STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - TED NUGENT - STATE OF SHOCK

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Good Tuesday morning to you all and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we are thrilled to wish Redford, Michigan native, guitarist, vocalist, and bandleader, Ted Nugent, a very Happy 74th Birthday. Happy Birthday Uncle Ted ! He is best known for his early work with The Amboy Dukes, his later records with the supergroup, Damn Yankees, and of course his solo work.  With him in mind, we spotlight his fifth solo album, State Of Shock. The LP was released May 1979 on the Epic label and produced by Lew Futterman and  Cliff Davies. The latter provides drums on the album as well as lead vocals on the disc's closer, "Saddle Sore". The record reached #57 in Australia, and #18 in both Canada and America. It's sole single, "I Want to Tell You", a cover of the Beatles' 1966 hit, did not chart. 

1. "Paralyzed" 4:09
2. "Take It or Leave It" 4:07
3. "Alone" 5:20
4. "It Don't Matter" 3:08
5. "State of Shock" 3:22

Side two

6. "I Want to Tell You" 4:52
7. "Satisfied" 5:49
8. "Bite Down Hard" 3:21
9. "Snake Charmer" 3:19
10. "Saddle Sore" 3:16

Ted Nugent – lead and rhythm guitars, lead vocals (on tracks 1, 2, 5), backing vocals, percussion

Charlie Huhn – lead vocals (on tracks 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9), backing vocals

Walt Monaghan – bass

Cliff Davies – drums, lead vocals (on track 10), backing vocals, producer

With :

Leah Kilburn – backing vocals (on track 3)

Production

Lew Futterman – producer
Tim Geelan – engineer
David Gotlieb, Lou Schlossberg – assistant engineers
David McCullough – mixing assistant
Bob Heimall – art direction
Gerard Huertia – lettering
Ron Pownall – photography
David Krebs, Steve Leber – directors