Name: Born To Be Wild by Kim Fowley
Brand: Kim Fowley
SKU: 5099950059652
Price: 9.9 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 3 (84 reviews)

ALBUM

Back in the ‘60s when Hollywood producers of teensploitation B-movies wanted to reflect the hip psychedelic music of the time, they all too often employed Los Angeles studio hacks to record watered-down go-go jams with square-sounding surf guitars up front. It’s hard to tell if Kim Fowley was trying to make fun of this phenomenon with 1968’s Born to Be Wild or if he was just attempting to record more legitimately cool instrumentals to be used in random biker, hot-rod or surf-gang movies. Either way, he succeeded. A cover of the Steppenwolf classic opens with a solid horn section and dirty, distorted electric guitars backing up a lead Hammond organ. The results sound more like Kent-label mod-jazz than anything else. Fowley and company keep the Doors’ “Hello I Love You” pretty close to the original (but with an actual bass guitar), while their take on Status Quo’s “Pictures of Matchstick Men” becomes an eerie- sounding affair trimmed with Phantom of the Opera-sounding organ and loads of reverb.

1. Born To Be Wild

by Kim Fowley

Primary Artist: Kim Fowley; Main Performer
Composer: Mars Bonfire; Composer
Lyricist: Mars Bonfire; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Mars Bonfire; Other

2. I Can't Stop Dancing

by Kim Fowley

Primary Artist: Kim Fowley; Main Performer
Composer: Kim Fowley; Composer

3. Shake A Lady

by Kim Fowley

Primary Artist: Kim Fowley; Main Performer
Composer: Ray Bryant; Composer

4. Hello I Love You

by Kim Fowley

Primary Artist: Kim Fowley; Main Performer
Composer: Robby Krieger
Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
John Densmore; Composer
Lyricist: Robby Krieger
Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
John Densmore; Composer
Composer Lyricist: John Densmore
Jim Morrison
Ray Manzarek
Robby Krieger; Other

5. Soul Limbo

by Kim Fowley

Primary Artist: Kim Fowley; Main Performer
Composer: Steve Cropper
Al Jackson
Booker T. Jones
Donald "duck" Dunn; Composer

6. Space Odyssey

by Kim Fowley

Primary Artist: Kim Fowley; Main Performer
Composer: Kim Fowley; Composer

7. Wild Weekend

by Kim Fowley

Primary Artist: Kim Fowley; Main Performer
Composer: Phil J. Todaro
Tom Shannon; Composer

8. Pictures Of Matchstick Men

by Kim Fowley

Primary Artist: Kim Fowley; Main Performer
Composer: Francis Rossi; Composer

9. Savage In The Sun

by Kim Fowley

Primary Artist: Kim Fowley; Main Performer
Composer: Kim Fowley; Composer

10. Sunshine Of Your Love

by Kim Fowley

Primary Artist: Kim Fowley; Main Performer
Composer: Eric Clapton
Jack Bruce
Peter Brown; Composer
Lyricist: Eric Clapton
Jack Bruce
Peter Brown; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Peter Brown
Eric Clapton
Jack Bruce; Other

11. Classical Gas

by Kim Fowley

Primary Artist: Kim Fowley; Main Performer
Composer: Mason Williams; Composer

12. Fresno, 1963

by Kim Fowley

Primary Artist: Kim Fowley; Main Performer
Composer: Kim Fowley; Composer

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

12 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

30 minutes and 26 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 1417x1417 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

No lyrics found

Synchronized Lyrics

No synced lyrics found

Genres

Pop/Rock, Psychedelic, Singer & Songwriter, Retro, Vintage, Singer-Songwriter

Label

Zonophone

Music Distribution Service

UMG Global

Country

United States

Language

No linguistic content

Popularity

Release Date

Dec 31, 1967

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

5099950059652

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Born To Be Wild

1. Born To Be Wild

2. I Can't Stop Dancing

3. Shake A Lady

4. Hello I Love You

5. Soul Limbo

6. Space Odyssey

7. Wild Weekend

8. Pictures Of Matchstick Men

9. Savage In The Sun

10. Sunshine Of Your Love

11. Classical Gas

12. Fresno, 1963

Technical Specifications

Born To Be Wild

Product information

Release options

1. Born To Be Wild

2. I Can't Stop Dancing

3. Shake A Lady

4. Hello I Love You

5. Soul Limbo

6. Space Odyssey

7. Wild Weekend

8. Pictures Of Matchstick Men

9. Savage In The Sun

10. Sunshine Of Your Love

11. Classical Gas

12. Fresno, 1963

Technical Specifications