Back Door Men

Bought a whole stack of vinyl because I want this part of my misspent youth back. I love this album and, like most of the 60s stuff I own, it sounds better on vinyl than cd. It just does... plus I love the whole vinyl experience of involvement with the music instead of a cd or mp3 file just playing in the background as I do stuff around the house. I love holding and perusing the cover art and this is my only gripe with the Sundazed release and also with The Shad's "Gloria" vinyl.This must be Sundazed's zillionth run or something because the colors on the front cover art of both releases are faded.... washed out almost. It's not like you see in the cover art depicted here on the Amazon page where the colors are deeper and richer. It actually has that sun-bleached look about it and is a bit off-putting. Brand new records bought online should not look like they have been standing in a sunny storefront window for 6 months. Yeah, probably a small grip, but it's still there. KInda bugs me but if you're okay with it, go ahead and buy a copy. Great band.

While their first album, with "Gloria" is primarily a blues rave up, "Back Door Men" boasts a variety of styles. Their version of "Hey Joe" is very original, and "Three For Love" has an almost Byrds-like quality to it with 12 string and harmony vocals to match. Though not promoted adequately, this second album is a great rock venture, and I recommend it highly to Shadows of Knight fans and sixties rock completists.

I taped the live CD from the library of all places, twenty years ago, and this is most likely the best of their studio albums. These guys really could play back in 1966.

Came exactly as it was described THAAANKS

It's a great album. I like it.

Surprisingly different from their first album, and quite listenable. The band was clearly influenced by the Byrds and the Who as they were making this album.

This Chicago quintet's 1967 long player (their second and final with the original lineup) represents the peak of their muscular punk-blues creativity. Expanding on their previous year's debut (titled after the album's hit, "Gloria"), the band stretched beyond the Chicago blues classics they'd sullied so perfectly the first time out. They still take time to apply their suburban garage sound to Jimmy Reed's "Peepin' and Hidin'" and a fine cover of Willie Dixon's "Spoonful," but the real growth is on their originals and well-selected contemporary covers.The opening cover of The Wheels' obscure Irish single "Bad Little Woman" lures the listener in with a seductive vocal intro before lashing back with hard blues. The hyper-Diddley beat of "Gospel Zone" and its pulpit-inspired vocal are overlayed with distorted and reverbed guitars that drive home its lustful lyrics. The Eastern psych-inspired instrumental "The Behemoth" throbs with a brooding bassline pounding beneath the cascading guitar lead. From there the group launches into a Beau Brummels-styled folk-rocker, "Three For Love," and a lengthy workout of "Hey Joe" that shows off their blues-jamming talents.Joe Kelly's "I'll Make You Sorry" leads off side two of the original vinyl, reestablishing the strutting garage style with which the album opened. The rave-up cover of Tommy Boyce's "Tomorrow's Gonna Be Another Day" is bluesier than was ever imagined for The Monkees debut album, and "New York Blues" is a low-and-slow 12-bar blues instrumental. The original album is augmented here with the mono single version of "Gospel Zone" and two non-LP singles, "I'm Gonna Make You Mine" and "Willie Jean." The first single was the band's then-current tough-as-nails garage rock release, the second was their LP followup. The band's swan-song, "Someone Like Me," can be found - strangely - on Sundazed's reissue of the "Gloria" LP.The band would break up shortly after the release of this second album, only to be resurrected as a bubblegum act on Super K in 1969. This second and last album by the original lineup is superb, and a must-have for anyone who loves '60s garage rock. Production note: Sundazed has reissued the album from the stereo master, which to this reviewer's ears, isn't as moving as its mono counterpart. The soundstage is often fractured, the overdubs obvious, and the use of pan-pots to move instruments around is distracting. The three mono bonus cuts give the listener a taste of the mono LP's muscle. One can only hope that Bear Family will include both mono and stereo should they ever get around to a box set! [©2006 hyperbolium dot com]

I listen to this and I am 16 again.

Qu’est-ce que c’est sympa de retrouver voir de découvrir dans le désert musical actuel tous ces groupes garages des sixties.« The Shadows of knight » se forment en 1964 et comprennent, Warren Rogers (Lead guitar), Jim Sohns (chant), Jerry McGeorge (Rhythm guitar), Tom Shiffour (Drums) et Joe Kelley (Bass).Le groupe, sauvage et agressif se fait connaître par la reprise de "Gloria" des "Them" fin 1965.Début 1966, ils sortent un premier album qui contient pas mal d'adaptations comme, "Boom, boom", "Let it rock", et l'excellent "Oh yeah".D'autres titres comme "It always happens that way" et le superbe "Dark side" sont de leurs compositions.Avec ce deuxième album, ils s’orientent vers un rock plus psychédélique et moins brut.Leur version de « Hey Joe », très différente de celle d’Hendrix est superbe et que dire du fabuleux "Gospel Zone".Ce deuxième LP classe le groupe parmi les meilleurs garages band du moment tel "The Standells", «" The Chocolate watchband" » et autres « "Blues magoos" ».Un vrai régal.PS : A l'heure du MP3 et du streaming, beaucoup de gens aiment posséder un support objet et le vinyle par rapport au CD (à peine grand comme une carte postale), est réellement plus sympa et esthétique dans une discothèque.Adanson Marco.

this is the shadows of knight second album.I had big hopes for this cd i was upset about .Even their first album gloria was way better than this cd.overall this cd could of been better but it wasnt.

シャドウズオブナイトの2nd(1966年)。前作はまさに初期ストーンズの返答ともいうべき、若さ全開の直球ガレージロックでしたが、前作からブランクもほとんどないながら音楽性は変化してます。基本的には変わらずジム・ソーンズのやんちゃなボーカルが軸としたロックンロール＆ブルースなのですが、時代が67年前夜といった感じで、チープなオルガンが入ってきたり、リッケンバッカー12弦でサイケ期のバーズっぽさが出てきたり良い感じにサウンドの幅が広がっています。リードボーカルにおいてはジム以外のメンバーも担当しており、決してこの頃はジムのワンマンバンドではない多様性が伺える一枚。これでオリジナルメンバーとしては最後というのは惜しい。音質に関しては、2015年国内リマスターはSundazed盤より音量レベルが若干低めで、好みもあるでしょうが私はメリハリのあるSundazed盤を推薦します（1stアルバムだと何故か国内版の方が音が良いのが不思議です）

何しろ『ゴスペル・ゾーン』が聴きたくて、中古レコードショップをかけずり回ったのは、もう20年近く前になるだろうか？　当時はファースト・アルバムが入手できなくて、このアルバムだけなんとか手に入れたのだが、CD化され安価になった上に、入手し易くなったので、ファースト・アルバムも聴いてみたが、随分とこのセカンド・アルバムのほうがまとまっていることが分かる。慣れとでもいうのか小器用になったとでもいおうか、随分無理しちゃってまぁなんだか大変だこととでもいおうか……。ところがやはりこのグループは、もっとブサイクな音（ファースト）のほうが似合っている。頑張ってストーンズの真似をしているんだが、どういうわけかスットンズになってしまうようなマヌケさがファーストの大きな魅力だった。それがすなわちガレージ・パンクの歪な面白さで、このアルバムからはそれがあまり伝わってこない。とはいえ『ゴスペル・ゾーン』のシングル・バージョンがボーナス・トラックとして収められているわけだから、やはり買いであろう！