The sound is pristine and punchy and you can hear all of the instruments clearly. I didn't like these LPs that much when I first heard them in 1976 because I preferred the "Shake Some Action" band more. However, after not hearing them for a long time I can appreciate them more. Flamingo sounds like if the Stones grew up listening to the Coasters and Sun Records, or if the Lovin' Spoonful survived the psychedelic era and came back roaring with a harder rocking sound. There are some tunes on this one (Flamingo) that have not dated well and sound a little hokey, but the highlights are impressive. The band is tight and energetic and Roy Loney marshalls a diverse range of influences in his vocal approach. He growls like Howlin' Wolf, snarls like Jagger and sings in a jivey manner like the countless early R&B singers he grew up listening to as a teenager. Teenage Head is more impressive as the band sounds more confident (as well as tight and energetic). All of the tunes are first rate and the LP is very much like Beggar's Banquet or Let It Bleed in it`s use of slide guitar and bluesy influences. One interesting note: the song Whiskey Woman sounds like Neil Young(!). The melody is similar to Cowgirls in the Sand. The extra two tunes are good too. Highly recommended.

3.0 out of 5 stars High end rolled off and fades cut off, August 11, 2011

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Edward Brydalski (Buffalo New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flamingo/Teenage Head (Audio CD)

Rev-ola is a fine label but I was listening to "Shes' Falling Apart" at the long fade out and the next song started a lot sooner than I rembered. So I pulled out an original Kama Sutra pink label copy to compare and there was about 15 seconds missing. I havent bothered to dig any deeper to see what else is up with this "remaster" but I can tell you that the original LP has much better dynamic range as well as a more open frequency response in the high end. This is a sad commentary because the CD format exceeds LP freq and dynamic range by a large measure. The question, as always, is what was used as source material. It probably wasn't a master tape. Buy at your own risk.