Call of the Wild (Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes album)

Call of the Wild
Studio album by Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes
Released February, 1974
Recorded June–July, 1973, Sleepy Hollow Studios in Ithaca, NY
Genre Hard rock
Length 38:01
Label DiscReet LP
Enigma Retro CD
Producer Lew Futterman
Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes chronology
Survival of the Fittest Live
(1971)		 Call of the Wild
(1974)		 Tooth Fang & Claw
(1974)
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Call of the Wild is the sixth album by Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes. Recorded in the summer of 1973, it is the first of two albums released on Frank Zappa's DiscReet label. Re-issued in 1977 by Warner Bros as part of "Two Originals of... Ted Nugent".

Nugent's new, solid rhythm section includes Rob Grange on bass and Vic Mastrianni on drums, adding a hard driving rock beat to Nugent's music. The compositions, developed and gradually improved on stage since 1972 (with an Amboy Dukes' line-up changing frequently), are now being sharpened and extended during months of intense touring, in the US and also in Canada. While Nugent's playing technique is gaining maturity, he also finds new inspiration and energy in a more outdoor-oriented life (in his ranch in Michigan). Hence an album title inspired by novelist Jack London. Most of the second side consist of instrumental and self-speaking music. In addition to the rhythm section, Andy Jezowski (brother of Ted's wife Sandra Jezowski at that time) performs most vocal parts on record, and Gabriel Magno adds some inventive keyboards and even a flute (on "Below the Belt").

On stage, Nugent is in charge of vocals, but Jezowski comes in as a part-time (guest) vocalist along the year. Gabe Magno will occasionally gig on stage with the Amboy Dukes (until he joins the band If by late 1973), and again later on with Nugent in April 1979.

A final Dukes single is released by the new record company, "Sweet Revenge" b/w "Ain't It the Truth".

Track listing

All songs written by Ted Nugent, except where indicated:

  1. "Call of the Wild" – 4:51
  2. "Sweet Revenge" – 4:06
  3. "Pony Express" – 5:21
  4. "Ain't It the Truth" (Rob Grange, Ted Nugent) – 4:57
  5. "Renegade" (Rob Grange) – 3:33
  6. "Rot Gut" (Rob Grange, Ted Nugent, Gabriel Magno, Vic Mastrianni) – 2:45
  7. "Below the Belt" – 7:03
  8. "Cannon Balls" – 5:43

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Call of the Wild at AllMusic
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