view cart menu separator categories menu separator faq
advanced search
categories  > READY TO PLAY USED 8-Track Tapes (2397)
The Firebirds - Light My Fire 1969 CROWN T10 8-TRACK TAPE
3 images
 
The Firebirds - Light My Fire 1969 CROWN T10 8-TRACK TAPE
The Firebirds - Light My Fire 1969 CROWN T10 8-TRACK TAPE
The Firebirds - Light My Fire 1969 CROWN T10 8-TRACK TAPE

The Firebirds - Light My Fire 1969 CROWN T10 8-TRACK TAPE

Price: $29.99 currently not available     
Feedback: 100%, 2509 sales Ask us a question
Shipping: USPS calculated click to check
Condition: Used
Returns: 7 days, buyer pays return shipping (more)
Payment with:
The Firebirds were a mystery band of most likely session guys doing a quick one-off session for the ‘60s exploito label Crown. The burgeoning youth culture and album market of the hippy era led to plenty of cash-in records to be sold at Woolworths and supermarket cut-out bins. Most of these exploitation records are cheesy bad (as opposed to cheesy good) and not worth your time. However, Light My Fire was a complete anomaly in a sea of crap. This record is filled with violent, low-rent Hendrix/Blue Cheer power trio broken-amp guitar destruction, non-stop Mitch Mitchell wanna-be drums and a weezy, moody singer on a stoned bummer trip.

This album is a companion piece (and most likely culled from the same recording session) as another Crown LP by the 31 Flavors titled Hair. Both albums have some overlap in songs. What is so remarkable about the Firebirds is just how raw and gnarly they sound and that it came out in a corny go-go girl cover and was picked up by unsuspecting squares and clueless parents (or whatever). Just imagine whoever getting home with this and playing “No Tomorrows” while trying desperately to get their hip vibe together!

The guitar tone is not far removed from Greg Ginn’s Black Flag flavor of riffs and dissonance. There are two blues tunes (“Bye Baby” and “Warm Up”) , which really benefit from the raging ripped speaker solos going on. The whole thing comes on as a garage band trying to be heavy, or some stoned teens in the basement who’ve had Vincebus Eruptum on the turntable for weeks. The seemingly slap dash nature of the recording and the loose spirit here belie the fact that the guys could really jam together and have some killer songs.

This is the kind of record that a lot of people will never get because it seems so base, rough and cheap in a musical sense, but fuck ‘em. With the right ears, this record will perk you right up. You’ll shake your head in blissful confusion and mutter, “this is the sound, man.”

— Nick Myers

Retrieved from
https://ohwowee.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/the-firebirds-light-my-fire/
T10

Comes to you fully restored, ready to play with a 7-day money back guarantee.
Other Products from 8tracksrback:View all products
Dwight Yoakam - Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room 1988 REPRISE C10 Cassette Tape
$10.00
Andy Kim - Andy Kim 1974 CAPITOL A18B 8-TRACK TAPE
$29.99
Willie Nelson & Webb Pierce - In The Jailhouse Now 1982 CRC A2 8-track tape
$19.99
Jerry Clower - The Best Of Jerry Clower C4 Cassette Tape
$10.00
Frankie Valli - The Very Best Of Frankie Valli CRC T2 8-track tape
$24.99
The Doobie Brothers - What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits 1974 WB Quadraphonic T11 8-TRACK TAPE
$39.99
Fairport Convention - John "Babbacombe" Lee 1971 A&M Sealed A50 8-TRACK TAPE
$29.99
Johnny Cash - The Holy Land 1969 CBS TC8 8-track tape
$14.99
Merle Haggard And The Strangers - Let Me Tell You About A Song 8-track tape
$14.99
Certron 90 - 90 minute Blank Sealed New A36 8-TRACK TAPE
$10.99
Last Updated: 7 Nov 2024 07:11:02 PST home  |  about  |  terms  |  contact
Powered by eCRATER - a free online store builder