![]() ![]() It just didn’t work out the way they thought it would.Īnyways, I thought this was weird and had to share. Jefferson Airplane and Starship, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Hugh Masekela, Canned Heat (7 times). With the pop sound of Centerfold being a huge success for the band (and being written by Seth Justman, who was the lead singer / writer for the Odd album), it makes perfect sense that this album happened. Real name Richard Salwitz (Whammer Jammer). So it could have been better!Īlmost 40 years later, with the band’s namesake guitarist dead and the band long split up, it’s interesting in retrospect to see how this album came to be. That said, critics absolutely hated the album and it was the end of the band. I keep coming back to it because it’s so…odd. It’s very of it’s time, with lots of gated reverb and is bursting at the seams with synthesizer sounds, but i actually kinda like it. Why were they different? Did they realize the album sounded better pitched up down the road? Was it a mistake in the vinyl pressing? It’s strange.įinally, the lyrics are…interesting. Hello, please allow us to introduce Whammer Jammer A Tribute to The J. Magic Dick Inspiration - 22 Great Harmonica Performances Sunnyside Communications Re.Just listen to the cassette version versus the vinyl version of the first track “Concealed Weapons”. Provided to YouTube by Entertainment One U.S., LP Whammer Jammer The vinyl version is 25% lower pitched than the cassette version, which makes it sound awful. Second of all, the album isn’t consistent at all between the vinyl version and the cassette version. Maybe not Queen’s News of The World creepy, but pretty darn close. The only place you’ll find it are bootleg versions on YouTube and a copy that someone uploaded to, of all places, .įirst of all the album art is, fittingly, odd. Whammer Jammer Play track Love this track More actions Listeners 14.6K Scrobbles 47.1K Join others and track this song Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account Sign Up to Last.fm Lyrics Add lyrics on Musixmatch Do you know any background info about this track Start the wiki Featured On The Morning After The J. ![]() This album is so unknown (or the band hated it so much) it doesn’t show up on the major music platforms. So he went off and started a solo career, while the rest of the band went on to release one last album - “You’re Gettin’ Even While I’m Gettin’ Odd” This departure didn’t sit well with their lead singer Peter Wolf, who was basically pushed out of the band because he didn’t want to head down the pop direction the band was taking. Geils Band Whammer Jammer (Live) Play track Love this track More actions Listeners 2,025 Scrobbles 4,876 Join others and track this song Scrobble, find and rediscover music with a Last.fm account Sign Up to Last. In the early 80s they had the major hit “ Centerfold”, which was a huge departure from their original blues-rock sound, and the song is now a staple in classic rock stations everywhere. Whammer Jammer - Live 1979 - song and lyrics by The J. Geils Band, they’re one of biggest rock groups of the 70s. ![]()
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