LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

This their sole recorded effort, Born To Be Wild, with its fabulously-cheesy cover, duly appeared on Birchmount records in 1969. Although the band chose a covered track as the album's title, many of the dozen tracks on this album are self-penned and most of them are pretty good, and the band covers Steppenwolf's opus major effortlessly, but the garage-punk vibe of the first side of the record gives way to a more jazzy sound a la Blood Sweat And Tears on side 2 with plenty of horns in evidence. Could David Clayton Thomas, himself a Toronto resident at the time, have played a part in the proceedings? The only thing we know for sure it that this rare album is becoming increasingly sought-after by collectors.
Track Listing1. Fire 2. Funky Street 3. Do Something To Me 4. Faster Than The Speed Of Light 5. Lovitis 6. Cinnamon 7. Born To Be Wild 8. Groovy Day (All On A Sunny Day) 9. Chase Away 10. Ain't Love Good 11. I'm An Animal 12. Wishin' And Hopin'