Bob Seger Reissue News

Yeah, they popped up on my Facebook feed and my eyeballs basically melted.

Wahoooooooh

Absolutely mindblowing.

I posted this to fb, and my uncle commented that he saw the Bob Seger System in 1969...during an afternoon assembly at his high school.

How the fuck do you go back to class after witnessing something like that?

Somewhere Seger described being a poor kid going to high school with "rich kids"---they portrayed themselves that way, and they had cool cars etc.---and still doing that when he suddenly got his first local airplay/hits, becoming this novelty celebrity, and the in-crowd, who had left him in the dust, were suddenly scooping him up, to be their status symbol/good luck charm, their golden mascot, him instead of fuzzy dice, I guess---and he wanted it! Wanted the acceptance, anyway.

Think he was still mainly gigging, but some local airplay already.

I posted this to fb, and my uncle commented that he saw the Bob Seger System in 1969...during an afternoon assembly at his high school.

How the fuck do you go back to class after witnessing something like that?

― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, February 2, 2015 10:38 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the answer is: you play hooky to smoke a cigarette in the parking lot across the street.

those videos are smokin btw.

Oh no, "those videos have been removed by the user"

god damn it Bob

well at least i can still watch that video for night moves starring joey from friends

i was smart and downloaded those videos before the inevitable take down.

arrrg fuck I wish I'd thought to download them.

Wonder if it was the tv station, or Allen Klein, or Seger himself. A friend of mine on Bob's suppression of his early shit said Bob probably doesn't want to hear "Man, you WERE so great 45 years ago!"

All of those videos are available on a DVD that came out in 2012 and was reviewed by David Fricke in Rolling Stone. So they're easily obtained. But yeah, I'd never seen em either!

Couldn't have been Klein--All Abkco controls re:Segar is the original Hideout/Cameo-Parkway singles from '66-67.

Speaking of the Hideout stuff, would you believe that a copy of "East Side Story" made it over to Merry Olde and into the hands of a Mod Band? It's true!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU4Z3K7v_aY

can someone re-up Myonga's comp? I actually have the tracks but the tags are all messed up, missing song titles etc.

link still works here, i believe (and i think the tags are all correct) http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/86612418452/never-mind-the-bullets-bob-seger-1966-1974

ah yr the man tyler many thx!

Where Have All The Bob Seger Albums Gone

a fantastic read.

Yeah, that's a great piece.

I can understand holding out against streaming services, but ffs, The Distance is out of print?

His management is obviously fucking up, but surely Seger must be somewhat aware of the deluxe boxes and vinyl reissues his contemporaries have been putting out. And if so, is he just thinking, "Welp, not for me"? If he's not careful, in a few years he's gonna end up like the Dave Clark Five -- once huge, now forgotten, due to factors that were completely and easily avoidable.

http://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/04/12/jack-white-issuing-bob-seger-single-record-store-day/100377148/

ha, good timing after that npr deep dive ... wonder if this is just a one-off or if third man has more seger in the works?

Gonna jump on this (not the yellow COLLECTIBLE one, the regular one). It's an encouraging sign, at least.

Bad News: The side that says it is "2+2=?" actually has "Seven Nation Army" on it.

no "Lookin' Back", no credibility

this is a good sign though

The following Seger albums are now on Spotify and iTunes, Apple Music, etc., etc.:

Ramblin' Gamblin' Man, Beautiful Loser, Live Bullet, Night Moves, Stranger in Town, Against the Wind, Nine Tonight, The Distance, Like a Rock, The Fire Inside

On Spotify at least, some are credited to Bob Seger, while others are credited to Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band, so they don't all come up with a single search.

Ramblin' Gamblin' has actually been reissued on vinyl! We've got it at work.

Ramblin' Gamblin' Man should be the Bob Seger System

Ramblin' Man should be the Bob Seger Gamblin' System

I guess this is the best Seger thread on ILM, so...

The lead single from his new album is a Lou Reed cover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv5xsPH9dG4

!!!!

wtf

Heard about it, but hadn't heard it. Rules.

yeah, i like it, definitely a good choice!

Did they know each other through Iggy?

gotta say Seger's pretty energetic onstage! (as opposed to the rest of his band)

...and that's how he f'd his back up and had to postpone the rest of Hus tour.

On a certain Bob Seger hit and disco

Forgot George Jackson wrote that thing

Getting reacquainted w/my early Seger vinyl, and wandered over to discogs to see about Back In '72...man, that's an expensive record! Cheapest one up right now is $60 (shipping included) from the UK.

that's what happens when you obstinately refuse to repress your records

Yup. IIRC, it--along with Noah & Brand New Morning--have been purposely suppressed by the man himself.

Currently spinning a nice clean original press of Seven.

The Seger reissue news we've all been waiting for:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FLG9Z25?tag=mfconvert-20

I thought that was a joke post, but WOW

Long damn overdue; here's hoping the rest follows.

Amazing, thanks---just now pre-ordered, suspecting that it might sell out pretty quick.

Although it's true that Tyler's re-up of the justly renowned Myonga comp still works:
https://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/86612418452/never-mind-the-bullets-bob-seger-1966-1974 Still---I want this fuckin' finally and justly legit CD (even though it's shorter)(also mp3s can go wonky, CDs not not nearly as often, in my longform experience) with its CD booklet of rockscholarly notes, and photos, hopefully incl. thee immortal one 'ccompanying Tyler's post.

best new reissue!

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/bob-seger-and-the-last-heard-heavy-music-the-complete-cameo-recordings-1966-1967

kills me that "Looking Back" isn't on this set