Blow Your Face Out Live (The Spirit of '76) (Exclusive) (Limited)

LPA

1. Southside Shuffle
2. Back To Get Ya
3. Shoot Your Shot 
4. Musta Got Lost 

LPB

1. Where Did Our Love Go
2. Truck Drivin' Man
3. Love-itis
4. Intro (Lookin' For A Love)
5. (Ain't Nothin's But A) Houseparty 

LPC

1. So Sharp
2. Detroit Breakdown
3. Chimes

LPD

1. Sno-Cone
2. Wait
3. Raise Your Hand
4. Start All Over
5. Give It To Me

Blow Your Face Out captures the J. Geils Band at their rowdiest and most electrifying. Recorded live at the height of their ’70s powers, the album is a raw, sweat-soaked blast of blues-rock, R&B, and hard-driving boogie. Peter Wolf’s swaggering vocals and the band’s loose-but-locked-in groove turn every track into a party, with extended jams and call-and-response energy that put you right in the middle of the crowd. It’s not a polished studio showcase—it’s a full-tilt document of a band feeding off the audience and blowing the doors off the room. 2 LP set recorded at Boston Garden and Cobo Hall in November 1975 is remastered from the original analog masters by Bernie Grundman.

Fifty years ago, as the nation marked its Bicentennial, a legendary soundtrack was hitting turntables across the country. Now, as America prepares to celebrate its Semiquincentennial, Rhino announces its Spirit of ’76 summer vinyl reissue campaign.

Launching July 17, the campaign will roll out in weekly waves available exclusively at Rhino and through select independent retailers. The 23-album lineup spans the 1976 musical landscape, bringing together everything from Bootsy Collins and Black Sabbath to ZZ Top and Linda Ronstadt.

The campaign touches on studio albums like Bad Company’s Run with the Pack and Chicago’s X, alongside essential hits collections from Jethro Tull and the Monkees. The list also highlights multiple concert recordings, including the Grateful Dead’s Steal Your Face (50th Anniversary Edition), the double albums Live at the Roxy, 1976 by the Ramones and Blow Your Face Out by The J. Geils Band, as well as Yes’s 3LP Live at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ (6/17/76).

The Spirit of ’76 also features releases from the Rhino Reserve premium vinyl series, including Todd Rundgren’s Faithful, Gordon Lightfoot’s Summertime Dream, and Faces’ Snakes and Ladders / The Best of Faces. These versions are cut from the original analog masters by Matthew Lutthans at The Mastering Lab and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at Fidelity Record Pressing in Oxnard, California.

Spirit of ’76

Album Release Schedule

July 17

Al Stewart – Year of the Cat (Rhino Reserve)

Bad Company – Run with the Pack

Black Sabbath – Technical Ecstasy

Bootsy Collins – Stretchin’ Out in Bootsy’s Rubber Band (Rhino Reserve)

Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen – We’ve Got A Live One Here! (2LP)

Faces – Snakes and Ladders / The Best of Faces (Rhino Reserve)

Flamin’ Groovies – Shake Some Action (50th Anniversary Edition) (2LP)

Ramones – Ramones

Yes – Live at Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ (6/17/76) (3LP)

July 24

Chicago – X

Gordon Lightfoot – Summertime Dream (Rhino Reserve)

Grateful Dead – Steal Your Face (50th Anniversary Edition)

Kingfish – Kingfish

Linda Ronstadt – Hasten Down the Wind

Rod Stewart – A Night on the Town (Rhino Reserve)

The J. Geils Band – Blow Your Face Out (2LP)

The Monkees – Greatest Hits

Todd Rundgren – Faithful (Rhino Reserve)

July 31

Jethro Tull – M.U. – The Best Of Jethro Tull

John Prine – Prime Prine (Rhino Reserve)

Ramones – Live at the Roxy, 1976 (2LP)

War – Greatest Hits

ZZ Top – World Wide Texas Tour