Grand Funk Railroad - Why no remastered/upgraded vinyl releases?

I know Friday Music released "Live Album" last year, but's that's it...

Their Capitol releases were all given the upgraded treatment on CD back in 2002...I would've thought we'd have seen those mastered for vinyl by now...what gives?

 

Maybe they think that the current crop of kids buying records they never intend to play, but rather hang on a wall are not the audience for Grand Funk Railroad, a 49 year-old band.
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I don't know...I still think there are enough old geezers out there like myself who'd snap up a few vinyl releases...

And now that I think about it, Friday Music also put out We're An American Band on yellow vinyl a few years ago, so that makes two releases...

 

I'd buy them

 

If you're reading this thread, you owe it to yourself to check out Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Grand Funk Railroad - a remarkable document from their heyday...

I'm not sure how to describe it. It's sort of an LP-length infomercial, breathlessly delivered by a Southern-accented man with poetic inclinations:

"smoke steamin' body funk from the midwest, Grand Funk, a bruising, blasting electric vibration is a railroad for its generation, and running like a clockwork orange, right on its time"

I hadn't known, prior to listening to it, that the band had a "message for the brothers and sisters" about "liberation", making them "spokesmen for their generation".

It's a trip.

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Grand Funk Railroad (MP3s)

 

If Bernie Grundman and/or Chris Bellman were to polish up Survival, who am I to say anything ?

 

Not sure enough time has passed to warrant another remastered set since the Trunk of Funk.

 

Those Japan cds are hard to beat.

 

I have a gold vinyl "Were An American Band" that is cool. Sounds damn good also.

 

Yeah, I got one of those reissues too. IIRC it was the early 2000's when it came out.

 

This one is older than that I think, I will have to check. Not a fan of colored vinyl. I like black, easier to judge the surface. Colored vinyl you can't see anything.

 

Grand Funk Railroad - Closer To Home

Closer to home was reissued by MOV in 2014.

 

This could help explain why GFR is largely unknown to anyone under 55. Except perhaps as a joke on The Simpsons.

 

Glad I got into them, back in the day. Don't make Rock Bands like that no more...

 

Funny, I've been getting into them more as I've been picking up the original vinyl. Great band.

 

That has no effect on vinyl reissues.
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Does anyone know if this was remastered? I've seen this advertised before, but there's very little info available regarding this release...

 

Ya, these bands (Grand Funk, Mountain, Z.Z. Top, ...) really come through on vinyl. It is music that was meant to be played from a record.

 

So was that your only copy of Closer To Home, that you just sold ? Asking because as a repeat buyer of yours, I know you're among the best, inc. quality pressings. Made me pull out my copy that I took to an 8th grade party (I'm 60 now), and is still in VG+ condition.

Reviews on Discogs of the 2014 MOV reissue not very encouraging, either (adding to the value of a clean original again ! )

 

i doubt there is much interest in this grossly over-looked band. sad.

 

Closer To Home deserves a 45RPM treatment. So much bottom end on there the LP did not catch (and cannot).

 

Band was enormously popular and now not. It means huge quantities of used records available, including first pressings. First two a bit more difficult to get in good shape, But I doubt they will start reissueing comparing for just 2 records. We also do not know condition of master tapes...
Too bad.
I have Closer to Home first press and it sounds very good.

 

Would love to hear from anyone that has actually owned the 2014 Music On Vinyl reissue. It appears to have been a Holland import.

 

I have it and I'd highly recommend it. Vinyl is very quite and it sounds terrific. Great low end...Mel's "bong rattling" bass (obscure Simpsons reference) is prominent throughout, and it's just a great listen!

 

Thanks. Just ordered myself a copy from Barnes & Noble, using the 20% off code SNOWFALL. $27.39 w/free shipping.
Can finally retire my poor 48 year-old copy.