Call of the Wild (Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes album)

Call of the Wild
Studio album by Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes
Released	February, 1974
Recorded	June–July, 1973
Genre	Hard rock
Length	38:01
Label	DiscReet LP Enigma Retro CD
Producer	Lew Futterman
Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes chronology
Survival of the Fittest Live (1971) Call of the Wild (1974) Tooth Fang & Claw (1974)

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Call of the Wild is the sixth album by Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes. Recorded at Sleepy Hollow Studios in Ithaca, NY in the summer of 1973, it was the first of two albums released on Frank Zappa's DiscReet label. A new rhythm section was added with Grange and Mastrianni, adding a hard driving rock beat to Nugent's compositions for the remaining Dukes albums. Jezowski was added to the vocal mix. Magno adds some inventive keyboards and even a flute. A final Dukes single was released by the new record company, "Sweet Revenge" b/w "Ain't It the Truth".

Track listing

All songs written by Ted Nugent, except where indicated:

1. "Call of the Wild" – 4:51
2. "Sweet Revenge" – 4:06
3. "Pony Express" – 5:21
4. "Ain't It the Truth" (Rob Grange, Ted Nugent) – 4:57
5. "Renegade" (Rob Grange) – 3:33
6. "Rot Gut" (Rob Grange, Ted Nugent, Gabriel Magno, Vic Mastrianni) – 2:45
7. "Below the Belt" – 7:03
8. "Cannon Balls" – 5:43

Personnel

• Andy Jezowski - vocals
• Ted Nugent - guitars, vocals, percussion
• Gabriel Magno - keyboards, flute
• Rob Grange - bass, vocals
• Vic Mastrianni - drums, vocals
• John Childs, engineer
• Lew Futterman, producer
• Bill Inglot, digital remastering
• Ken Perry, digital remastering

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