Featuring previously-unseen photos and sourced from the
original 1/4” tapes, "Rock & Roll Is Good For You: The
Fieger/Averre Demos," will be available as a 16-track CD and digital
album, as well as a 14-track vinyl LP (the LP will include a download
card for the full 16-track CD/digital program).
The initial LP run will
be issued in a limited-edition run of 1000 pressed on clear vinyl, with
future pressings to be made available on black vinyl. In addition,
Omnivore Recordings will offer an exclusive LP/7" single vinyl bundle
available in a run of 500 copies at their web store. The 7"
features two unreleased tracks only found on this single (“Midnight
Misogynist” [recorded 1975] c/w “Lucy Ride” [recorded 1973]). This
limited-edition vinyl bundle is available for pre-order at the label's site below.
Fresh off the release of Record Store Day’s
sold out 10” EP titled "Live In Los Angeles, 1978" and full-length album
"Havin’ A Rave-Up! Live In Los Angeles, 1978," Omnivore Recordings and
Zen Records go back even farther in time to tell the story of The Knack.
Consisting of demo recordings made in 1973 and 1975, "Rock & Roll
Is Good For You: The Fieger/Averre Demos" takes listeners to the genesis
of Doug Fieger and Berton Averre’s songwriting and recording
partnership – one that lasted nearly four decades until Fieger’s tragic
passing in 2010.
These 16 tracks are all previously unissued and
feature versions of songs known (“Good Girls Don’t” and “That’s What The
Little Girls Do,” eventually recorded and released on "Get The Knack")
and unknown. There are even songs Knack fans will recognize in
different versions, reworked or rewritten for later projects. A riff
here, a hook there – it’s a scavenger hunt for some and a blissful pop
experience for others.
The Knack "Rock & Roll Is Good For You:
The Fieger/Averre Demos" is a fascinating look at how Doug’s
partnership with Berton helped steer a course from a more progressive
70’s sound to the power-pop The Knack used to break disco’s hold on the
airwaves with 1979’s “My Sharona.”
omnivorerecordings.com
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