Just Good Old Rock & Roll

The Electric Prunes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 3, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B000I8OMRG
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #195,264 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Electric Prunes - 'Just Good old Rock And Roll' (Collector's Choice), September 16, 2007

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just Good Old Rock & Roll (Audio CD)

As it (turns out) the first half of this lp was, indeed recorded by a couple of the original members of Electric Prunes line-up - but the second half was done by members of the Canadian band Chilliwack. I've heard about this {strictly for completists} later day Electric Prunes release, but I never thought any record company would bother to reissue it on CD. It's not all that terrible, just the very idea of tagging this disc as an official Electric Prunes record. Tunes here that I could possibly coax myself into sitting through again are "Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers", maybe "Violent Rose" and the semi-uplifting "Sing To Me". Listen to this site's provided sound clips before purchasing.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worthy of the name, August 5, 2007

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Peter J. Chudoba "Petr Josef" (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just Good Old Rock & Roll (Audio CD)

I almost regret buying this, except that it helps complete my collection. This album is terrible. Not worthy of the name of the Electric Prunes. Caveat emptor.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great late-'60's rock, November 9, 2008

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burritobrother (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just Good Old Rock & Roll (Audio CD)

This is my favorite Electric Prunes album. It doesn't have any of the 'Mass In F Minor' experimentation going on, as the title implies, and only traces of their prior hard-psych sound, and it's all the better for it in my opinion. Of course there's not an original member in sight, but the musicians are very strong and the material uniformly excellent. Not perfect, but for a heavy rock album from 1969, "Just Good Old Rock And Roll" is about as good as you'll find. Too bad they didn't last into the mid-'70's with this (or any) lineup, because it would have been interesting to see where the Prunes would've gone in the era of heavy rock. Believe it or not, on this particular album the Electric Prunes are ahead of the pack when it comes to nascent boogie rock (of the type Foghat and Humble Pie would later develop and trademark), but since this album has been so overlooked this aspect of the band's sound has seemingly gone unnoticed. Probably the most important thing about "Just Good Old Rock And Roll" is that this would be the first time that the band had been allowed to be almost completely self-contained, thus resulting in an honest (if admittedly somewhat directionless, going in all sorts of different styles) work. If given a chance, the music on this disc is diverse and very well done. A lost classic now on cd, without bonus tracks but decent informative notes and great remastering from our friends at Collectors Choice Music.