''Long Burn the Fire'' is the second

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by the Detroit

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. The band’s name was altered to Mer-Da on the album’s front cover. It was released by

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subsidiary Janus in 1972. The album sleeve features only guitarists Anthony and Charles Hawkins, and bassist VC L. Veasey. Original drummer Tyrone Hite had left the band and was not officially replaced. Later, session drummer Bob Crowder was hired just before the recording sessions. The original album was long out of print before being reissued on CD by TuffCity Records in 1996. All of the album’s tracks are also collected on the 2005 Black Merda compilation '' The Folks from Mother's Mixer''.

Critical reception

Reviewing in '' Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies'' (1981),

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regarded ''Long Burn the Fire'' as a "follow-up" to the 1971

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'' and went on to say:

Track listing

# "For You" – 4:38 # "The Folks from Mother’s Mixer" – 4:09 # "My Mistake" – 5:25 # "Lying" – 4:25 # "Long Burn the Fire" – 3:21 # "Sometimes I Wish" – 3:45 # "I Got a Woman" – 4:53 # "We Made Up" – 3:41

Personnel

*Anthony Hawkins – acoustic guitar, piano, tambourine, lead and backing vocals *VC L. Veasey – bass, acoustic guitar, lead and backing vocals *Charles Hawkins – electric guitar, lead and backing vocals *Bob Crowder — drums

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Long Burn The Fire 1972 albums Black Merda albums Acid rock albums