Steppenwolf [Import]

1. So Nicht

2. Steppenwolf

3. Auf Dem Weg Zu Mir

4. Jane

5. Mach's Gut, Mein Freund

6. Hattest Keine Tränen Mehr

7. So Bist Du

8. Spuren Einer Nacht

9. Roadie

10. Ist Mein Traum

11. Liebling, Wach' Auf

12. Wahrheit

Steppenwolf,Peter Maffay,Ariola,Euro-Pop,Pop/Rock,Rock/Pop,World Music

Average customer rating: steppenwolf Steppenwolf: All Time Greatest Hits Born to be Reflective.......... Super Remaster I still wait for the cd

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Tracks:

1. Born To Be Wild
2. Magic Carpet Ride
3. Sookie Sookie
4. Don't Step On The Grass, Sam
5. The Pusher
6. Rock me
7. It's Never Too Late
8. Jupiter's Child
9. Hey Lawdy Mama
10. Snowblind Friend
11. Move Over
12. Tenderness
13. Who Needs Ya
14. Ride With Me
15. For Ladies Only
16. Screaming Night Hog
17. Monsters/Suicide/America
18. Straight Shootin' Woman

Customer Reviews:

steppenwolf.......2007-04-03

great cd, all the songs i grew up with. some songs, i can remember what i was doing at that time.

Steppenwolf: All Time Greatest Hits.......2007-03-26

Very good piece of music history. I still like the LP's sound a bit better then CD's due to some of the characteristic noise flaws but unfortunately LP's do not play in the car.

Born to be Reflective.................2007-02-05

Oh-What a weekend it has been. As you know-your beloved Seer is snowbound and has had to find worthy things to do. Seems, after a few hot toddys and relaxing (watching the glow in the fireplace), disaster struck! A wayward ember landed of my non-flame retardent Seer's cape, and your mild Seer had to run screaming, into the snow, to remedy the situation. It was a classic "non-Metamorpho" moment. One that I'm not proud of. But, the good news is that the hot toddys kicked in and I forgot (almost) totally about that charlatan in the southern mid-west. And since I recently raided my archives to find another worthy selection- I decided that another review was in order.
Keeping on with rockin' selections - I have a most worthy biker fest celebration for all of you. Yes, it's Steppenwolf and John Kay as the master of ceremonies! Even as we speak- Metamorpho is getting out his shades and revving up his magic carpet to take journeys into the unknown. (Some say "Stay in your own mind Metamorpho, that is unknown enough for you"). I scoff at that. Wouldn't you?
So, what have we here? Gritty,husky,distictive vocals by John Kay. Motorcycles, motorcycle mamas, social commentary, political barbs and superb rock construction. Oh yes- and sex too. Guido would definitely approve. Steppenwolf was always a male-dominated dominion. However, political correctness aside - the music was just too damn good to give it a bad rap.
Of course we have here the great eternal staples of "Born to Be Wild" (is it really about riding a bike?) and "Magic Carpet Ride" (John Kay as house genie for sure). These songs reveal the elements which many songs afterwards would often employ. The musky organ grinding on one side and the guitar riffing on the other. All in the mix. All other instruments contribute- however, along with John's vocals, this was the "sound" of Steppenwolf.
Also, don't think that they weren't diverse. They could do a rock stroll like "Don't Step On the Grass, Sam" (anti-government) and "The Pusher" (anti-hard drug). Rock raves like "Rock Me" and "Hey Lawdy Mama". And soft rock ballads like "Snowblind Friend" (cocaine addiction) and "Tenderness" (abusive love relationships). Steppenwolf's song topics were not shallow or void of diversity, as we can see. A song in this compilation that I find quite good is "Screaming Night Hog". Listen to the interplay of instruments on this song. Amazing. They hit a groove and never let up. Listen to the guitar riff- the mirroring of the organ, the harmonica riff. The see-saw effect of the mix. Listen to this one loud.
Last, but not least, the incredible tri-umphant "Monster/Suicide/America".
John Kay's history lesson with tough questions indeed. An incredible work. One section seguing into another with their own distinctive pattern. The blend only adds to the urgency of the message. And, what about the message? Precise, clear, and as evident today as it was when it was written. Seems some things never change.
For anyone who loves rock - this collection is indispensible. Miss this one at your peril (mind you, stray embers are everywhere these days).
I guess that's it for now children. I have to now get busy formulating my Seer's lesson plan for T. He's doing well on tests though- but getting a B+ on the last one gave your beloved Seer great concern.
Ah well--
Remembering the embering -------- Metamorpho

Super Remaster.......2007-01-16

I must say that I'm totally baffled by the reviewer who bitterly complains about the sound quality. I've owned various Steppenwolf hit compilations, and most of the albums they were derived from, and this is better, by far, than anything I've owned before. They even resisted the urge to jack up the volume. The jacked up volume scourge has ruined the dynamic range of many remasters and new issues in the last 7-10 years. This was exactly what I'd been waiting for - a great sounding Steppenwolf compilation with a song selection that I like.

I still wait for the cd.......2006-11-12

Until the moment the cd didn't still arrive.
What do make?
How can I trace?

