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Артист: The Bobby Fuller Four Альбом: I Fought the Law & KRLA King of the Wheels, 1965 Издатель: Del-Fi Records / Ace Records / CDCHD 956 Жанр: Surf / Rock Формат файла: EAC,Flac, Cue, Log, Scanns -> ~355Mb (RAR) Ссылка: CD 33 clicks Нахождение: eDonkey/Kademlia

Review by Dan Pavlides

Del-Fi combined the Bobby Fuller Four's first two albums, KRLA King of the Wheels and I Fought the Law, on a single disc. Producer Bob Keane and disc jockeys from KRLA in Los Angeles helped conceive the idea for KRLA King of the Wheels. The KRLA Top Eliminator was a customized dragster made for promotion, and the Bobby Fuller Four provided this eleven-song album. The title track is a reworking of "King of the Beach," and an earlier record from the band's days in El Paso, Texas. There are three other car songs, a killer version of Buddy Holly's "Love's Made a Fool of You," and two non-original songs that Bobby Fuller hated, "I'm a Lucky Guy" and "The Magic Touch." Meanwhile, the title track of I Fought the Law was an international smash for the group and certainly their most recognized and popular single. Fuller's idol was Buddy Holly, and former Cricket Sonny Curtis wrote the song that first came out on the Crickets 1962 album In Style with the Crickets. "Let Her Dance" was also a hit and is included. Chip Taylor wrote "Julie," a Hollyesque pounder of infectious proportion. Ten of the twelve songs are Bobby Fuller Four original compositions. "Only When I Dream" could have been written for the Everly Brothers, while "A New Shade of Blue" and "Fool of Love" are more moderate ballads that contrast to the upbeat and infectiously danceable quality of the remaining songs. More consistent than KRLA King of the Wheels, it is a masterpiece from the mid-'60s and the best album released in Fuller's lifetime.

Tracklist
1. Thunder reef
2. Wolfman
3. She's my girl
4. King of the wheels
5. The lonely dragster
6. The phantom dragster
7. Krla top eliminator
8. Let her dance
9. Julie
10. A new shade of blue
11. Only when I dream
12. You kiss me
13. Little Annie Lou
14. I fought the law
15. Another sad and lonely night
16. Saturday night
17. Take my word
18. Fool of love
19. Never to be forgotten
20. Love's made a fool of you
21. Don't ever let me know
22. My true love
23. The magic touch
24. I'm a lucky guy


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