Grand Funk (commonly known as The Red Album) is the second studio album by American rock band
Grand Funk Railroad. It was released on December 29, 1969, by
Capitol Records, just four months after their debut album On Time. Recorded at
Cleveland Recording Company, the album was produced by
Terry Knight and engineered by Ken Hamann. The album was certified gold by the
RIAA, the first for the group. It includes a cover of
the Animals' 1966 song "
Inside Looking Out", which is still a staple of the band's live concerts.
Grand Funk was originally released by Capitol Records in LP,
cassette,
8-track tape, and
reel-to-reel configurations. The original reel-to-reel version (manufactured for Capitol/EMI by
Ampex) contains edited versions of "Got This Thing on the Move", "Please Don't Worry", "Mr. Limousine Driver" and "Inside Looking Out", the harmonica solo has been deleted, not available elsewhere. The edits on these songs reduce the album's overall running time by approximately five minutes.
In 2002, Grand Funk was remastered on compact disc with bonus tracks and also released in a limited edition box set Trunk of Funk that contained the band's first four albums. The "trunk" has slots for twelve CDs to house the future release of the remaining eight albums that were released by Capitol Records. Also included is a pair of Shinin' On 3-D glasses, a guitar pick and a sticker reproducing a concert ticket.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by
Mark Farner, except where noted.
Grand Funk (commonly known as The Red Album) is the second studio album by American rock band
Grand Funk Railroad. It was released on December 29, 1969, by
Capitol Records, just four months after their debut album On Time. Recorded at
Cleveland Recording Company, the album was produced by
Terry Knight and engineered by Ken Hamann. The album was certified gold by the
RIAA, the first for the group. It includes a cover of
the Animals' 1966 song "
Inside Looking Out", which is still a staple of the band's live concerts.
Grand Funk was originally released by Capitol Records in LP,
cassette,
8-track tape, and
reel-to-reel configurations. The original reel-to-reel version (manufactured for Capitol/EMI by
Ampex) contains edited versions of "Got This Thing on the Move", "Please Don't Worry", "Mr. Limousine Driver" and "Inside Looking Out", the harmonica solo has been deleted, not available elsewhere. The edits on these songs reduce the album's overall running time by approximately five minutes.
In 2002, Grand Funk was remastered on compact disc with bonus tracks and also released in a limited edition box set Trunk of Funk that contained the band's first four albums. The "trunk" has slots for twelve CDs to house the future release of the remaining eight albums that were released by Capitol Records. Also included is a pair of Shinin' On 3-D glasses, a guitar pick and a sticker reproducing a concert ticket.
Track listing
All songs written and composed by
Mark Farner, except where noted.