Respectfully,
Mirtes Marins

Average customer rating: one thing leads to another this is important in a hard rock collection! Good introduction! For the casual fan Great, but lacking

20th Century Masters: The Best Of Steppenwolf (Millennium Collection) Steppenwolf Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Garage Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Alternative Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classic Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Hard Rock & Metal | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Eric Clapton 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Three Dog Night 20th Century Masters: The Best Of Lynyrd Skynyrd (Millennium Collection) 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of .38 Special 20th Century Masters: The Best Of The Mamas & The Papas (Millennium Collection) ASIN: B00000I9CL Release Date: 1999-04-20

Tracks:

1. Born To Be Wild
2. Magic Carpet Ride
3. It's Never Too Late
4. Rock Me
5. Snowblind Friend
6. Hey Lawdy Mama
7. Ride With Me
8. Move Over
9. Who Needs Ya
10. The Pusher

Amazon.com

Steppenwolf earned its place in the rock pantheon thanks to "Born to Be Wild," the deathless classic immortalized in the 1969 counterculture flick Easy Rider. But there was more to John Kay & Co. than a theme song for motorcycle rallies. Steppenwolf also offered social commentary in the form of "Snowblind Friend" and "The Pusher," prime psychedelia ("Magic Carpet Ride"), and plenty of good-time hard rock ("Hey Lawdy Mama," "Rock Me"). In some ways, they were the thinking person's hard rock band (a specialty niche, to be sure, with Kay's band taking their name, after all, from a Hermann Hesse novel). Alas, like so many examples of MCA's 20th Century Masters collection, this Steppenwolf set contains some fine music, but is inferior to a previous package--1999's All-Time Greatest Hits, which offers many more tracks for just a couple more bucks. --Daniel Durchholz

Customer Reviews:

one thing leads to another.......2007-05-05

Just got it takes a while maybe by about 12:00 to-night it will be a full fact flight but as of right now I'm so glad I finally went out and got me some Steppenwolf even if it is the Rock and Roll band.

All that stuff`s on the web about where they came from and who`s who so I won`t trash that again here but I will say as a small time musician that plays along I really do love this album and all the songs that`s on it.

Somebody went to a lot of work picking out the songs `cause they`re all from different albums I guess but the right ones are here if you just want a taste or a small meal.

The cover is kinda like a lot of others but I see it`s all just rock and roll and that`s that but if you like Rock Art there`s the full records by this band and they`re great especially if you`re UI even so they`re still not like what everybody else did and that speaks for itself.

Unless you were born in the stone age there`s a song called Born to be Wild on this CD and it`s one you have to listen to a couple of times to find a sweet place to listen maybe ten thousand feet.

Magic Carpet Ride is next not bad but if you`ve heard it an hundred times or more you might try and find the other solution in between the lines just the same some fair Rock and Roll here.

It`s Never Too Late follows a track for those that might want a Ballad in their life.

Rock Me is next.... Rock me Baby Rock me Baby all night long!

Snowblind Friend

So far it sounds like somebody`s funeral...! Seriously. Some form of blues I guess but this is Rock and Roll.

Some tasty guitar and an all out voice are all you need to put anything past me and this album has it all.

There`s five more tracks and they`re all just perfect.

I like Alice Cooper, Yes, The Rolling Stones and one Ted Nugent album but Steppenwolf is just the best of all. What I mean is there`s no way to put Steppenwolf down as just another band they`re in class all on their own so if you want a piece of it all give this one a try.

These guys still tour I found the website that books them by mistake on a search and I thought I`d put that down maybe we can see these guys at the Superbowl if enough people want to see something big for change.

Anyways that`s it take care of it.

this is important in a hard rock collection!.......2005-03-29

i just wanna say this! if you do not have steppenwolf in your collection, your collection is nothing. standout tracks are "Born To Be Wild" Magic Carpet Ride" and "It's Never Too Late" get this compilation cd and rock out!

Good introduction!.......2004-06-10

This was the first Steppenwolf album I bought, and it really got me hooked. On long drives between college and home I just pop this in and let it run. It really got me hooked on John Kay, and I'm slowly amassing more stuff. Beat Goes On put out a couple of good double albums that are worth looking for too, one with Steppenwolf/Steppenwolf The Second and another with At Your Birthday Party/Steppenwolf 7. I am very happy with this CD! There isn't a weak track on it, and for introduction purposes it's right on.

For the casual fan.......2003-12-01

I must admit, this is a pretty good collection, but you'll only be truly satisfied if you're a casual fan of Steppenwolf. Otherwise, buy the British import "The Very Best of Steppenwolf" or their entire collection.

Great, but lacking.......2002-12-29

I bought this CD because I am a fan of Steppenwolf, and I wanted a CD with just their best songs on it; this gave it to me. No more, no less. I found it disappointing that it doesn't have the entire song of any of the songs, it just does that annoying fade out when it's getting close to the end. But for [money], hey what can you expect? Buy it.

Average customer rating: Great Memories Steppenwolf the Second Faster Than Speed Work in progress! Forget Born To Be Wild

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Tracks:

1. Faster Than The Speed Of Life
2. Tighten Up Your Wig
3. None Of Your Doing
4. Spiritual Fantasy
5. Don't Step On The Grass, Sam
6. 28
7. Magic Carpet Ride
8. Disappointment Number (Unknown)
9. Lost And Found By Trial And Error
10. Hodge, Podge, Strained Through A Leslie
11. Resurrection
12. Reflections

Customer Reviews:

Great Memories.......2007-06-08

Well folks, whenever I hear this album, I remember the first time I heard it while in the US Army Signal Brigade out in Thailand during late 1968. Everyone out there loved this album, and I will bet that anyone out there now who was out there then would embrace this album without any doubt now. All the songs are well crafted in both the music and lyrics. The guitar work is purely hard rock -and these guys knew just how to play it right. Overall, there isn't one song on this album that I did not like - in fact, I still play the CD version in my car - my wife likes it too!

So get out there and check it out. Really good stuff by a band that should all get together again in the line-up that made this album.

Steppenwolf the Second.......2007-02-01

I purchased this album in the early sixties and loved it then, but I love this CD even more. Thanks.

Faster Than Speed.......2006-01-08

Superior to the first Steppenwolf album in many ways, and including a song that tops even 'Born To Be Wild' itself, 'Magic Carpet Ride', is as essential as the group's first album, even to the casual rock fan.

