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great post...thx

Fantastic ! Thanks for posting , there's even the first ever early version of Rock''n' Roll Soldiers with different lyrics that would be recorded by the New Order in 1975 with Ron Asheton and Machine Gun .

14:11 WOW

How you doin Rob

This IS an incredible, rare treat. I was Ascension's first manager; I wasn't very good, the band was, as testimony here, GREAT. Hadn't known such a good recording existed (esp. of Fred's guitar). Fred "Sonic" Smith on guitar, Dennis Thompson (MGT) drums, Mike Davis on vocals and piano, and I think a guy named John Yarkers on bass.

Deadly album

I am Detroit scene maniac,somehow,i missed this band. Shame on me

Shredding productive, really great

WOW! as a Native Detroiter and musician, this is a fucking rare treat!

I was at this show. It was loud as hell.

Brilliant, and great information. Thanks for your effort in sharing this stuff.

Thank God for tape. And this band.

Thank YOU for sharing this piece of Detroit rock and roll history It is a true showing of what could have been after the demise of the MC5,

Fred Smith was a genius in that band gone way to early. I actually didn't know about this music from the remaining members of mc5. Saw them at tartar filed in 1970 epitome of detroit hard rock scene

They don't know Stairway to Heaven, then promptly launch into a rockified version of a Motown Classic ❤

In the fall of 1981 I moved back to MD from Ann Arbor which was suffering from recession like all SE MI. I got a job at a local chain record store called Harmony Hut managing the guitar department at the Columbia Mall store. One day I was talking with a customer about just moving back to the area from Ann Arbor. The conversation shifted to bands from Detroit and A2 and at some point I looked at this fellow and said now you are going to tell me you were a roadie for the MC5. Which is exactly what he proceeded to confirm. Turned out this cat was Kevin N. who I got to know a bit and actually played out with him a time or two. Essentially he did road work for the 5 from about the time they were separating from Sinclair til the post breakup when the MC3 (Smith, Thompson, Davis on Wurlitzer electric piano and John Hefti on bass) would keep going and ascend from the ashes of the MC5. Kevin was full of all sorts of tales like the MC5 showing up at the Sinclair commune to get gigs from "the fat man" and surprising JS in the shower enjoying the company of his secretary. Come to learn that KN had an open reel recording of what he called the MC5's last gig, perhaps better called Ascension's last gig. The reason for the recording was to have something for another drummer to learn tunes as Thompson was getting a gig with a country band-steadier work? Kevin thought there was some sort of problem with the tape, which he retained due to some sort of nonpayment for services issue. Since I was and am a total MC5 and Sonic Smith freak from when KOTJ got airplay on WHMC-AM in Maryland (Barry Richards progressive rock format), I recruited my friend Gabor and his Sony open reel deck and we headed to Columbia from Rockville to hear and dub the tape. Turned out parts of "Shakin' Street" had some sort of overload distortion but otherwise the stereo tape was OK. So we dubbed it onto a cassette. The gig was at some sort of teen club/no alcohol served night but the band brought their own, a faux pas and played loud enough to knock stuff off the shelves. Hence some of the dialogue and audience interchange and turned down parts. In general KN described Ascension as hard rehearsing upstairs at maybe MD's mom's house IIRC but always trying to recapture the peak experiences of the MC5 days with certain assistance so to speak. I always thought of this recording as the MC5 version of Metallic KO. Some great stuff but also very sad. Killer drums from DT and cool tunes but Davis was overmatched by volume and loses his voice. I kept this tape to myself til Fred died but shared it with a few folk including W Kramer when he played Dobbs in Philadelphia and mailed a copy to a St. Clair Shores address I got from Scott Morgan. Got the bum's rush from Studio 4 in Philly when I tried to ask Patti Smith if she ever got the tape. Summer Cannibals did show up on one of her records. P.S. Most of the spoken word stuff on this is Mike Davis. He once told me the last "When You Move" song was about the relationship/energy feedback loop between the band and it's audience. According to Kevin N., "Wee Wee Hours" was Fred Smith's favorite Chuck Berry tune.

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Holy moly! That Cannibals song was taken with Dennis over to The New Order and became Rock and Roll Soldiers. Amazing.

Imagine going to a bowling alley and hearing these legends just jamming on a song like undertow.

Fred "Sonic" Smith is genius, his guitar line is always beautiful. He is my hero. Thank you uploader...! I've finding a long time Ascension's music.

I am interested in purchasing a copy of this recording. Greetings from Motor City.

Summer Cannibals... Rock n Roll Soldiers?

Boys appear to be exceptionally stoned and under the influence of Sun Ra during these sessions.

So great and wondeful ! It rocks so hard. A great thanks 🎸

Rockin' tune! Need to find out more!

It's too bad we don't have the technology to take a live recording like this and turn it into a studio quality recording. Fuck...

thanks a lot - you have the tape of this ?

this oughta be released @!!@@

thanks you very very much

Thanks for tracking this down and sharing it.

Amazing drumming from dennis thompson .

Where did you get this ?

Hi, thank you for the video ! I want to know if the vox for play stoner doom.. in live in stereo with the or 120 can do the job ??? Thank you

Absolutely horrible film Very much a Motor City wah-wah infused flavour to these MC5 tunes Nice to hear the "original" version if Gold as heard in film (The ROIR version kicks way more ass though) Thanks for uploading.

anybody know what guitar his playing? i think song was undertow. really reminds me of savoy Brown album outside looking in. they were in Detroit slot back then. Eastown theater

undertow starts out sounding abit like robin tower? then turns into Savoy brown. niccee

get ready: starts out like kinks i really got you babe. then turns into a street brawl between the stooges and Lesley west mountain. holy shit. i think i need a smoke!

What you gotta be outta here by midnight or somethin

Thank you so much

This is pretty much the audio the audience received, altho much louder. Great vocals from both Fred and Scott. Liked this a lot

I'm #666!!! 😈 😈 😈 😈 😈

Ginchy!

Huge thanks from the UK! Detroit makes the best music!

Do you play in public or record? Would like to hear more.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Thank so much

Nice. Muchas gracias.

Anyone near Detroit interested in putting together an SRB influenced hard rock group???

Love this! Thank you for posting!