Blow Your Face Out Explained

Blow Your Face Out
Type:	live
Artist:	the J. Geils Band
Cover:	J. Geils Band - Blow Your Face Out.jpg
Released:	April 22, 1976
Recorded:	November 15 and 19, 1975
Venue:	Boston Garden, Boston; Cobo Hall, Detroit
Genre:	Rock
Length:	74:39
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	Bill Szymczyk Allan Blazek Seth Justman
Prev Title:	Hotline
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	Monkey Island
Next Year:	1977

Blow Your Face Out is the second live album by American rock band the J. Geils Band, released in 1976.

Recording

The album was recorded at two concerts held in November 1975. The first show was at the Boston Garden in the band's hometown (Boston, Massachusetts) on November 15, and recorded by Record Plant East Remote with David Hewitt.The second was recorded by Metro Audio Detroit four nights later at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan, the same city where the band's other two live albums "Live" Full House (1972) and Showtime! (1982) were also recorded.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Seth Justman and Peter Wolf, except where noted.

Side One

1. "Southside Shuffle" – 4:16
2. "Back to Get Ya" – 4:38
3. "Shoot Your Shot" (Junior Walker, James Graves, Lawrence Horn) – 3:56
4. "Musta Got Lost" – 6:34

Side Two

1. "Where Did Our Love Go" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland Jr.) – 4:00
2. "Truck Drivin' Man" (Terry Fell) – 1:52
3. "Love-Itis" (Harvey Scales, Albert Vance) – 4:05
4. "Lookin' for a Love" (J. W. Alexander, Zelda Samuels) – 2:06
5. "Ain't Nothin' but a Houseparty" (Del Sharh, Joe Thomas) – 5:04

Side Three

1. "So Sharp" (Arlester "Dyke" Christian) – 2:38
2. "Detroit Breakdown" – 6:25
3. "Chimes" – 8:56

Side Four

1. "Sno-Cone" (Albert Collins) – 3:04
2. "Wait" – 3:44
3. "Raise Your Hand" (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd, Alvertis Isbell) – 4:08
4. "Start All Over" – 2:21
5. "Give It to Me" – 6:52

The track listing on the original release has several incorrect song titles. "Must of Got Lost" is listed as "Musta Got Lost", "Lookin' for a Love" as "Intro:", "Start All Over Again" as "Start All Over", and "Ain't Nothin' but a Houseparty" as "Houseparty". "Musta Got Lost" is possibly a simple error, but the other two are seemingly stylistic choices, as the label on the record notes the real titles of the songs in parentheses.

Personnel

• Peter Wolf – vocals
• J. Geils – guitar
• Magic Dick – harmonica
• Seth Justman – keyboards, vocals
• Danny Klein – bass
• Stephen Jo Bladd – drums, vocals

Notes and References

1. http://music.aol.com/album/blow-your-face-out/6625 AOL Review