It opens with 'Faster Than The Speed Of Life', a perfect blend of Steppenwolfish hard rock & Airplanesque psychedelic rock (like 'She Has Funny Cars').
'Tighten Up Your Wing' is an upbeat, bluesy track, that bounces well along, before being replaced with 'None Of Your Doing', a Steppenwolf-classic, that shifts gear between verse & chorus.
'Spiritual Fantasy' is one of the strangest creations on the album, strangely touching, though appaling at first. But given a second chance, it comes across as one of the best tracks on the album.
The marihuana-anthem 'Don't Step On The Grass, Sam' is pure heavy Steppenwolf, a timeless classic, that crunches slowly, but steadily along.
'28' is a great rock song with just a hint of psychedelia in the melody. A neat little rocker that is followed by the ultimate psychedelic dance track.
'Magic Carpet Ride' is simply Steppenwolf's best song ever, a fantastic blend of rhytm, melody & vision, that is worth the price of all Steppenwolf's classic albums on its own. It was also the only of their singles to almost replicate 'Born To Be Wild's US #2 placing, when it shot to #3 on the US chart.
'Disappointment Number' is almost that, but then not again. It is an odd ode to/parody of old blues, complete with bird sounds in the background, as if it's an old blues singer sitting out in the open.
'Lost And Found By Trial And Error' has a great tune, and rocks away well, as does 'Hodge, Podge, Strained Through A Leslie' and 'Resurrection'. Both employ the classic Steppenwolf sound in a great rocking way, to become, if not classics, then at least Steppenwolf-standards.
The album closes with 'Reflections' a weird song, that seems like somebody trying to be visionary, before you realize that that is just what he is. Just in a very peculiar way.

The album has some, if not weak, then not too powerful spots, but generally it is a more than worthy follow-up to the first Steppenwolf album, with a great blend of the band's traditional hard rock and a form of psychedelia that suits them perfectly. Even the least interesting tracks rock nicely, & no-one should have anything to complain about here...

Work in progress!.......2005-10-06

Seen under the most objective perspective, this was a transient album. With this premise in the analysis, this second album finds a band that still has not developed a personal style. Faster than the speed of life, the opening track is a prelude, a thundering theme that works out as stimulating vehicle to put us in mood. Don' ts step on the grass, Sam is a Country song with visible influence of the blues. Obviously the resonant voice of John Kay was an additional instrument in the band.

Ironically, Magic carpet ride has been the most commercial piece for the great audiences: it possesses originality and highly expressive character; the organ is the basic support instrument and that was by itself a very remarkable idea. I must insist in an aspect many times forgotten: in those ages you had to engage the exigent auduiences through the rhthym: The Video Clip was an inexistent term, and to get the total acknowldedge of so many people with such golden bands in action for that moment, was a
task nothing easy to reach.

Somehow the excessive popularity gotten by the band with this single, obligated them to rethink their original target and purpose: Magic Carpet ride was in the opposite side of the street respect to Born to be wild their everlasting hymn.

If you are a hard fan of Steppenwolf or simply a minutely searcher or collector of the greatest bands of the bands, this album is fundamental for you, because it's an important piece in the wide gamut of musical forms that came derivating from pioneer bands such as Vanilla Fudge, Deep Purple or the Doors for instance, both bands were supported by the organ too, so it is easy to foolow the traces of the first experiences with the Moog Synthetizer, that would reach a sum peak with Yes and Emerson Lake and Palmer.

Go for this record because even Steppenwolf has not acquired their definitive musical personality, you can realize some changes are going on, and so make the link with Monster (their most solid and mature album), just before to initiate their gradual decay with later albums.

This is an album that delineates his raising profile, I mean the epic journey.

Forget Born To Be Wild.......2005-05-09

Forget Born To Be Wild and Magig Carpet Ride. Que this up at #8 and you will find 20 minutes of the best blues/rock ever performed. Steve Miller's Children of the Future a close second.

There is little better than this.

j

Average customer rating: From Here To The Dark Side Of The Moon The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same! Real Rock Some kind of proof amazon reviews are only by people who are already fans But she just patiently smiled and then bore them a child

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Tracks:

1. Monster/Suicide/America
2. Draft Resister
3. Power Play
4. Move Over
5. Fag
6. What Would You Do (If I Did That To You)
7. From Here To There Eventually

Customer Reviews:

From Here To The Dark Side Of The Moon.......2007-07-08

This largely-overlooked monsterpiece from 1969 has one especially-intriguing track, "From Here To There Eventually". In it I can hear a condensed mini-Rock Opera which sounds like a pre-cursor to Pink Floyd's 1973 masterwork "Dark Side Of The Moon". The haunting end passage contains a chillingly-beautiful female vocal reminiscent of "The Great Gig In The Sky", there are synthesized sounds like the droning of a downward-spiraling airplane, and an overall flavor which somehow encapsulates the entire feel of the Floyd gem. Add this to your collection and bask in some great Rock.

The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same!.......2007-06-08

I have to say that this "Album" by John Kay and his wolves really hit the target dead on when it first came out - and it still apparently does the same today. Of course, the title song, "Monster" is the best of the lot on the album - both musically and lyric-wise. In fact, you can listen to the lyrics that were written nearly 40 years ago and realize that the more things change, the more they stay the same!

BTW, there's lots of snaky guitar work being performed on this album - their lead was the quintessinal rock guitarist of the 60's - and you could say the 70's as well.

Too bad they are still not around with the same members as then - they were a very compatible group of musicians.

Real Rock.......2007-03-21

Do you think now " musicians" knows how to play rock? Listen to Steppenwolf and learn.

Some kind of proof amazon reviews are only by people who are already fans.......2006-08-26

22 stellar reviews of this, I am flabbergasted.

I looked this up because we were talking about it on a messageboard:

patrick posted this on Aug 25th, 2006 at 09:59:53 am
this looks and sounds ill in a conceptual way, it doesn't sound
like Steppenwolf, right?

