Get It On [The Kent Records Sessions] (2008)

About this title: The debut album of the five-member Pacific Gas & Electric reveals a nimble little blues band with a great shouter for a lead singer. Far less lumbering than the band became on their better-known major-label recordings, the Modern release of Get It On begins with the kind of maximum R&B bang that few American rock groups beyond the MC5 or Young Rascals would have been able to muster: a six-minute version of "Wade in the Water" that careens through its six long minutes with power and just enough balance between control and chaos. (The track was billed as being recorded "live," but it was ... read more

Tracks:

1. Wade in the Water [Traditional]
2. Cry, Cry, Cry [Malone]
3. The Motor City Is Burning [Smith]
4. The Hunter [Jones/Wells/Jackson]
5. Long Handled Shovel [Block/Cook/Schwartz]
6. Jelly, Jelly [Eckstine/Hines]
7. Stormy Times [Block]
8. Live Love [Marshall]
9. My Sweet Baby [Take 6]
10. Dirty Mistreater [Take 2]
11. Wade in the Water [Undubbed Version] [Traditional]
12. Cry, Cry, Cry [Take 2] [Malone]
13. Stormy Times [Take 9] [Block]
14. Long Handled Shovel [Take 8] [Block/Cook/Schwartz]
15. Jelly, Jelly [Take 1] [Eckstine/Hines]
16. The Hunter [Take 1] [Jones/Wells/Jackson]
17. Blues Chant [Take 2]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.