I always read that that was a tape taken of the audience at a Beach Boys show (AND PROBABLY A FEW YEARS EARLIER.). There's a bootleg of a Seeds club show from the same period ('68.) , with a lot of the same songs , and it KILLS.
Gus Ironside said:
Overdubbed it, Ben...made it sound like they were at Shea Stadium!
Ben E said:
Hey Gus, yeah it's been too long since I listened to Kick Out the Jams! That Seed album sound interesting too - so did they invite an audience into the studio, or overdub crowd noise afterwards? I'll have to find that album anyway..
Gus Ironside said:Totally agree re Jerry Lee Live at The Star Club as top of the pile!
The first half of the MC5's Kick Out The Jams is great, high-energy stuff.Raw and Alive at Merlin's Music Box by The Seeds is also great, but is "live in the studio", so not a genuine live concert album!
The First and the Last by The New Race is just fantastic- Ron Asheton and Dr Deniz Tek on guitar, Machine-Gun Thompson on the traps, Warwick Gilbert on bass and Rob Younger on vox- total high energy meltdown!