Performer: The Five Americans
Genre: Rock
Album: I See The Light
Released: 2012
Style: Garage Rock, Psychedelic Rock
MP3 version ZIP size: 1677 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1110 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1350 mb
Rating: 4.9
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Tracklist

A1	I See The Light
A2	The Losing Game
A3	Goodbye
A4	I Know They Lie
A5	Twist & Shout
A6	She’s-A-My-Own
B1	The Train
B2	It’s A Crying Shame
B3	I’m So Glad
B4	Don’t Blame Me
B5	The Outcast
B6	What’d I Say

Notes

The versatile Five Americans were so tapped into the heroic pop scene of 1965–66, they were able to pen brilliant original material that could, at times, sound something like the raw garage howl of the Rolling Stones, the jangle of the Byrds, the psychedelic mystery of Jefferson Airplane or the PhD folk-rock of Simon & Garfunkel. Best of all, lead guitarist Mike Rabon, keyboardist John Durrill, rhythm guitarist Norman Ezell, bassist Jim Grant and drummer Jimmy Wright, put their own distinct stamp on a string of smashes that began with the mighty “I See the Light” in early 1966.

Hailing from Oklahoma, this hungry quintet hit the jackpot when they moved en masse to Dallas and hooked up with the red-hot Abnak label, run by John Abnor, Sr. Their debut longplayer, I See the Light, was a perfect snapshot of what made 1966 a watershed year for rock. The song of the same name opens with what may be the most famous held organ note in rock history, then turns to a stomping bass line that would have been the envy of Slade’s Doc Marten army six years later. “Goodbye” is a perfect extension of the Slick–Balin vocal tandem about to catch fire in San Francisco. “I Know They Lie” has that Byrds/Brummels Rickenbacker jangle down pat. “Don’t Blame Me” and “It’s a Crying Shame,” a pair of snarling garage-rock nuggets, go directly for the jugular with results every bit as lethal as anything ever cut in the Lone Star state.

This 180 gram vinyl-only release is impeccably sourced from the original mono master tapes, the first time the album has been re-released in ultra-honest, bone-crunching mono.

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Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 90771-5332-1

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
HLP-8503	The Five Americans	I See The Light ‎(LP, Album, Mono, Gat)	Hanna-Barbera Records	HLP-8503	US	1966
HLP-8503	The Five Americans	I See The Light ‎(LP, Mono, Gat)	Hanna-Barbera Records	HLP-8503	Canada	1966
AIRAC-1418	The 5 Americans*	I See The Light ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM, Pap)	Air Mail Archive	AIRAC-1418	Japan	2007
HST-9503	The 5 Americans*	I See The Light ‎(LP, Album)	Hanna-Barbera Records	HST-9503	US	1966
SC 6018	The 5 Americans*	I See The Light ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Sundazed Music	SC 6018	US	1994