The MC5 through a long, noisy tunnel
Richy Boyer | Bellingham, WA USA | 08/16/2000
(2 out of 5 stars)
""Archive" releases are a double-edged sword. Yeah, it's cool to get a live cd of the 5, but damn, this sounds like it was recorded with a boombox OUTSIDE of the venue where the 5 were kickin' 'em out, dig? Tape speed is messed up, too, on some tracks Tyner sounds about 300 pounds heavier than he did normally. Killer version of "Shakin' Street" is a saving grace, but unless you're a FANATIC, avoid this at all costs. You want a killer live MC5 recording, pick up Thunder Express (live in the studio, tight as hell)."
All right! MC5! . . . . Hey, that's not cool.
Chase Clark | Raleigh, NC | 07/12/2003
(3 out of 5 stars)
"I have a watch. It's a Casio and it has a calculator and a voice recorder in it. It's a cool watch; it records stuff and you can play it back, like funny things friends said when they were drunk or bad lines from a movie--but the sound quality is crap. But what do you expect? It's on a freaking watch. This live MC5 album sounds like it was recorded on my watch. It's bad. Of course, it's cool because it's MC5, but the quality is h-o-r-r-i-b-l-e. I didn't think they were allowed to release something that sounded this bad."
MC 5 - 'Motor City Is Burning' (Castle)
Mike Reed | USA | 05/30/2006
(2 out of 5 stars)
"Sixteen track compilation of poor-sounding bootlegged material that's been obviously pulled from various MC 5 previous releases,like the Sturgis Armoury in Michigan for one.QUESTION:where exactly did the taper of 'some' of these tunes sit during the actual performance,in the stall in the men's room?I mean,come on!I believe I even heard some problems with the tape speed.I've heard worse,but not MUCH worse.I suppose that after a few listens,you COULD grow to accept this CD as a hard-to-find audio treasure,IF you're an MC 5 completist.Good song selection though,like the opener "Kick Out The Jams","Revolutionary Blues","Human Being Lawnmower",my all time MC 5 favorite "Looking At You" and "Black To Comm".You've been warned."
Track Listings (16) - Disc #1