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***While BTO and Grand Funk ruled the airwaves, the Electric Eels confronted the cities of Cleveland and Columbus with clothing held together with rat traps and safety pins, Marshalls covered in Fiberglas, a lawnmower, and songs like "You're Full of Shit." The Eels' music was unabashedly confrontational, angry, absurd, desperate, self-destructive and very ahead of its time. They played abrasive three-chord rock songs of utter despair, as well as free improvisations. They were beaten by police, each other and themselves. This release tells their story accurately and in detail. The double-LP version contains six tracks different from or missing from CD. Sixteen of the LP's 27 tracks have never been on vinyl before, ever. It is 100 percent analog and assembled from the original tapes - at no point did any of this music enter the digital domain. The gatefold jacket features a different cover than the CD, twice as much written material, and is pressed on 150-gram vinyl. LP-only tracks: Bunnies (original) | Cards and Fleurs (8/28/75)* | It's Artastic (8/14/75)* | Flash Coats* | Jazz Is (part1) | Giganto (Cyclotron) *denotes previously unreleased song or performance |
