Mixerr Album Reviews #161

This is Michael Mixerr. Today I will review Grand Funk Railroad - Closer To Home REMASTERED. As you know, Grand Funk Railroad is from Flint, Michigan. Grand Funk Railroad started out with 3 people originally in 1957. Then they recorded this album in 1967.

The remaster has a bit lower quality sound to me. For example, the treble is lowered. The treble is terrible. The original treble was perfect. This might not be all remasters of this album. The original volume settings were fine they way they originally were.

This album started with Terry Knight and 2 other people. 3 faces are on the front cover. There are 8 tracks on this album. If this album were 5 or 6 tracks longer, I would have liked it more. It just seems to me that when any type of music gets released from Flint, Michigan; it goes under the radar. The 10 minute song should have been cut into 2 or 3 songs so the album could have been made to look longer, yet retain the original format for the albums original planning. This album needed some more Country, Funk, and Blues sound. Listen to this after midnight. You'll see why.

Of course this was when Grand Funk Railroad was just getting started on Capitol Records. They sure broke out in a lot of concerts. They had a lot of fans. Probably 11 million to 15 million. Grand Funk Railroad kept their garage rock roots and Blues styles even after firing Terry Knight because of contractual differences.

I rate this album, Closer To Home REMASTERED, 3/5***.