''Migration'' is the third studio album by

The Amboy Dukes The Amboy Dukes were an American rock band formed in 1964 in Chicago, Illinois, and later based in Detroit, Michigan. They are best known for their only hit single, " Journey to the Center of the Mind". The band's name comes from the title of ...

. It was released in 1969 on

Mainstream Records Mainstream Records was an American record company and independent record label founded by producer Bob Shad in 1964. Mainstream's early releases were reissues from Commodore Records. Its catalogue grew to include Bob Brookmeyer, Maynard Fergu ...

(stereo S/6118). On this album, Rusty Day replaced John Drake on vocals and guitarist

Ted Nugent Theodore Anthony Nugent (; born December 13, 1948) is an American rock musician and activist. He initially gained fame as the lead guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of The Amboy Dukes, a band formed in 1963 that played psychedelic rock ...

, for the first time, took lead vocals on select tracks. The song "

I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent "I'm Not a Juvenile Delinquent" is a song written by George Goldner and performed by Frankie Lymon and The Teenagers. It reached #12 on the UK Singles Chart in 1957. The song was featured on their 1956 album, ''The Teenagers Featuring Frankie Lymo ...

" is a cover of the 1956 song by

Frankie Lymon Franklin Joseph Lymon (September 30, 1942 – February 27, 1968) was an American rock and roll/rhythm and blues singer and songwriter, best known as the boy soprano lead singer of the New York City-based early rock and roll doo-wop group Th ...

and The Teenagers. A CD reissue was released in 1991 by Repertoire Records with two bonus tracks (REP 4178-WZ). It credits the band as "The American Amboy Dukes", the name under which the group's records were released in Britain. This CD features an edited version of 'Prodigal Man' (bass and organ solo removed - 5:48) and not the full version from the original LP. (In fact, the full version has yet to see a CD release.) There are 2 LP versions of 'Prodigal Man' digitally released. The original LP version (9:09) - drum solo, bass solo, organ solo and guitar solo and a new arrangement (8:51) - organ solo, drum solo, bass solo and guitar solo. New arrangement is included with the extended editions of '' Journey to the Center of the Mind''.

Track listing

Personnel

* Rusty Day –

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, percussion *

–

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percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

* Steve Farmer – rhythm guitar, vocals, strings *Andy Solomon – keyboards, vocals, horns, percussion, strings *Greg Arama –

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, bass vocals, percussion *Dave Palmer –

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, percussion

References

{{Authority control 1969 albums The Amboy Dukes albums Mainstream Records albums Repertoire Records albums