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<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">pickwick33</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">pickwick33</strong> said:</div><div><br />
	He produced the first New York Dolls and Grand Funk's <em>We're An American Band </em>the same year. He gave Grand Funk a tight, slick product for the radio that was probably, as somebody said earlier in this thread, "fussed over"; but with the NYD, sounds like he just let the tapes roll and what they got was what they got.</div></blockquote>
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	<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">somebody</strong> said:</div><div>Somebody doesn't think the American Band LP sounds especially fussed over.  It's somebody's favorite of the Grand Funk LPs, as far as that goes.</div></blockquote>
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	Compared to their previous albums, I'd say Todd tightened up Grand Funk's game quite a bit. He wouldn't have had an otherwise good song broken up with a Don Brewer drum solo, like Terry Knight (their previous producer) would have. For that reason, I think <em>American Band </em>is probably their best elpee.</div></blockquote>
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	I'm not sure what that has to do with "fussed over."  <br />
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	The song "We're An American Band" has been a long time favorite and it's not exactly highly processed merch.  I'm sure the Ramones were listening and there are prominent covers by Culturcide and MX-80 from the underground.  The Culturcide version uses the original track and does some voice distortion in spots to change it to "We're An Industrial Band."<br />
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