1395 - MC5 Ramblin' Rose 1969

"Kick Out the Jams" is the debut album by American protopunk band MC5. It was released in February 1969, through Elektra Records. It was recorded live at Detroit's Grande Ballroom over two nights, Devil's Night and Halloween 1968. "Kick out the jams" has also been taken to be a slogan of the 1960s ethos of revolution and liberation, an incitement to "kick out" restrictions in various forms. To quote MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer from his interview with Caroline Boucher in Disc & Music Echo magazine on August 8, 1970: "Ramblin´Rose" is anthematic from the first second when the wild chants of the crowd jingle on before the band pumps up the audience for the tune. A version of the obscure Ted Taylor R&B song, "Ramblin' Rose" featured a ragged falsetto lead vocal from Kramer before Tyner joined the group onstage.