Peter**********IsDead posted this on Aug 25th, 2006 at 05:56:23 pm
Steppenwolf have a few bangers, c'mon

and one of the best LP covers ever -
[IMAGE]

i cant find a good size pic of it but if you own it you know
PERFECT 70s dirtbag vibe on the cover

the_real_***** posted this on Aug 25th, 2006 at 07:11:16 pm
that Steppenwolf-Monster LP has songs called Fag, Monster and Suicide, has the best cover art ever and it still totally sucks.

Negative*** posted this on Aug 25th, 2006 at 07:56:21 pm
I was all stoked when I picked up monster at a garage sale. I owned it for less then 3 hours before I put it in the trash. The cover is GREAT though.

youth****** posted this on Aug 25th, 2006 at 09:18:05 pm
Those song titles (Steppenwolf) are incredible beyond belief.


diffrn't strokes I guess

But she just patiently smiled and then bore them a child.......2006-06-11

This is quite simply another classic in a long line of classic Steppenwolf albums. The track 'a) Monster b) Suicide c) America' is perhaps their most ambitious recording, and it succeeds on all levels, becoming an anthem of America in a way, that conjures up associations to Walt Whitman and others. The first part, 'Monster', is just brilliant music with a lyric, that shows Steppenwolf as more poetic, than they usually are. 'Suicide' is darker, terrifying, and delivered full of delicious hard guitar. And then comes the angelic ending of 'America', which manages to be overblown, without this being anything but another boost to its greatness.

'Draft Resister' follows in the vein of the first track's greatness. It is dark, gloomy hard rock, notable for the same abundance of great melodies, that was shown on the first track (one feels, that these two first songs possess magic enough to fill a whole album with moderate songs, had that been necessary, but instead it's just these two, overflowing with melody and hard rock!)
'Power Play' is almost as strong as 'Draft Resister', that is, quality doesn't fall, but neither does it rise. All what was said of good things about 'Draft Resister', however, can also be said about 'Power Play'.
'Move Over' is just magnificent, with its formidable start and right-between-psychedelia-and-disco sounds (meant in a good way). Ought to have joined 'Born To Be Wild' and 'Magic Carpet Ride' in the US Top 3.
'Fag' is far less spectacular than the other songs, not in itself a bad song, just not as delightfully imbued with the overflowing exuberance of the earlier tracks. The least interesting track, it is still good enough, and it doesn't spoil any of the experience. If you listen to the album from beginning to end, it's not like you get bored here and stop the album, it is just not a highlight like the others.
'What Would You Do (If I Did That To You)' is quite simply an awesome rock song, an underrated Steppenwolf-gem, as dark & gloomy as 'Draft Resister', and at the same time as light as 'Move Over'. All these traits are duplicated in the last song, 'From Here To There Eventually', which is almost as good, a bit slower and more epic.

All in all, this is an outstanding album. It gets 4 stars out of 5, because the melancholia of the mood doesn't change enough through the album, making it somewhat depressive to listen to several times. It's not like I don't love dark albums, but, like the case of Joy Division's outings, they can just become too much, and I prefer things like Suede or David Bowie, where more upbeat tracks rescue you now and then, before you plunge even deeper into the dark night of the soul. 'Monster' has more of these upbeat tracks, than for example Joy Division, but the still retain the feeling of emptiness, which fills the entire album (it's on purpose, Steppenwolf has done a masterful job capturing this feeling). But where Bowie's songs are like dark worlds, this is a dark void, and though it is just as brilliant, it is harder to listen to....

Ok, I'll change it to 5 stars, one can't blame them for making an album that captures emptiness... that doesn't make the art less magical...

Average customer rating: A work that established a surprising musical crossroad ! the best album by Steppenwolf.. Classic of Classics STEPPENWOLF 7: My favorite LP from the Wolf Pack. Steppenwolf at their best...

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Tracks:

1. Ball Crusher
2. Forty Days And Forty Nights
3. Fat Jack
4. Renegade
5. Foggy Mental Breakdown
6. Snowblind Friend
7. Who Needs Ya
8. Earschplittenloudenboomer
9. Hippo Stomp

Customer Reviews:

A work that established a surprising musical crossroad ! .......2007-08-07

Under the light of thirty five years elapsed, this album may be considered in many aspect as a true pioneer of the blue metal.

After having achieved a cult status with their emblematic pieces Born to be wild, Monster Move over and Don' step on the grass, Sam, this band experienced a powerful turn to new horizons with this futurist album that established a crucial turning point in their career, because in those lyrics the bitter cry of a generation tired of fighting, looked back their recent achievements and defeats; Snow-blind friend, for instance reflected as just a few a terrible dramatis personae; in many ways this is a very introspective gaze that reaffirmed and at the same time warned the young people who had fiercely fought for the realization of a dream, to be aware about the new challenges to come.

Few albums like this one may be regarded so interesting, original and creative. To my mind this work signified for them the close of their fabulous career; just realize their next project was a sensible creative step down, when you compare them.

Steppenwolf will be reminded in the Rock history as one of the most original bands in years, for many reasons, his historical and futurist cry battle # heavy metal" in Born to be wild and their outstanding status among the great bands by then.

Long life for them!

the best album by Steppenwolf.........2007-04-18

This is my favorite Steppenwolf album, and "Renegade" is by far my favorite track still to this day. Monster is also a great album.

Classic of Classics.......2007-01-10

Again, very very good album..
One Every Steppenwolf fan should have.

