Roman Gods/Up-Front EP... Plus

Be the first to write a review

Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Mark Deming
While much of the Fleshtones' back catalog has been collecting dust for decades in the United States, the rock & roll archivists at Australia's Raven Records have thankfully stepped up and begun reissuing the cream of the band's early output for I.R.S. Records, first with the excellent compilation It's Super Rock Time!: The I.R.S. Years 1980-1985, followed by a two-fer CD featuring the albums Hexbreaker! and Speed Connection: Live in Paris 85 in their entirety. Raven now completes the job with a third CD that features the band's first EP, the five-song Up-Front from 1980, and their first full-length album, 1982's Roman Gods. Giving Roman Gods a CD reissue may seem less ...
See more details below
CD
$21.65
BN.com price
(Save 5%)$22.99 List Price
Other sellers (CD)
  • All (5) from $16.62   
  • New (5) from $16.31   

More About This Product

Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - Mark Deming
While much of the Fleshtones' back catalog has been collecting dust for decades in the United States, the rock & roll archivists at Australia's Raven Records have thankfully stepped up and begun reissuing the cream of the band's early output for I.R.S. Records, first with the excellent compilation It's Super Rock Time!: The I.R.S. Years 1980-1985, followed by a two-fer CD featuring the albums Hexbreaker! and Speed Connection: Live in Paris 85 in their entirety. Raven now completes the job with a third CD that features the band's first EP, the five-song Up-Front from 1980, and their first full-length album, 1982's Roman Gods. Giving Roman Gods a CD reissue may seem less than essential for some fans, since ten of its eleven songs appeared on It's Super Rock Time!, but hearing the album in its proper sequence bears out that it's still one of the Fleshtones' very best albums, and the best songs on the set, "I've Gotta Change My Life," "Shadow-Line," "R-I-G-H-T-S," and "Let's See the Sun," show these guys were arguably the smartest and most stylistically eclectic act to emerge from the '80s garage rock revival. The Up-Front EP isn't quite as strong, thanks to an overly clean and tidy production from Paul Wexler, but "The Girl from Baltimore" and "Theme from 'The Vindicators'" show even a timid recording and mix couldn't hold this band back. And the real icing on this cake is the addition of nine songs from 1985's Speed Connection II: The Final Chapter. The Fleshtones recorded several shows at the Gibus Club in Paris for a live album, but the band was unhappy with the European release of Speed Connection, which was drawn from a show where lead singer Peter Zaremba's voice was giving out. For the American edition, Speed Connection II, the band replaced most of the album with material from a stronger and more energetic show recorded a few days later, and while the Hexbreaker two-fer featured the inferior European version, these nine tunes come from the preferred band-approved disc, and coupled with Roman Gods, this makes for one of the best Fleshtones releases you can buy. If you're only going to own one Fleshtones disc, It's Super Rock Time! has a slight edge over this, but featuring the lion's share of two great albums and a pretty good EP to boot, this release is a must for any serious fan of these unsung heroes of American rock.
Read More Show Less

Product Details

  • Release Date: 4/5/2011
  • Label: Raven [australia]
  • EAN: 9398800033924
  • Catalog Number: 339
  • Sales rank: 67,884

Album Credits

Performance Credits
The Fleshtones Primary Artist
Peter Zaremba Group Member
Sid Gould Trumpet
Bill Milhizer Group Member
Keith Streng Group Member
Gordon Spaeth Group Member
Technical Credits
Mick Jagger Composer
Peter Zaremba Composer, Memorabilia
James A. Ball Producer
The Blendells Composer
Richard Gottehrer Producer
Richard Mazda Producer
Keith Streng Composer
J. Levine Composer
Paul Wexler Producer
Lynn Easton Composer
Terry Nolder Composer
Warren Barnett Mastering
Naomi Neville Composer
Gordon Spaeth Composer
David Laing Liner Notes, Memorabilia
Paul Cocker Memorabilia
A. Resnick Composer
Mick Batty Memorabilia
Lindsay Hutton Memorabilia
Joe Bonomo Memorabilia
Read More Show Less

Customer Reviews

Be the first to write a review
( 0 )
Rating Distribution

5 Star

(0)

4 Star

(0)

3 Star

(0)

2 Star

(0)

1 Star

(0)

Your Rating:

Review Guidelines
Add Recommendations
Your Name: Create a Pen Name or

Barnes & Noble.com Review Rules

Our reader reviews allow you to share your comments on titles you liked, or didn't, with others. By submitting an online review, you are representing to Barnes & Noble.com that all information contained in your review is original and accurate in all respects, and that the submission of such content by you and the posting of such content by Barnes & Noble.com does not and will not violate the rights of any third party. Please follow the rules below to help ensure that your review can be posted.

Reviews by Our Customers Under the Age of 13

We highly value and respect everyone's opinion concerning the titles we offer. However, we cannot allow persons under the age of 13 to have accounts at BN.com or to post customer reviews. Please see our Terms of Use for more details.

What to exclude from your review:

Please do not write about reviews, commentary, or information posted on the product page. If you see any errors in the information on the product page, please send us an email.

Reviews should not contain any of the following:

  • - HTML tags, profanity, obscenities, vulgarities, or comments that defame anyone
  • - Time-sensitive information such as tour dates, signings, lectures, etc.
  • - Single-word reviews. Other people will read your review to discover why you liked or didn't like the title. Be descriptive.
  • - Comments focusing on the author or that may ruin the ending for others
  • - Phone numbers, addresses, URLs
  • - Pricing and availability information or alternative ordering information
  • - Advertisements or commercial solicitation

Reminder:

  • - By submitting a review, you grant to Barnes & Noble.com and its sublicensees the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to use the review in accordance with the Barnes & Noble.com Terms of Use.
  • - Barnes & Noble.com reserves the right not to post any review -- particularly those that do not follow the terms and conditions of these Rules. Barnes & Noble.com also reserves the right to remove any review at any time without notice.
  • - See Terms of Use for other conditions and disclaimers.
Search for Products You'd Like to Recommend

Recommend other products that relate to your review. Just search for them below and share!

Create a Pen Name

Your Pen Name is your unique identity on BN.com. It will appear on the reviews you write and other website activities. Your Pen Name cannot be edited, changed or deleted once submitted.

 
Your Pen Name can be any combination of alphanumeric characters (plus - and _), and must be at least two characters long.

Continue Anonymously