Artist: VA Title: Motor City Is Burning (A Michigan Anthology 1965-1972) Year Of Release: 2025 Label: Grapefruit Records – CRSEG3BOX156 Genre: Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Funk, Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue, log, covers) Total Time: 03:55:40 Tracklist: CD1 1. ? (Question Mark) & The Mysterians – 96 Tears (03:00) 2. Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels – Jenny Take A Ride! (03:25) 3. Terry Knight & The Pack – (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (03:59) 4. The Pack – Next To Your Fire (02:44) 5. Dick Wagner & The Frost – Mystery Man (Demo Version) (03:38) 6. The Spike Drivers – Baby Won't You Let Me Tell You How I Lost My Mind (02:29) 7. The Pedestrians – It's Too Late (02:00) 8. The Woolies – Who Do You Love? (02:03) 9. The Underdogs – Mo Jo Hannah (02:52) 10. The Scot Richard Case – I'm So Glad (02:54) 11. The Rationals – I Need You (02:18) 12. The Shaggs – She Makes Me Happy (02:36) 13. The Unrelated Segments – Where You Gonna Go? (02:49) 14. The Lykes Of Us – Tell Me Why Your Light Shines (02:30) 15. Tidal Waves – Action! (Speaks Louder Than Words) (03:04) 16. The Pagens – Mystic Cloud (02:20) 17. The Innsmen – Things Are Different Now (02:36) 18. The Unknown – Night Walkin' (03:33) 19. The King's Court – Don't Put Me On (02:46) 20. House Of Commons – Till Tomorrow (02:10) 21. The Solitary Confinement – A Winner Never Quits (02:36) 22. The Troyes – Help Me Find Myself (02:09) 23. The Hearsemen – Christianne (02:48) 24. Dearborn City Limits – Come See About Me (03:01) 25. Felix – Outside Woman Blues (02:08) 26. The Apostles – Stranded In The Jungle (03:16) 27. The Thyme – Somehow (02:53) 28. Tommy James & The Shondells – I'm Alive (03:17) CD2 1. The Stooges – 1969 (04:07) 2. MC5 – Teenage Lust (03:36) 3. SRC – Up All Night (03:09) 4. Brownsville Station – Road Runner (02:37) 5. Savage Grace – All Along The Watchtower (05:45) 6. Alice Cooper – Halo Of Flies (08:21) 7. Earthen Vessel – Life Everlasting (06:12) 8. Grand Funk Railroad – Inside Looking Out (09:35) 9. Head Over Heels – Right Away (03:08) 10. Resolution – Pretty Girl Why (02:57) 11. Sunshine – Dreams Selection (03:26) 12. Kopperfield – Wake Up People (04:32) 13. Bump – Spider's Eyes (05:28) 14. The Glass Sun – I Can See The Light (03:07) 15. Boa – Brave New World (02:17) 16. Frijid Pink – Pain In My Heart (08:23) 17. Iggy & The Stooges – I Got A Right (03:41) CD2 1. The Temptations – Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today) (04:07) 2. Parliament – I Call My Baby Pussycat (04:23) 3. The Politicians – Psycha-Soula-Funkadelic (03:49) 4. Diana Ross & The Supremes – Reflections (02:52) 5. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Flower Girl (03:49) 6. Dennis Coffey & The Detroit Guitar Band – Scorpio (04:06) 7. Rodriguez – Inner City Blues (03:27) 8. John Lee Hooker – The Motor City Is Burning (02:53) 9. Ed Robinson – Hey Black Man (Part One) (03:28) 10. Chairmen Of The Board – Hanging On To A Memory (04:14) 11. Freda Payne – Bring The Boys Home (03:31) 12. R. Dean Taylor – Indiana Wants Me (03:49) 13. Marshall & Newell – Twenty Nine (03:12) 14. Rare Earth – Sidewalk Cafe (02:59) 15. Sunday Funnies – Walk Down The Path Of Freedom (Single Version) (03:01) 16. Fork In The Road – Can't Turn Around Now (02:31) 17. The Glass House – Crumbs Off The Table (02:49) 18. The Flaming Ember – 1200 Miles (03:36) 19. T.N.T. – Everyday Fun (02:53) 20. Warlock – Thrills Of Love (03:22) 21. Ruth Copeland – Gimme Shelter (08:05) • 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