STEPPENWOLF 7: My favorite LP from the Wolf Pack........2006-11-04

Purchased on vinyl in the early 70's and long lost, I recently bought it again on CD. I saw the band at Cobleskill (NY) Ag

Steppenwolf at their best..........2006-10-25

Despite John Kay's ostensible misogyny and unapologetic contempt for hard drug use (both make for better song lyrics than a lifestyle, but either had a place in the mores of their listeners at the time), Steppenwolf's music had wide appeal and 7 illustrates their power with an album that rocks from start to finish. On topic songs include Ball Crusher and their minor hit, Snowblind Friend, a poignant testament to the dead end of cocaine abuse. Other lost/shoulda been classics include Who Needs Ya, Renegade, Fat Jack, and Hippo Stomp. Granted, they took few risks here, relying on past success to formulate the bulk of the album. Consequently there's nothing not to like and 7 may be considered their last really good album as a functioning band. Subsequent albums made clear John Kay's disaffection with the other members as they did his solo ambitions. 'For Ladies Only' had its moments, but 7 has definitely held up better over the years. If you're a Steppenwolf fan, you know what I'm talkin' about.

Average customer rating: A Real Rock Concert Live Baby, Come On! Steppenwolf! ..a pleasant surprise.. Introduced to Steppenwolf by a Nice Baptist Boy A mixed bad, good though

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Tracks:

1. Sookie, Sookie
2. Don't Step On The Grass, Sam
3. Tighten Up Your Wig
4. Monster
5. Draft Resister
6. Power Play
7. Corina, Corina
8. Twisted
9. From Here To There Eventually
10. Hey Lawdy Mama
11. Magic Carpet Ride
12. The Pusher
13. Born To Be Wild

Customer Reviews:

A Real Rock Concert.......2007-03-21

Heavy sound, heavy improvisations, heavy everything...No new "musician" knows how to play like this. Listen and learn from the best.

Live Baby, Come On! Steppenwolf! .......2007-03-03

We all know it's not a real live album. Heck, you can tell that in the first few seconds of the repeating audience "whistling" of "Sookie Sookie" which you hear that same whistling in various parts of the album...just has a manufactured sound to it. I'm sure Kaye & Co. cringed at hearing it after it was completed...but you know how deadlines are.

But all of the songs versions are very well done. The standards have additional parts giving them more color and dimension while the fillers get beefed up a bit. Heck, I'd say the versions on these beat their studio counterparts in many instances such as the guitar work on the tail ends of both "Born" and "Carpet", just to name a couple examples.

The Wolf's in your face Centrist attitude, much like CCR practiced, was a great way to flip off the Establishment as well. They seem like the kind of group if they were big today would have told both Toby Keith and Dixie Chicks to "sit and spin" on John Kaye's middle finger. They weren't followers by any means nor were they radicals like Airplane or the overrated sterile noodling castor oil sounds of The Dead.

This particular CD, Steppenwolf Live, is a great introduction to the group. Forget all the countless greatest hits compilations...we've heard all those before time and time again.

The only gripe I have about this one, which takes away one star, is how buried in the mix Goldy's keyboards are. His trademark buzzy grinding organ sound is what let you know immediately it was The Wolf.

Other than that, I rank this one up there with 4 Way Street, Wheels Of Fire and Live At Leeds. It's not perfect, but it lets you know that, live or not, The Wolf in just doing their songs as they did them live showed that they were no slouches by any means when it came to giving it 100%.

..a pleasant surprise.........2006-11-04

..the production isn't too happening on this. In fact, one cut is straight out of the studio, and put to an audience background track. But, on the other hand, this sparkles with spontaneity. I especially enjoyed the extended plays of a couple of the songs. This cd clearly tears down the illusion of Steppenwolf being just another biker band..

Introduced to Steppenwolf by a Nice Baptist Boy.......2006-07-07

I led a nice, sheltered life before I entered college in 1968. I was a classical music and classic rock fan who had not discovered the pleasures of groups like Steppenwolf. Infact, I turned my nose up at such such "degenerate" music. A boy I dated, who later became a baptist preacher, introduced me to this music. my first and most favorite purchase was "Steppenwolf Live!". I still love this music, even though I am now a 56-year-old grandmother and highschool social studies teacher. Infact, I am planning a unit on protest music using "Monster" and "Draft Resister" as examples, along with more modern examples. My students will write thier own protest songs as an assessment project at the end of the unit.

A mixed bad, good though.......2006-06-19

There was always something hokey about Steppenwolf. Their coolness was contrived, I don't think anyone in my neighborhood took them too seriously. Comparing Steppenwolf to let's say Jefferson Airplane would be like comparing The Monkees with The Beatles. But on the Steppenwolf Live album they acheived something a little bit above their usual guilty pleasure status. Yeah, it's not a true live album, blah, blah, blah, but whatever applause tracks they added later doesn't interfere (too much anyway) with the good cuts. I mean a lot of people bought Got Live if you want it by the Stones. There were several fake live albums in those days. But there are some good cuts here. Tighten up your Wig, Draft Resister, Power Play, Twisted, From Here to There Eventually and yes, the monster version of Monster. All of these to my ears sound much better than their big hits at the end of the disc, Magic Carpet Ride, The Pusher and Born to Be Wild. Get the original studio version on one of their dozens of greatest hits packages to hear the hits. As for the lyrics, well they are what you could call Blue Collar Activist or Radical 60's for Dummies. However I will say if you look at the words of Monster in the latter half of the suite, you might think it is from 2006... "And though (America's) past has its share of injustice/Kind was the spirit in many a way/ But its protectors and friends have been sleeping/Now it's a monster and will not obey."

All together now

"...their vote is a meaningless joke.
They babble about law and order
But it's all just an echo of what they've been told.
Yeah, there's a monster on the loose
It's got our heads into a noose
And it just sits there watching.

Now we are fighting a war over there
That no matter who wins
You know we can't pay the cost

America, where are you now,
Don't you care about your sons and daughters?
Don't you know we need you now,
We can't fight alone against the monster?"

