Marshall Blonstein's Audio Fidelity
will be releasing Grand Funk's widely popular classic rock
album Shinin' On on limited edition hybrid SACD. Riding high
off the success of their 1973 We're An American Band hit album
and tour Grand Funk retained the extraordinary Todd Rundgren to
produce Shinin' On, the band's eighth album.
Don Brewer, Mark Farner, Mel Schacher
and Craig Frost took the band to another level. The songs are tight,
the vocals are excellent and the group is in top form. Shinin' On
is pure Grand Funk and considered a favorite among many fans and
critics.
Shinin' On's best songs are the
tracks that became the hit single releases: the SACD opens with the
dynamic title track augmented by Craig Frost's keyboard work and
pumped-up behind Don Brewer’s aggressive vocals the track infuses
its hard-driving, spacey rock groove with some surprisingly ethereal
vocal harmonies. The cover of the Carole King and Gerry Goffin penned
“The Loco-Motion” turned this dance classic on its ear with a
stomping beat and a screeching guitar lead from Mark Farner that shot
the chuggin' pop remake straight to #1 on the Billboard singles chart
and helped drive gigantic album sales.
Closing-out the album is Grand Funk's
amped-up blues rocker “Little Johnny Hooker” which features
Farner's powerful and driving guitar work.
The original album was packaged in a
cosmic 3-D sleeve that had a pair of 3-D glasses embedded in the
front cover to best appreciate the dramatic art work. Each Audio
Fidelity Shinin' On SACD slip case will include a pair of 3-D
glasses so the brilliant art work can be viewed as originally
intended.
Another legendary hard-rocking album
from Mark, Don, Mel and Craig – Grand Funk! So pump up the volume,
break out those classic 3-D glasses and keep on shinin' on!
Release date: January 27, 2017
Grand
Funk Railroad's official website: http://grandfunkrailroad.com/
Mark
Farner's official website: http://www.markfarner.com/
For
more information:
www.audiofidelity.net
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