Rev-Up: The Best of Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels

Product Description
Sizzling sides by this seminal Detroit punk/soul rocker, including tracks cut with his legendary '70s outfit, Detroit.

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Rev-Up: The Best of Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels

Average customer rating: Is everybody ready? Pure, clean shot of industrial grade adrenalin. Pure Fun Rock & Roll Fine anthology Experience the urgency

Rev-Up: The Best of Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Blue-Eyed Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Louie Louie: The Very Best of The Kingsmen Hang on Sloopy: The Best of the McCoys Paul Revere & The Raiders - Greatest Hits Mercy, Mercy, Mercy: A Collection The Very Best of the Rascals ASIN: B0000032RU Release Date: 1989-10-26

Tracks:

1. Jenny Take A Ride!
2. Little Latin Lupe Lu
3. Shakin' With Linda
4. I Like It Like That
5. I Had It Made
6. Break-out
7. Shake A Tail Feather
8. Just A Little Bit
9. Takin' All I Can Get
10. You Get Your Kicks
11. Sticks And Stones
12. Baby Jane (Mo-Mo Jane)
13. Joy - Mitch Ryder
14. Devil With A Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly
15. Sock It To Me-Baby!
16. Too Many Fish In The Sea & Three Little Fishes
17. I'd Rather Go To Jail
18. Liberty - Mitch Ryder
19. Long Neck Goose
20. Rock and Roll

Album Description

Sizzling sides by this seminal Detroit punk/soul rocker, including tracks cut with his legendary '70s outfit, Detroit.

Customer Reviews:

Is everybody ready?.......2006-02-26

Mitch Ryder was a great white R&B singer and the Detroit Wheels were a great white R&B band. They recorded a string of solid R&B songs, the biggest hits being "Jenny Take a Ride!", "Devil With a Blue Dress On & Good Golly Miss Molly" and "Sock It To Me-Baby!". But the group broke up at the height if their popularity when Mitch was convinced by his producer to pursue a solo career as a balladeer. This was a huge mistake, as Mitch had a rock and roll voice, not a big band voice. His career never recovered. But these 20 songs are fine examples of what Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels did best; make R&B influenced rock music.

Pure, clean shot of industrial grade adrenalin........2006-02-15

This guy came and went so quick, even for the 60's, if you blinked you missed him. But, if you caught him, you were slammed into a vortex of raw, rough-edged energy that twisted you're head around and left you looking for you're momma. Man he was good. Just driving around, windows open, cigarette hanging out the window, cold beer nestled in the crotch and listening to Mitch.

Life was good.

Pure Fun Rock & Roll.......2005-08-06

I remember toolin' around in my old Ford during my high school years listening to Mitch Ryder on my trusty ol' 8 track tape player. Recently I was reminiscing about that and decided I needed to hear Ryder's version of Little Latin Lupe Lu. So I logged on to Amazon and ordered "Rev-Up: The Best of Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels." Within three days, I received the CD and was transported back to those relative carefree days listening to great pieces such as Jenny Take a Ride, Little Latin Lupe Lu, Devil in the Blue Dress and many others. And what made it even better was the fact that it was a high quality digital recording as opposed to that "warbly" old worn out 8 track tape.

For anyone who likes good ol' time high energy Rock and Roll, I highly recommend this CD.

Fine anthology.......2005-08-06

Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels specialized in R&B tinged frat rock and roll and this Rhino collection collects their best material in nice remastered sound. While this collection reveals there's a little more to them than just "Jenny Take a Ride!" and "Devil with a Blue Dress On and Good Golly Miss Molly", it also tends towards a "sameness" of sound. No real clunkers here, but you might find some of the tracks blending into each other.

BEST CUTS:
Besides the two aforementioned hits, "Too Many Fish in the Sea and Three Little Fishes" is a nice continuation of the "Devil with a Blue Dress..." formula. "I'd Rather Go to Jail" was buried on the B side of a Ryder solo single. It's a winner. "Rock and Roll" and "Long Neck Goose" come from the reunion of the band in the early 70s (as simply "Detroit").

BOTTOM LINE:
It won't change your life, but it may become the life of your oldies party.

3 1/2 stars

Experience the urgency.......2005-06-21

In the December 2002 issue of Guitar Player, Ted Nugent said,

"In 1960, my band the Lourdes opened up for Billy Lee & the Rivieras, who eventually became Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels. On guitar was a tall, lanky mother named Jim McCarty, who played a Gibson Byrdland through a Fender Twin Reverb. Man, I thought my balls were going to take off on the wings of an eagle! To this day, THAT'S the guiding light for every performance when I pick up a guitar.

"The stuff Jim played on songs like 'Jenny Take a Ride,' 'Good Golly Miss Molly,' 'Devil with a Blue Dress On,' and 'Sock It to Me' determined the very style that you hear on 'Stranglehold' and every other song I've ever played. THAT'S why I play a Byrdland. The depth of sound that he got, especially at the low volume levels they played at back then, was unprecedented. I'd never heard anything like it. If you want to celebrate the soul of electric guitar in its optimum delivery, listen to those early Mitch Ryder albums. They're still the benchmarks."

Those benchmarks are here. Solid bookends surround a collection of hits and near misses, along with a few questionable b-sides. As albums started becoming more dominant in 1967 with releases from Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, and The Beatles, 1966 was arguably the last great year for hit singles. Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels recorded some of the year's most energetic tunes.

Something's missing, though: as strong as these songs are, they're even more intense on the original vinyl singles. For instance, the album version of Sock It To Me - Baby! appears here; it lacks the ascending sound effects near the start and end of the song. The radio edit of Rock 'N Roll is used, which lopped almost 2 minutes from the album cut. (By the way, Steve Hunter was Detroit's lead guitarist, not Jim McCarty.) Also missing are Ryder's 1969 single Sugar Bee and Detroit's 1972 cover of Gimme Shelter. The latter is on the CD version of Detroit with Mitch Ryder, but I've not heard Sugar Bee anywhere since it dropped from the Keener playlist.

Still, if you want to experience the musical urgency of that era, this CD is a great place to start.

Average customer rating:

Rev-Up: The Best of Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Manufacturer: EMI Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music Blue-Eyed Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Buried Alive: Live in Maryland Back to the Story Rev-Up: The Best of Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Very Best Of Twelve ASIN: B000KZRKI0 Release Date: 2007-02-26

Tracks:

1. Jenny Take a Ride!
2. Little Latin Lupe Lu
3. Shakin' with Linda
4. I Like It Like That
5. I Had It Made
6. Break-Out
7. Shake a Tail Feather
8. Just a Little Bit
9. Takin' All I Can Get
10. You Get Your Kicks
11. Sticks and Stones
12. Baby Jane (Mo Mo Jane)
13. Joy - Mitch Ryder
14. Medley: Devil with a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly
15. Sock It to Me Baby!
16. Meldey: Too Many Fish in the Sea/Three Little Fishes
17. I'd Rather Go to Jail
18. Ooh Papa Doo
19. I Hope
20. I Never Had It Better

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Anthology of the Detroit Rock N Roll Legend who Made it Big in the Mid 1960's with Hits Like "Little Latin Lupe Lu", "Jenny Take a Ride" and his Signature, "Devil with a Blue Dress On". When Ryder Had Seemingly Faded Into Obscurity in the 70's, Bruce Springsteen Began Covering his Songs During his Encores that Brought Ryder an Entirely New Audience. This Edition Includes "Ooh Papa Doo" and "i Hope", which Did Not Appear on the Out of Print Us Equivalent Release.

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