And kids (anyone 25 or younger) that from a band considered ok at the time. If you haven't heard this version of Monster, that's worth the price of admission alone. If you think 60's music was only about getting high and getting laid, think again. A lot of the lyrics were not only timely, they were prophetic at the same time.

Average customer rating: Rusty's memory is not long, but...rusty Breaking the walls! Disappointing release of a fantastic 33 1/3 rpm album. 4.5 stars - A solid debut from the classic hard rockers Steppenwolf rides "Born to Be Wild" almost to the top spot

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Tracks:

1. Sookie Sookie
2. Everybody's Next One
3. Berry Rides Again
4. Hootchie Kootchie Man
5. Born to Be Wild
6. Your Wall's Too High
7. Desperation
8. The Pusher
9. A Girl I Knew
10. Take What You Need
11. The Ostrich

Customer Reviews:

Rusty's memory is not long, but...rusty.......2006-01-28

To refute Mr. Rusty Humphrey's review: Snowblind Friend originally appeared on Steppenwolf 7, and Magic Carpet Ride on Steppenwolf the Second. Check them out too! And, the Ostrich is a great tune also.

Breaking the walls!.......2005-12-15

Try to imagine the huge impression produced by this original band in the late Sixties with such innovative and original musical proposals.

The Pusher and Born to be wild were an authentic explossion of newness, filled of inspiration. In this sense I think this was the most solid and auspicious debut of a rock band until that date.

May be the exception would come a few years later with the First Album of Led Zepellin.

So the historical importance of this album surmounts by far, any other adjective. Go for this album and disclover the First Opus of that super band.

Disappointing release of a fantastic 33 1/3 rpm album........2005-08-08

Okay, so I'm an old guy with a too long memory. But how anyone can think this is a reasonable CD when it replaces Snowblind Friend and Magic Carpet Ride (both of which were on the orginal 33 1/3 album and are commonly put on their Best Of ... albums) with the likes of The Ostrich and Take What You Need - is beyond my comprehension. Forget about this CD, and buy one of their Best Of Steppenwolf selections. The long play album with the same cover art was a great album. (Note to people who think I have a poor memory. I still own the 33 1/3 record. The list of songs is as I state.)

4.5 stars - A solid debut from the classic hard rockers.......2004-09-14

Steppenwolf (1968.) Steppenwolf's first album.

One of the greatest rock and roll bands of the late sixties and early seventies was Steppenwolf. Sadly though, the band is often passed off as a one-hit wonder due to the success of their track, Born To Be Wild. The fact of the matter is that the band released a variety of excellent material over the years, even though the vast majority of it is unknown to many casual rock and roll fans. How does the band's debut album, originally released in 1968, measure up? Read on for my review.

This is an absolutely incredible classic rock album, and it's a shame so much of it is overlooked by so many. The Girl I Knew and Sookie Sookie, though excellent songs, failed to achieve any chart success. But the third single released from the album, Born To Be Wild, was an almost instant success, which remains a rock and roll classic to this day. Over the years, the song has gotten a ton of radio play and has been featured in a virtually infinite number of films. This rock classic was written by Dennis Edmondton, former band member and the brother of Jerry Edmondton (who is credited under the pseudonym Mars Bonfire.) The band made a rather smart move of putting this song in the middle of the album, so that listeners wouldn't just skip to the beginning or end and ignore the other material present. Other excellent tracks present include a cover of Willie Dixon's blues classic, Hoochie Coochie Man and Hoyt Axton's The Pusher. Surprisingly though, most of the songs on here are band originals! In the sixties, most band's debut albums were heavy on cover songs, and there really aren't a whole lot of them on this album. In the end, this stands as a solid album.

To date in America (as of September 13, 2004), the version of this album readily available in America on CD is the original CD issue. I don't have any issues with the sound quality on this reissue - it's about as good as an album from this era could sound. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to find, and the limited amount of liner notes is disappointing. Hopefully it will get reissued.

To conclude this review, Steppenwolf's debut is a solid classic rock album through and through. If you're a fan of classic rock, this is one of those albums that you've just gotta add to your collection. Don't overlook this band's more popular material in favor of their underrated masterpiece - doing so is a mistake too many people make.

Steppenwolf rides "Born to Be Wild" almost to the top spot.......2004-03-17

There are a lot of one-hit wonders out there. Recording artists who have a song that gets them to the top of the charts, or real close, thereby opening the doors to fame and success, only to discover they have nothing else in their musical repertoire quite as good. Steppenwolf's 1968 self-title debut album made it to #6 on the Billboard Charts mainly on the strength of one song, "Born to Be Wild," which only made it to #2 on the singles chart (believe it or not, "People Got to be Free" by the Rascals kept it from hitting #1), but which achieved immortality as the song identified with the film "Easy Rider." Given that was the other way to get "Born to Be Wild" back then, having this album get to #6 was pretty good. But then since the title of the son was placed conspicuously on the cover of this album and because the group's name was taken by a classy novel by Hermann Hesse, it was proably easier for kids to bring this album home that the soundtrack for the first notorious film about the drug culture.

Actually "Born to Be Wild" was the third single from this album, following "The Girl I Knew" and "Sookie Sookie," but neither of those made a dent in the charts and "Born to Be Wild" exploded on the national consciousness. You can make the argument that the phrase "heavy metal" comes from this song, which was written by Dennis Edmonton, brother of drummer Jerry Edmonton and former band member, under the pseudonym Mars Bonfire. Originally the song was slower and more of a ballad, but then somebody came up with that thundering opening guitar riff and the rest was music history. We are thirty-five years down the road and this is still THE biker anthem of all-time.

