In the fashion of the day PG&E were originally called the PG&E Blues Band when they started out in San Francisco in 1967, becoming the first inter-racial band to hit the LA rock scene. Over time, the band included members of Canned Heat and The James Gang. The double-presentation set comprises the band s second album simply called Pacific Gas and Electric released in 1969 and their next album Are You Ready whose title track got into the US Top Twenty.
S**P
Yeah, what he said, BUT....
This is a great blues/rock outfit from the late 1960s. After the psychedelic haze of 1967-69 started to waft away into recent memory, music began to get a little more "earthy" and urban. Pacific Gas & Electric's first album was fine blues, the second a little more rocky, and they seemed to experiment with multiple styles (country?) within the third effort which was still a good album, but not as cohesive as the first two. This "Collectables" edition of their 2nd & 3rd albums combined is not complete. "When A Man Loves A Woman" is missing. So if you want the complete albums, you will have to buy the 2-cd edition from the 'SPV Yellow' folks in favor of this single disc edition.This is great music. I may move off into different directions from time to time..From Jazz to Classical to any kind of weird rubbish imaginable, but I always come back to the funky blues!
J**Y
Excellent Blues/Rock band
Happened on these albums purely by chance and I'm glad I've had the chance to discover this long forgotten band. A potent and heady mix of Rock, blues, gospel, Soul and R'n'B and a superb, soulful vocalist in Charlie Allen.Highly recommended.
G**Y
Vintage LA rock
"Pacific Gas & Electric" (named after a local company) was the first multi-racial rock band to emerge from LA club scene in 1966/1967. The band was formed by self-taught guitarist Tom Marshall, who recruited drummer Charlie Allen. Charlie, surprisingly, turned out to be a vocalist p a r e x c e l l e n c e, so the drums went to Adolfo ("Fito") de la Parra (who soon deserted to join "Canned Heat"). On his turn, Canned Head drummer, Frank Cook appeared in the ranks of "Pacific Gas". The band was soon fortified by Glenn Schwartz on guitars (a deserter from "James Gang"), and with Brent Block on bass the line-up was complete. The band played exceptional music with powerful back-up vocals and rich gospel harmonies. This CD is a re-issue of 2 albums - the 2nd and the 3rd (1969-1970), featuring superb performance of "Are You Ready?" and "When A Man Loves A Woman". The first album is worth having too - Get It on: the Kent Records Sessions . The band is well above its more successful contemporaries and is really underrated
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