MC5 - Detroit 1970/1968 Bootleg Cassette VG+

MC5 - Live Detroit 68/69 (The "Revenge" Sessions)

This specific pairing of dates is famous for documenting the two distinct "faces" of the MC5: the sprawling, avant-garde revolutionaries of 1968 and the high-octane, proto-punk professionals of 1970.

Side A: Saginaw Civic Center (Jan 1, 1970) - Recorded during the Back in the USA era, this is the band at their tightest. The set is shorter and punchier, featuring "Looking at You" and "Fire of Love." It is famously high-energy, delivered with a "workmanlike" ferocity that contrasts with their earlier psychedelic sprawl.  (Note:  while the venue is listed as the "Saginaw Civic Center", that building didn't open until 1972 and the recording is actually believed to be the Saginaw Auditorium or a similar local hall, captured during MC5's New Year's Day residency)

Side B: Detroit (Aug 9, 1968) - This captures the band at the Grande Ballroom or Unitarian Church sessions during the "Zenta New Year" era. This side is defined by the 10+ minute "Black to Comm," a sonic assault of feedback and free-jazz exploration. It is the sound of the band that Rolling Stone called "the only band that can make you want to overthrow the government".  This performance captures the band just weeks before the DNC protests in Chicago.

Bootleg cassette of MC5 with two (2) live performances in Michigan in 1968 and 1970.

See photos for condition; guaranteed to play VG+ or better.