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I had to take a few days off from posting, as I went to Lollapalooza last Thursday and Friday, and I had a ton of work last Wednesday. But alas, we're kicking things back off in high gear. Today's CoronaVinyl category is "G," and we're listening to Grand Funk Railroad's 1969 debut album, On Time.
As I noted when I featured Grand Funk's 1970 album Closer to Home way back in May of last year, I don't think Grand Funk gets the credit it deserves as one of the earliest metal bands. On Time was their introduction to the world, and it's a great hard rock and metal album. There is some heavy shit on here. I definitely recommend it to those of you who are fans of early hard rock and metal. Think Vanilla Fudge and early Deep Purple.
The first of two albums the band released in 1969, On Time went to #27 on the Billboard album chart, and it gave the band their first charting song on the Billboard Hot 100, "Time Machine," which went to #48 in 1969. The following year, "Heartbreaker" went to #72.
The Spotify version of the album has a couple bonus extended versions of songs. Rock out.
Favorite song from Side 1: "T.N.U.C."
The first side ends with a nearly 9-minute rocking jam. Drummer/vocalist Don Brewer goes ape shit throughout this song, with some amazing drum solos. Not to be outdone, guitarist Mark Farner rips off a wicked solo to send the song.
Favorite song from Side 2: "Can't Be Too Long"
This is another long, heavy song. The guitars are fuzzy and all metal.
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