Get It On: The Kent Records Sessions Pacific Gas & Electric

£12.56

Genre:
Blues
Label:
Big Beat
Format:
CD
Catalogue Id:
CDWIKD 272

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For decades, Pacific Gas & Electric’s “Get It On” has been considered one of the lost classics of blues-rock. Released on three different labels in less than two years, it has been out of print since the early 1970s.

Not long after making this record, the group signed a big recording deal with Columbia, where their engaging blend of blues, funk, rock and soul won them international acclaim and scored them several hits and best sellers. The “Get It On” sessions presented an altogether more torrid side of PG & E, with the electrifying lead guitar of former James Gang alumnus Glenn Schwartz pushing the group’s black lead singer Charlie Allen to aggressive heights that their later work seldom achieved. This energetic selection of blues and soul standards was mostly cut live on the studio floor, with few to no overdubs – and because it was recorded in this way, I was delighted to find that there were enough alternate takes, unissued jams and finished masters to double the original running time of the album for this CD. Many of these were mixed down for this release by Ace’s good friend Rob Keyloch, who has done remarkably well in staying true to the spirit of the original 1968s mixes.

PG & E fans will be thrilled with the sound of the CD, as will they the previously unpublished live photographs from their appearance at the 1968 Miami Pop Festival. The CD has been produced with the full co-operation of Brent Block (bass player) and Frank Cook (drummer/manager), and its reissue will mean that the entire early catalogue of Pacific Gas & Electric is at last available for both long-time admirers, and also the many new fans that other reissues have recently brought to the group’s table.

By Tony Rounce

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