Supersnazz

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Supersnazz | type = studio | artist = Flamin' Groovies | cover = Supersnazz.jpeg | alt = | released = September 1969 | recorded = 1968 | venue = | studio = CBS Studio A, Los Angeles, California | genre = *Rock and roll<ref name="AllMusic"/> *proto-punk<ref name="AllMusic"/> *New Orleans R&B<ref name="AllMusic"/> *country<ref name="AllMusic"/> *ragtime<ref name="AllMusic"/> | length = 35:17 | label = Epic | producer = Steve R. Goldman<ref name="AllMusic">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r7352|label="The Flamin' Groovies: ''Supersnazz''" |first=Bruce |last=Eder |accessdate=12 September 2011}}</ref> | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Flamingo | next_year = 1970 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic"/> | rev2 = Robert Christgau | rev2Score = {{Rating-Christgau|A}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/post--nuggets-flamin-groovies |title=MSN article |access-date=2014-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228222018/http://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/post--nuggets-flamin-groovies |archive-date=2013-12-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | rev3 = ''Classic Rock'' | rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Moody|first=Paul|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/flamin-groovies-supersnazz|title=Flamin’ Groovies: Supersnazz|magazine=Classic Rock|date=2015-10-30|access-date=2024-07-21}}</ref> | rev4 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |first=Colin |last=Larkin |author-link=Colin Larkin |chapter=Flamin' Groovies |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=flamin+groovies |publisher=Omnibus Press |year=2011 |isbn=9780857125958|via= Google Books}}</ref> | rev5 = ''The Great Rock Discography'' | rev5score = 6/10<ref>{{cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |author-link=Martin C. Strong |title= The Great Rock Discography|chapter=Flamin' Groovies |date=2004|edition=7th|publisher=Canongate Books |page=[https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro_r9o1/page/298/mode/2up 298-299]|isbn=1-84195-615-5}}</ref> | rev6 = ''MusicHound Rock'' | rev6Score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Graff |editor1-first=Gary |editor2-last=Durchholz |editor2-first=Daniel |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |publisher=Visible Ink Press |year=1999 |isbn=1-57859-061-2 |chapter=Flamin' Groovies|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/242/mode/1up 241–242]}}</ref> | rev7 = ''Record Collector'' | rev7score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peacock |first=Tim |date=2018-03-28 |title=Flamin’ Groovies: Supersnazz |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/supersnazz |website=Record Collector|access-date=2024-07-21}}</ref> | rev8 = ''Rolling Stone'' | rev8Score = favourable<ref>{{cite journal |last=Bangs |first=Lester |date=13 December 1969 |title=Records |journal=Rolling Stone |issue=48 |pages=50 |location=San Francisco |publisher=Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. }}</ref> | rev9 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' | rev9score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Primal Scream |last=Sisario |first=Ben |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |year=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/301/mode/1up 301-302]}}</ref> }}

'''''Supersnazz''''' is the debut studio album by the rock band Flamin' Groovies. It was released in 1969 on the Epic label. The release was their only album recorded expressly for a major record label, although all of their next five albums were distributed by major labels. ''Supersnazz'' was later released in compact disc format in 2000 on Sundazed Music with four edits of songs from the album (done in 1969 for singles) included as bonus tracks.

==Track listing== '''Side 1''' # "Love Have Mercy" (Roy Loney) # "The Girl Can't Help It" (Bobby Troup) # "Laurie Did It" (Roy Loney) # "A Part From That" (Roy Loney, Cyril Jordan) # "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (Huey Smith, Johnny Vincent)

'''Side 2''' # "The First One's Free" (Roy Loney) # "Pagan Rachel" (Roy Loney) # "Somethin' Else" (Eddie Cochran) / "Pistol Packin' Mama" (Al Dexter) # "Brushfire" (Roy Loney, Cyril Jordan) # "Bam Balam" (Roy Loney, Cyril Jordan) # "Around the Corner" (Roy Loney, Cyril Jordan)

''' 2000 Sundazed CD bonus tracks''' # "Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu" (single edit) # "The First One's Free" (single edit) # "Somethin' Else" (single edit) # "Laurie Did It" (single edit)

==Personnel== ;Flamin' Groovies *Roy Loney - rhythm guitar, vocals *Cyril Jordan - guitar, vocals *Tim Lynch - guitar, vocals, harmonica *George Alexander - bass guitar, vocals, harmonica *Danny Mihm - drums, percussion *Mike Lang - keyboards

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Category:Flamin' Groovies albums Category:1969 debut albums Category:Epic Records albums