Motor City Is Burning - A Michigan Anthology 1965-1972

• A four-hour, 3CD anthology of the vibrant, wildly eclectic Michigan music scene in the late 60s/early 70s.

• Key Motor City tracks stretching from the Motown and Invictus labels to The Stooges, Alice Cooper, MC5 and many others.

The most populous city in the state of Michigan, Detroit exuded a rock 'n' roll mentality like no other American town.

Famously home to Tamla Motown, the Motor City also hosted a plethora of artless teen garage bands, blue-collar heartland rockers Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, proto- punks The Stooges and MC5, the P-Funk psychedelic soul crew and hard rock heavyweights like Alice Cooper, Grand Funk Railroad and Frijid Pink.

Named after the John Lee Hooker/MC5 song that referenced the heavily-reported Detroit civil unrest of July 1967, ‘Motor City Is Burning’ is a four-hour, 3CD primer of the Michigan music scene during its late 60s/early 70s heyday.

It features all of the aforementioned acts as well as such names as Tommy James & The Shondells, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Freda Payne, Chairmen Of The Board and Rodriguez.

Hit singles (Question Mark & The Mysterians, The Supremes, The Temptations, R. Dean Taylor) are joined by key album cuts, cult 45s and a raft of private label or unissued-at- the-time tracks.

A 48-page booklet with rare photos and the story behind each track chronicles Michigan's leading venues, principal recording studios, local labels and key backroom players as well as the bands themselves.

DISC ONE

1  96 TEARS - ? (Question Mark) & The Mysterians

2  JENNY TAKE A RIDE! - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels

3  (I CAN'T GET NO) SATISFACTION – Terry Knight & The Pack

4  NEXT TO YOUR FIRE – The Pack

5  MYSTERY MAN (demo version) – Dick Wagner & The Frost

6  BABY WON'T YOU LET ME TELL YOU HOW I LOST MY MIND – The Spike Drivers

7  IT'S TOO LATE – The Pedestrians

8  WHO DO YOU LOVE? - The Woolies

9  MO JO HANNAH – The Underdogs

10  I'M SO GLAD – The Scot Richard Case

11  I NEED YOU – The Rationals

12  SHE MAKES ME HAPPY – The Shaggs

13  WHERE YOU GONNA GO? - The Unrelated Segments

14  TELL ME WHY YOUR LIGHT SHINES – The Lykes Of Us

15 ACTION! (SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS) – Tidal Waves

16  MYSTIC CLOUD – The Pagens

17  THINGS ARE DIFFERENT NOW – The Innsmen

18  NIGHT WALKIN' – The Unknown

19  DON'T PUT ME ON – The King's Court

20  TILL TOMORROW – House Of Commons

21 A WINNER NEVER QUITS – The Solitary Confinement

22  HELP ME FIND MYSELF – The Troyes

23  CHRISTIANNE – The Hearsemen

24  COME SEE ABOUT ME – Dearborn City Limits

25  OUTSIDE WOMAN BLUES - Felix

26  STRANDED IN THE JUNGLE – The Apostles

27  SOMEHOW – The Thyme

28  I'M ALIVE – Tommy James & The Shondells

DISC TWO

1  1969 – The Stooges

2  TEENAGE LUST - MC5

3  UP ALL NIGHT - SRC

4  ROAD RUNNER – Brownsville Station

5 ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER – Savage Grace

6  HALO OF FLIES – Alice Cooper

7  LIFE EVERLASTING – Earthen Vessel

8  INSIDE LOOKING OUT – Grand Funk Railroad

9  RIGHT AWAY – Head Over Heels

10  PRETTY GIRL WHY - Resolution

11  DREAMS SELECTION - Sunshine

12  WAKE UP PEOPLE - Kopperfield

13  SPIDER'S EYES - Bump

14  I CAN SEE THE LIGHT – The Glass Sun

15  BRAVE NEW WORLD - Boa

16  PAIN IN MY HEART – Frijid Pink

17  I GOT A RIGHT – Iggy & The Stooges

DISC THREE

1  BALL OF CONFUSION (THAT'S WHAT THE WORLD IS TODAY) – The Temptations

2  I CALL MY BABY PUSSYCAT - Parliament

3  PSYCHA-SOULA-FUNKADELIC – The Politicians

4  REFLECTIONS – Diana Ross & The Supremes

5  FLOWER GIRL – Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

6  SCORPIO – Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band

7  INNER CITY BLUES – Rodriguez

8  THE MOTOR CITY IS BURNING – John Lee Hooker

9  HEY BLACK MAN (part one) – Ed Robinson

10  HANGING ON TO A MEMORY – Chairmen Of The Board

11  BRING THE BOYS HOME – Freda Payne

12  INDIANA WANTS ME – R. Dean Taylor

13  TWENTY NINE – Marshall & Newell

14  SIDEWALK CAFE – Rare Earth

15  WALK DOWN THE PATH OF FREEDOM (single version) – Sunday Funnies

16  CAN'T TURN AROUND NOW – Fork In The Road

17  CRUMBS OFF THE TABLE – The Glass House

18  1200 MILES – The Flaming Ember

19  EVERYDAY FUN - T.N.T.

20  THRILLS OF LOVE - Warlock

21  GIMME SHELTER – Ruth Copeland