Fortunately "Born to Be Wild" comes in the middle of the album (penultimate track on side one) so that listeners had the opportunity to notice Steppenwolf did other songs. However, on this debut effort the best ones are not written by bad members, with the cover of Don Covay's "Sookie, Sookie," Willie Dixon's "Hoochie Coochie Man," and the riveting take on Hoyt Axton's "The Pusher." These last two tracks are over five minutes long, unusual for the time, and along with the emphasize on blues on this album suggests more in common with the early days of Led Zeppelin than you would have thought at first glimpse. "Everybody's Next One" is probably the best of the original tunes by John Kay, usually working in collaboration with someone else (producer Gabriel Mekler in this case), the song sounding like a British Invasion tune but with a harder edge and Goldy McJohn's often overlooked organ playing. But there is enough sub-par efforts here to keep this from being a really great debut album. Instead "Steppenwolf" provides a solid basis for the group to build on as their first big hit disappears into the rearview mirror.

Average customer rating: Real Rock A Must Buy Steppenwolf - 'Gold' (Geffen) Great collection Better Than The 1990 Retrospective

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Tracks:

1. Born To Be Wild
2. Sookie Sookie
3. Everybody's Next One
4. Your Wall's Too High
5. Desperation
6. The Pusher
7. The Ostrich
8. Take What You Need
9. Magic Carpet Ride
10. Don't Step On The Grass, Sam
11. Tighten Up Your Wig
12. It's Never Too Late
13. Jupiter's Child
14. Rock Me
15. Monster/Suicide/America

Tracks:

1. Move Over
2. Power Play
3. Hey Lawdy Mama
4. Snowblind Friend
5. Who Needs Ya
6. Renegade
7. Foggy Mental Breakdown
8. Hippo Stomp
9. Screaming Night Hog
10. For Ladies Only
11. Tenderness
12. Ride With Me
13. I'm Movin' On
14. My Sportin' Life
15. Drift Away
16. Straight Shootin' Woman

Customer Reviews:

Real Rock.......2007-03-21

This is real rock! This is how a real rock group should sound. Listen to learn from the best.

A Must Buy.......2007-01-22

Since "Born to Be Wild" blasted its way up the charts back in '68, I have been a fan of John Kay and Steppenwolf. At one time or another I have owned all of their classic LP's, Reel to Reel tapes, and more recently CD's. The sad fact of the matter is that the first batch of Steppenwolf cd releases sound flat and lifeless and are basically garbage. This unfortunate situation was improved with the Mobile Fidelity release of their first self titled album on their gold cd format.This disc has long been out of print but is usually available on Amazon for a huge premium. The catalogue once again became listenable when the BGO label remastered the first 8 non-compilation albums in 2 disc sets. However, the 2005 release of the double cd set titled Steppenwolf Gold, actually sounds great, much better than anything ever released previously with the possible exception of the lone Mobile Fidelity disc. I have heard nuances in these songs that I have never noticed before and the sound is smooth and non-fatiguing with plenty of air. It goes to show what can be done with careful remastering and just how far the redbook cd format has improved since its infancy. This release is a must have for aging boomers that still love Steppenwolf.

Steppenwolf - 'Gold' (Geffen).......2006-06-10

A 2-CD,31 track compilation release of Steppenwolf's work.Don't believe I've ever seen this one in the stores.Ideal if you've had to(in the past)get rid of all your Steppenwolf to pay the bills,move,etc.You know how it is.All the better known material is here,like "Sookie Sookie","Magic Carpet Ride","Hey Lawdy Mama","Monster" and "Rock Me".Not to mention some of the 'deep album cuts' that I,personally don't remember such as "Your Wall's Too High","Take What You Need","Screaming Night Hog" and "Drift Away".Good music to play in your car CD player,while traveling a bit.Simply good all American late '60's album rock.A should-have.

Great collection.......2005-05-05

GOLD is a great addiion to your collection. Wonderful compiltaion of music for any Steppenwolf fan. Highly recommend.

Better Than The 1990 Retrospective.......2005-04-08

STEPPENWOLF GOLD is a better collection than the 1990 retrospective BORN TO BE WILD because it focuses only on the 1968-1974 period, omitting weaker songs from the late 70s and 80s. In fact, it is the equal of the single-disc ALL-TIME GREATEST HITS, expanding that anthology by 13 songs so that nothing important is missed. Almost everything here was written or co-written by the group's legally-blind lead singer, John Kay, proving that disabilites can be overcome. Moreover, Kay's advocacy of sanctions against Indonesia in retaliation for that country's trumped-up drug-smuggling conviction in May 2005 of a young Australian tourist makes this anthology an essential purchase for both your ears AND your conscience.

Average customer rating: Rock Me Baby All Night Long underrated Steppenwolf album My Favorite Steppenwolf Album SteppenwolfRocks Pure Classic

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Tracks:

1. Don't Cry
2. Chicken Wolf
3. Lovely Meter
4. Round And Down
5. It's Never Too Late
6. Sleeping Dreaming
7. Jupiter Child
8. She'll Be Better
9. Cat Killer
10. Rock Me
11. God Fearing Man
12. Mango Juice
13. Happy Birthday

Customer Reviews:

Rock Me Baby All Night Long.......2007-06-15

Another killer effort from one of the seminal rock bands of the late 60's. There are some real nuggets here like Don't Cry, It's Never Too Late, Jupiter Child, She'll Be Better, Rock Me and God Fearing Man. There is some filler here, thus the four stars. A pretty good slice of what hard rock was in 1969.

underrated Steppenwolf album.......2007-04-10

«At You Birthday Party» was the third and - in my opinion - the last of the classic Steppenwolf albums. After those two groundbreaking blues rock albums «Steppenwolf» and ««Second» this (underrated) Gabriel Mekler produced set also contained all the power and inspiration you liked on those two albums. There are great rock tunes like «Rock Me» or the sublime «It's Never Too Late» (both were released as singles) , even heavier tracks like «Jupiter Child» or «Don't Cry», ballads like «She'll Be Better», piano/organ boogie («Cat Killer»), funny jams and the most beautiful birthday song you'll ever hear («Happy Birthday»). Charismatic singer, strong lyrics, superb playing. What more can you hope for? «At You Birthday Party» is a work of true genius and a classic rock album of the late Sixties.

