Pacific Gas And Electric Are You Ready Album
Pacific gas electric was a short lived blues rock band that formed in la in 1967 and ceased to exist after 1973.
Pacific gas and electric are you ready album. Complete your pacific gas and electric collection. The song was featured on their 1970 album are you ready. It was written by drummer charlie allen and john hill. Their lone top 20 record a gospelish are you ready is title track of the group s third lp cs 1017.
Are you ready is definitely the best remembered song by the short lived blues rock band pacific gas electric from their third album for which it is the title track. 2 3 you have to sympathize with a band whose tragic history includes the theft of their name a name greater than tongue groove or nova local by a power monopoly. Are you ready is a song written by charlie allen and john hill and performed by pacific gas electric. Pacific gas electric s second and third albums 1969 s pacific gas electric and 1970 s are you ready were their two most popular lps and are reissued together as a two cd package with historical liner notes in english on this german release on most of pacific gas electric they play soul rock with some dash and verve though the songwriting isn t up to the level of musicianship or.
Anchored by pacific gas electric s sole hit are you ready the album of the same name actually their third lp treads a thin line between eclecticism and confusion and is actually weaker on the whole than its predecessor 1969 s pacific gas electric certainly the ominous yet inspirational gospel funk psychedelia of are you ready was the strongest track and to this day the only. 49 on the r b chart in 1970. 93 on billboard s year end hot 100. Are you ready.
First pressings of this album are on columbia s red 360 sound label. Pacific gas electric. The single was ranked no. However another song in the pg.
In fact this was their only charting hit. Discover releases reviews credits songs and more about pacific gas and electric are you ready. The song was produced by john hill and featured the back up band the blackberries. A final album using the name pacific gas electric starring charlie allen was recorded by allen with studio musicians and released on the dunhill label in 1973.
Are you ready 1970 the band was formed in los angeles in 1967 by guitarist tom marshall bassist brent block second guitarist glenn schwartz prev.