Artist: Steppenwolf

Title: Magic Carpet Ride: The Dunhill / ABC Years 1967-1971

Condition:

Format: CD

Release Date: 2021

Label: Esoteric

UPC: 5013929477780

Genre: Rock

Album Tracks

DISC 1:
1. Sookie Sookie
2. Everybody's Next One
3. Berry Rides Again
4. Hootchie Kootchie Man
5. Born to Be Wild
6. Your Wall's Too High
7. Desperation
8. The Pusher
9. A Girl I Knew
10. Take What You Need
11. The Ostrich
12. Sookie Sookie
13. Born to Be Wild
14. Everybody's Next One
15. Take What You Need
16. A Girl I Knew
17. The Ostrich
18. The Pusher
19. Berry Rides Again

DISC 2:
1. Faster Than the Speed of Life
2. Tighten Up Your Wig
3. None of Your Doing
4. Spiritual Fantasy
5. Don't Step on the Grass Sam
6. 28
7. Magic Carpet Ride
8. Disappointment Number (Unknown)
9. Lost and Found By Trial and Error
10. Hodge, Podge, Strained Through a Leslie
11. Resurrection
12. Reflections
13. Magic Carpet Ride (Mono Single Version)
14. Spiritual Fantasy (Mono Single Version

DISC 3:
1. Don't Cry
2. Chicken Wolf
3. Lovely Meter
4. Round and Down
5. It's Never Too Late
6. Sleeping Dreaming
7. Jupiter Child
8. She'll Be Better
9. Cat Killer
10. Rock Me
11. God Fearing Man
12. Mango Juice
13. Happy Birthday
14. Rock Me
15. Jupiter Child
16. 1It's Never Too Late 17 Happy Birthday

DISC 4:
1. Power Play
2. Howlin' for My Baby 3 Goin' Upstairs
3. Corina, Corina
4. Tighten Up Your Wig 6 the Pusher

Eight CD set. Remastered From The Original Dunhill/Abc Master Tapes. Steppenwolf was formed in 1967 in LA by John Kay (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Goldy McJohn (organ, piano) and Jerry Edmonton (drums) who were previously members of the Canadian band The Sparrows. They were joined by Michael Monarch (lead guitar) and Rushton Moreve (bass). The band signed to Dunhill/ABC the same year and with producer Gabriel Mekler they recorded their self-titled debut album. The band were propelled to success with their classic single 'Born To Be Wild' (a #2 hit in the USA) and became even wider known when the track was featured, along with their version of 'The Pusher' in the classic 1969 counterculture film Easy Rider. 'The Second' was released in October '68 and featured the hit single 'Magic Carpet Ride' (another US #2 hit). In March '69 'At Your Birthday Party' was released to further success and was their first record to feature Nick St Nicholas on bass and their last to feature Michael Monarch. The July 1969 release 'Early Steppenwolf' featured live recordings made at The Matrix in San Francisco in May 1967 and featured a 20-minute version of 'The Pusher'. The band's next studio album, 'Monster', was issued in November 1969 and dealt with America's involvement in the Vietnam War. 1970 saw the band release two albums, the double LP 'Steppenwolf Live' and 'Steppenwolf 7'. By the release of the latter the band's popularity began to wain slightly, although they would retain a large and loyal fan base. Their November 1971 album 'For Ladies Only' was their last for Dunhill/ABC and Steppenwolf disbanded in February 1972 only to reform in 1974.