While much of the Fleshtones ‘ back catalog has been collecting dust for decades in the United States, the rock & roll archivists at Australia’s Raven Records have thankfully stepped up and begun reissuing the cream of the band’s early output for IRS Records
Here find two stunning records from one of America’s original garage-rock bands, self-proclaimed Living Legends, THE FLESHTONES. Released on CD for the first time, Up-Front (1980) and Roman Gods (1982) define the band at its peak. Up-Front and Roman Gods were recorded for Miles Copeland’s record label I.R.S. As a bonus a whopping nine tracks from the hard-drivin’ live album Speed Connection II: The Final Chapter. Highlights include the frat-rocking ‘The Girl from Baltimore’, the Standells-like ‘Stop Fooling Around’ and their tasty cover of ‘Ride Your Pony’ one of the great alternative hits of the 1980s.
All this his makes for one of the best Fleshtones releases you can find., this release is a must for any serious fan of these unsung heroes of American rock…
Fleshtones, The – Roman Gods / Upfront EP…Plus
Label:Raven Records
Format:CD, Compilation
Country:Australia
Released:2011
Design, Layout – Black Widow Graphic Design
Guitar – Peter Buck (tracks: 17 to 25)
Liner Notes – David Laing
Mastered By – Warren Barnett
Performer – Bill Milhizer, Gordon Spaeth, Jan Marek Pakulski*, Keith Streng, Peter Zaremba
Producer – James A. Ball (tracks: 17 to 25), Paul Wexler (tracks: 1 to 5), Richard Gottehrer (tracks: 17 to 25), Richard Mazda (tracks: 6 to 16)
Tenor Saxophone – Brian Spaeth (tracks: 5), Geoff Blythe (tracks: 17 to 25)
Trumpet – Sid Gould* (tracks: 17 to 25)
Written-By – Gordon Spaeth (tracks: 14), Keith Streng (tracks: 1 to 3, 6, 7, 9 to 11, 13, 14, 18 to 21), Peter Zaremba (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 13, 18, 19, 22a, 22b)
Tracks 1 to 5 originally released as I.R.S. EP “Up Front”, SP 70402, 1980
Tracks 6 to 16 originally released as I.R.S. album “Roman Gods”, SP-70018, 1982
Tracks 17 to 25 from the I.R.S. album Speed Connection II, The Final Chapter (Live In Paris ’85) IRS-5627, recorded live at The Gibus Club, March 1985 on “Le Voyageur” Mobile.
All tracks licensed courtesy of EMI Music Australia PTY Limited.
This compilation © 2011 Raven Records Pty Limited
TRACK LISTING
Up-Front EP (1980)
1. THE GIRL FROM BALTIMORE
2. COLD, COLD SHOES
3. FEEL THE HEAT
4. PLAY WITH FIRE
5. THE THEME FROM “THE VINDICATORS”
Roman Gods (1982)
6. THE DREG (Fleshtone-77)
7. I’VE GOTTA CHANGE MY LIFE
8. STOP FOOLING AROUND!
9. HOPE COME BACK
10. THE WORLD HAS CHANGED
11. R-I-G-H-T-S
12. LET’S SEE THE SUN
13. SHADOW LINE
14. CHINESE KITCHEN
15. RIDE YOUR PONY
16. ROMAN GODS
Bonus Tracks from Speed Connection II: The Final Chapter (1985)
17. KINGSMEN MEDLEY: TROUBLE / HAUNTED CASTLE / TWELVE MONTHS LATER
18. HOPE COME BACK
19. B.Y.O.B.
20. ONE MORE TIME
21. THE DREG
22. EXTENDED SUPER ROCK MEDLEY: STOP FOOLING AROUND / THEME FROM “THE VINDICATORS” / HEXBREAKER / ROMAN GODS
23. WHEN THE NIGHT FALLS
24. WIND OUT
25. LA LA LA LA REPRISE
Up-Front EP (1980)
1. THE GIRL FROM BALTIMORE
2. COLD, COLD SHOES
3. FEEL THE HEAT
4. PLAY WITH FIRE
5. THE THEME FROM “THE VINDICATORS”
Roman Gods (1982)
6. THE DREG (Fleshtone-77)
7. I’VE GOTTA CHANGE MY LIFE
8. STOP FOOLING AROUND!
9. HOPE COME BACK
10. THE WORLD HAS CHANGED
11. R-I-G-H-T-S
12. LET’S SEE THE SUN
13. SHADOW LINE
14. CHINESE KITCHEN
15. RIDE YOUR PONY
16. ROMAN GODS
Bonus Tracks from Speed Connection II: The Final Chapter (1985)
17. KINGSMEN MEDLEY: TROUBLE / HAUNTED CASTLE / TWELVE MONTHS LATER
18. HOPE COME BACK
19. B.Y.O.B.
20. ONE MORE TIME
21. THE DREG
22. EXTENDED SUPER ROCK MEDLEY: STOP FOOLING AROUND / THEME FROM “THE VINDICATORS” / HEXBREAKER / ROMAN GODS
23. WHEN THE NIGHT FALLS
24. WIND OUT
25. LA LA LA LA REPRISE
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FLESHTONES (339)
Roman Gods / Up-Front EP… Plus (RVCD-339)
AUD$ 17.95 (available)
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