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Flamin' Groovies — Let It Rock: Live From the San Francisco Civic Center 1980 (2024) @@+

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Another disc of live recordings from the Flamin' Groovies' heyday — this time capturing their outdoor San Francisco concert on October 26, 1980. The band's lineup featured Cyril Jordan, Chris Wilson, and Mike Wilhelm on guitars and vocals, George Alexander on bass and vocals, and David Wright on drums. The setlist is all covers, including songs by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Byrds, plus some rock 'n' roll numbers with a bit of soul and blues thrown in. They opened and closed the set with two Dave Edmunds tunes — not surprising, as he produced several of the Flamin' Groovies' albums. The energy of the performance is great, as shown by almost punk versions of Chuck Berry's Let It Rock and the old blues standard Baby Please Don't Go, but sadly, the disc's sound quality is pretty rough — more like a muddy audience bootleg than a proper soundboard recording. As a bonus, three tracks from their Old Waldorf gig two days earlier are included, among them the band's own classic Shake Some Action, though it doesn't sound much better. Strictly for collectors.