Ram Jam were a very hard rocking 70's band fronted by Bill Bartlett, formerly of the Lemon Pipers (yeah, the Green Tambourine guys). The albums were produced by bubblegum producers Kasentetz-Katz (same guys who produced Lemon Pipers, 1910 Fruitgum Co. and a lot of other 60s hits). But the Ram Jam albums really rocked hard (especially the lesser known 2nd album titled Portrait of the Young Artist as a Ram). Black Betty was a top 40 hit (a remake of an old Leadbelly song)and was fairly representative of their 1st LP. If all you've ever heard is the single version, which is on most compilations, you owe it to yourself to hear the full version which has a much longer middle section that rocks. This import CD contains both LPs and has everything released by this band except Should've Known Better, which was the B side to the Black Betty single. Great very underrated stuff!
01 Black betty 02 Let it all out 03 Keep your hands on the wheel 04 Right on the money 05 All for the love of rock n roll 06 404 07 High steppin' 08 Overloaded 09 Hey boogie woman 10 Too bad on your birthday 11 The kid next door 12 Turnpike
13 Wanna find love 14 Just like me 15 Hurricane ride 16 Saturday night 17 Runway runaway 18 Please 19 please 20 please 21 (please me) 22 Gone wild 23 Pretty poison