The Knack - Rock & Roll Is Good For You

Pre-Knack demos from the archive of Doug Fieger!

Limited edition clear vinyl

Download card included featuring two bonus tracks

Fresh off the release of Record Store Day's sold out 10" EP titled Live In Los Angeles, 1978, and full-length album Havin' A Rave-Up! Live In Los Angeles, 1978, Omnivore Recordings and Zen Records go back even farther in time to tell the story of The Knack. Consisting of demo recordings made in 1973 and 1975, Rock & Roll Is Good For You: The Fieger/Averre Demos takes listeners to the genesis of Doug Fieger and Berton Averre's songwriting and recording partnership, one that lasted nearly four decades until Fieger's tragic passing in 2010.

These 14 tracks are all previously unissued and feature versions of songs known ("Good Girls Don't" and "That's What The Little Girls Do," eventually recorded and released on Get The Knack) and unknown. There are even songs Knack fans will recognize in different versions, reworked or rewritten for later projects. A riff here, a hook there, it's a scavenger hunt for some and a blissful pop experience for others.

The Knack Rock & Roll Is Good For You: The Fieger/Averre Demos is a fascinating look at how Doug's partnership with Berton helped steer a course from a more progressive '70s sound to the power-pop The Knack used to break disco's hold on the airwaves with 1979's "My Sharona." Complete with previously unseen photos, liner notes and sourced from the original 1/4" tapes, Rock & Roll Is Good For You: The Fieger/Averre Demos is a record power-pop fans have not only been waiting for, but will fully embrace! LP includes download card containing full 16-track CD/digital program.

 

1. Have A Heart

2. Corporation Shuffle(Daddy Turns The Volume Down)

3. Good Girls Don't

4. Little Lies

5. Weiss On Rye (Hold The Mavo)

6. You'll Never Know

7. That's What The Little Girls Do

8. Get On The Plane

9. (Here On This)Lonely Night

10. Lazer Days

11. Who'll Set You Down

12. Mama I Feel Your Sadness

13. What Ya Gonna Do Now?

14. Rock & Roll Is Good For You

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