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The Amboy Dukes
Studio album by The Amboy Dukes
ReleasedNovember 1967
Genre
Length37:39
LabelMainstream
ProducerBob Shad
The Amboy Dukes chronology
The Amboy Dukes
(1967)
Journey to the Center of the Mind
(1968)
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The Amboy Dukes is the debut studio album by American rock band The Amboy Dukes. It was released in November 1967 on Mainstream Records (stereo S/6104, mono 56104). The Amboy Dukes interested a record label that primarily produced jazz albums. Ted Nugent assembled a new band of local Detroit players to secure a recording contract with them. He immediately brought in the soulful baritone voice of John (J.B.) Drake as lead vocalist. He had a long history with Drake in a local band called The Lourds. Nugent and Drake then recruited the remaining players. Steve Farmer was known as a rhythm guitarist, lyricist, composer and vocalist and was a natural fit with Nugent. He came from a local group called The Gang. Dave Palmer was a drummer and percussionist with experience in two local bands, The Galaxy Five and The Citations. Bill White played bass guitar and Rick Lober was an eclectic keyboardist rounding out the new group.

The album featured seven group composed originals with six of them composed by the emerging songwriting team of Nugent & Farmer. This album features a soulful, bluesy, psychedelic garage sound throughout. Included was their first single "Baby, Please Don't Go", a cover of a delta blues song by Big Joe Williams which charted. Also included were a cover from The Coasters along with covers of British groups Cream and The Who.

A remastered CD reissue was released in 1992 by Mainstream Direct Ltd, with one bonus track (MDCD 910).

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Baby, Please Don't Go"Big Joe Williams5:35
2."I Feel Free"Jack Bruce, Pete Brown3:42
3."Young Love"Ted Nugent, Steve Farmer2:45
4."Psalms of Aftermath"Nugent, Farmer3:19
5."Colors"Nugent, Farmer, Rick Lober, Bill White3:20
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Let's Go Get Stoned"Valerie Simpson, Nick Ashford, Jo Armstead4:24
7."Down on Philips Escalator"Nugent, Farmer3:00
8."The Lovely Lady"Farmer2:58
9."Night Time"Nugent, Farmer3:11
10."It's Not True"Pete Townshend2:42
11."Gimme Love"Nugent, Farmer2:43
CD bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."J.B. Special" (mono version)Nugent, Farmer2:22

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References

  1. Viglione, Joe. The Amboy Dukes at AllMusic. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
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