Good Lord, the First Ram Jam Album Is Awesome

Very much an acquired taste unless you saw them live regularly, at which point you probably thought they were the greatest thing ever. Especially after 8 beers.

picked this up for $12 and after two listens have to say: GREAT! don't know which I like better, trax 1-10 (the Bartlett lineup)are unique countryrock/metallic/bubbleglam, while trax 11-20 are highenergy popmetal...it's all good. "Too Bad On Your Birthday" is definitely my favorite song, like glitter-encrusted farmboyzz covering T Rex while wearing flannell shirts & platform shoes.

" I've always been baffled by that strange edit near the beginning of "Black Betty" - the way the song's first 30 seconds or so is spliced in to repeat itself just after the first verse. Kinda like "Run Lola Run" or something. Very peculiar; I wonder why that was done?

apparently it was edited from an earlier version by Bartlett's band between the Lemon Pipers and Ram Jam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I73T5EJmaS4

p cool but i think i like the Ram Jam version better.

Wow! That's crazy, I had no idea. I like this version, though it really doesn't lend itself to playing over the end credits of college sports radio.

Playing Rayman the other day, and Black Betty makes a guest appearance. In all seriousness, I think this is the definitive version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yOEuOuhINc

"It's such a fine line between a rut and a groove..."