MC5 - Kick Out The Jams - 12" LP 1969 Elektra Records 1ST PRESS EKS74042A2
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Excellent Condition- Vinyl In Mint Condition
Rare Genuine 1969 First Press
MC5-KICK OUT THE JAMS
Side One:
Ramblin' Rose
Kick Out The Jams
Come Together
Rocket Reducer NO.62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa Fa)
Side Two:
Borderline
Motor City Is Burning
I Want You Right Now
Starship
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First Press Uncensored
On 19-Jan-17 at 20:57:06 GMT, seller added the following information:While "Ramblin' Rose" and "Motor City Is Burning" open with inflammatory rhetoric, it was the opening line to the title track that stirred up controversy. Vocalist Rob Tyner shouted, "And right now... right now... right now it's time to... kick out the jams, motherfuckers!" before the opening riffs. Elektra Records executives were offended by the line and had preferred to edit it out of the album (replacing the offending words with "brothers and sisters"), while the band and manager John Sinclair adamantly opposed this.
The original release had "kick out the jams, Motherfuckers!" printed on the inside album cover, but was soon pulled from stores. Two versions were then released, both with censored album covers, with the uncensored audio version sold behind record counters.
Making matters worse, Hudson's department stores refused to carry the album. Tensions between the band and the Hudson's chain escalated to the point that the department stores refused to carry any album from the Elektra label after MC5 took out a full-page ad that, according to Danny Fields, "was just a picture of Rob Tyner, and the only copy was 'Fuck Hudson's.' And it had the Elektra logo".[3] To end the conflict and to avoid further financial loss, Elektra dropped MC5 from their record label.
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