STEPPENWOLF – Frankfurt Chronicles 69-72 (2CD)

Audience 8.5 – At first it’s a little over-driven and very harsh but it all smoothes out and becomes an astonishing document…still rather crude but powerful and all instruments are heard. I was transfixed by this, by the band’s tightness and such excellent guitar! Wow, to have been there…  Disc two is a very rare document of the John Kay Band opening for Steppenwolf in 1972 and is also very good…and very Steppenwolfy as you could imagine.

Steppenwolf & John Kay Band
The Frankfurt Chronicles

Disc 1

STEPPENWOLF

Jahrhunderthalle
Frankfurt/Main
West Germany
1969-10-25

01 BOrn To Be Wild ……………… 06:53
02 Don’t Step On The Grass Sam …… 06:06
03 Chicken Wolf ………………… 03:17
04 Monster …………………….. 10:15
05 Power Play ………………….. 05:17
06 Rock Me …………………….. 03:39
07 Tighten Up Your Wig ………….. 04:05
08 The Pusher ………………….. 05:49
09 Magic Carpet Ride ……………. 04:12

John Kay – Lead Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Larry Byrom – Guitar
Jerry Edmonton – Drums
Goldy McJohn – Keyboards
Nick St. Nicholas – Bass

Disc 2

John KAY Band

Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst
Frankfurt/Main
West Germany
1972-09-24

01 Walking Blues …………… 05:22
02 To Be Alive …………….. 05:41
03 Somebody ……………….. 04:53
04 Many A Mile …………….. 04:40
05 Labour Of Love ………….. 08:25
06 Sing With The Children …… 08:42
07 I’m Movin’ On …………… 07:18

John Kay Band:
John Kay – Vocals, Guitar
Pentti Whitey Glan – Drums
Hugh Sullivan – keyboards
George Biondo – bass
Kent Henry – guitar