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Terry Knight & the Pack/Reflections
Terry Knight & The Pack, Reflections
Terry Knight & the Pack/Reflections
Genres: Pop, Rock
 
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This is the first of a number of releases we re planning that will demonstrate that Cameo Parkway (actually, these records came out on its Lucky Eleven subsidiary) recorded much more than the pop-rock and R&B it s best...  more »

     
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All Artists: Terry Knight & The Pack, Reflections
Title: Terry Knight & the Pack/Reflections
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Collector's Choice
Original Release Date: 1/1/2010
Re-Release Date: 6/22/2010
Genres: Pop, Rock
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 617742211429

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This is the first of a number of releases we re planning that will demonstrate that Cameo Parkway (actually, these records came out on its Lucky Eleven subsidiary) recorded much more than the pop-rock and R&B it s best known for. Terry Knight & the Pack were a garage band out of Flint, Michigan that had a number of regional Midwestern hits but never broke nationally, and would probably be destined for eternal if undeserved obscurity but for one thing: this is the band that gave Mark Farner and Don Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad their start! Liner note writer Jeff Tamarkin tells the story while you dig these fuzz-laced sounds.The complete 1966 and 1967 releases! (Note: the 1966 album is in mono; it never came out in true stereo. 'Reflections' is in stereo!)

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A Missing Link
Little Willie | Boston, Ma | 06/26/2010
(4 out of 5 stars)

"I first encountered Terry Knight in 1964 when he became the nighttime DJ on CKLW. I was a kid in Boston who had just discovered this clear channel Detroit station which played music that was so much more interesting than my local stations. As a DJ, Knight championed British blues-rock groups like Them, The Pretty Things, and especially The Rolling Stones - none of whom were successful in the US at that point. When the Stones came over for their first US tour, playing to small audiences, Knight hung around with them, hyping the band and his friendship with them on the airwaves constantly. Soon he left CKLW, announcing that he was going to make records produced by Brian Jones. When Knight resurfaced two years later, it was without Jones but with music that had a definite Rolling Stones influence. The band's first album is pretty straightforwardly the blues-rock of those bands he had championed, watered down with a Middle America rock feel (and a relatively bland and less threatening vocalist). As such, it's a natural evolutionary step towards the arena rock Knight later helped Grand Funk Railroad create. Knight knew he was not much of a singer, but between his radio-ready speaking voice and his own commercial instincts, he crafted an album of songs that worked well within his limited range. The one hit, "I Who Have Nothing" was as much recitation as singing (and also included the kind of orchestral string section that The Stones had used on some recent ballads). By the time the second album was recorded, psychedelia and experimentation were in vogue and Reflections was much less focused. There is more variety, but much of it is too ambitious for this band. (The same could be said for many bands of the period - all of whom wanted to be The Beatles but most of whom were way short in the talent department.) With so many different sounds to choose from, anybody is likely to find some tracks on Reflections that they enjoy, but it's much less likely that anyone will like everything on the album. I would give the first album 4 1/2 stars, and Reflections 3 stars.

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