My Favorite Steppenwolf Album.......2007-02-01

It's good. In '76 when I was at Cornell, we were doing a deal and I put this record (which was old then) on to help test the stuff. Everyone asked, "What is this GREAT album?". We had a GREAT time, in the spirit of 1969 to boot.

So, if you want to get wasted a la 1969, try it with this album. You won't regret it. It invokes the feeling.

Favorite cuts: Don't Cry, It's Never Too Late; Rock Me; Happy Birthday. Kay's voice is at its prime.

SteppenwolfRocks.......2007-01-10

I find this album very inventive and most
of all its classic steppenwolf...
which was very much apart of my commune life back
in the 60's and early 70's.

Pure Classic.......2006-06-11

Of course you can never call this their best album, for it's placed between 'Steppenwolf The Second' and 'Monster'. But in my opinion, it is the middle one of their three greatest outings, and it also shows this by blending the early, light mood and born-to-be-wild-rock with 'Monster's more somber, dark spirit, which would dominate the next recording completely. This way, it possesses some of the lightness, that 'Monster' arguably needed, while appearing as more serious & more mature than their first two albums. Then why don't I say it's better than them... well, because I just love psychedelia, and then, how should I criticize 'Magic Carpet Ride'? :)

'Don't Cry' is quite simply THE BEST STEPPENWOLF SONG NEVER TO BE A SINGLE - or at least a hit, I mean, I don't think it was a single anyway... but it certainly wasn't a hit, though I think it's even better than 'Rock Me', though that one deserved its Top Ten placing.
'Chicken Wolf' and 'Lovely Meter' are standard, above-the-rest-of-the-pack Steppenwolf songs, but the band really approaches the heights of their opening track with 'Round And Down', which could be said to be their second greatest not-single, though this time, I'm not so sure...
'It's Never Too Late' is a wonderful anthem. At first it seems a bit bombastic, but hear it a couple of times, and you'll also start loving it.
'Sleeping Dreaming' is funny, and as chaotic as the stranger outings of Jefferson Airplane (like 'A Small Package Of Value Will Come To You, Shortly') and The Beatles ('Dig It')! A kind of "song", that only could have been made in the 60's...
'Jupiter Child', the next highlight, is a great rock song with a powerful riff, while 'She'll Be Better' and 'Cat Killer' arguably beats it. Then 'Rock Me' arrives, their third greatest hit, and, though many other songs surpasses it, still a marvellous gem of rock'n'roll. Even if it's an attempt to capture the spirit of 'Born To Be Wild' once again, then at least it's a great attempt!!!
'God Fearing Man' is a more serious creation, but one which completely dwarfs the otherwise finely crafted 'Mango Juice'. 'Happy Birthday' closes the album with a mystic & brilliant invocation, childhood, the unknown, simply magic, perhaps the only track on this record to rival the splendour of 'Don't Cry', but doing it with completely other means than those that Steppenwolf have become known for!

Average customer rating: Two classic Steppenwolf Albums in one!!!! The Legacy Of Steppenwolf Goes On

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Tracks:

1. Gang War Blues
2. Children of Night
3. Justice Don't Be Slow
4. Get into the Wind
5. Jereboah
6. Straight Shootin' Woman
7. Smokey Factory Blues
8. Morning Blue
9. Fool's Fantasy
10. Fishin' in the Dark

Tracks:

1. Caroline
2. Annie, Annie Over
3. Two for the Love of One
4. Just for Tonight
5. Hard Rock Road
6. Someone Told a Lie
7. Another's Lifetime
8. Mr. Penny Pincher

Album Description

Digitally remastered two-on-one from John Kay and his gang of road warriors. Slow Flux was originally released in 1974 while Hour Of The Wolf was released a year later. 18 tracks total including 'Gang War Blues', 'Children Of The Night', 'Fishin' In The Dark', 'Hard Rock Road' and more. Evangeline

Album Details

Reissue of the their Two Albums They Released for Columbia after the Dunhill Years. Both Albums Are Not Available in their Complete Form on One Single Disc.

Customer Reviews:

Two classic Steppenwolf Albums in one!!!!.......2007-07-14

I just ordered this and cannot wait to hear it again! I had both albums and I wore out my vinyl copies years ago, and have been waiting for the cd! I have been a fan of Steppenwolf since the olden days, and their music is as fresh today as it was then.

The Legacy Of Steppenwolf Goes On.......2007-01-24

Here you get two great Steppenwolf albums back to back. Both of these are extremely rare and some of best Stepppenwolf tracks ever made. A must for all serious collectors.

World Music:

1. Sufi Songs
2. Table for Two
3. Take You to the Jam
4. Te Lo Regalo [Import]
5. The Final [CD-single] [Import]
6. The Mirrors of My Soul
7. The Rainbow Journey
8. The Year of China: Traditional Chinese Music
9. Uch Sumer
10. Uno

World Music

world music

World Music

Feel Euphoria [Limited Edition] [Digipak] [Limited Edition] [Special Edition]

Musical Stories, Vol. 2

Nicolò Paganini: Serenata in D major (Terzetto for Viola, Cello & Guitar) / Guitar Quartets Nos. 14 & 15 - Salvatore Accardo

Audiophile Reference, Vol. 4

Producer 01

No Such Animal

Live at the Roxy [Import] [Live]

Relentless [Explicit Lyrics]

Outcaste: Too Untouchable

Locatelli: Sonatas for flute & violins

Notarius

Re: Action

Old School Freestyle, Vol. 1

Now More Than Ever

Joshua Redman