THE SPITBALLS The Spitballs cd 1978/1988 Beserkley/Line 320 kbpsI can only give you everything (sung by R. Adler of the Rubinoos) / Gino is a coward (sung by L. Lynch of the Greg Kihn Band) / Over & over / Bad moon rising / Life's too short ( sung by Greg Kihn) / Let her dance / I want her so bad (sung by T. Dunbar of the Rubinoos) / Telstar / Way over there (sung by A. Brebner of the Modern Lovers) / Chapel of love (sung by J. Richman) / Knock on wood (sung by Sean Tyla & J. Doukas of Earthquake) / Just like me (sung by J. Rubin of the Rubinoos)/ Boris the spider / Feel so good (sung by J. Doukas of Earthquake) / Batman.
Produced by M. K. Kaufman, G. Kolotkin & K. Laguna.
Not a band but a wonderful novelty album made at the height of the Beserkley label's prominence and activity, Spitballs employed everyone then on the roster — the Modern Lovers, Greg Kihn Band, Earthquake, the Rubinoos and Sean Tyla — in various permutations on 15 rollicking cover versions of songs from the '60s. The album is a joyous celebration of the participants' fandom and roots, a thoroughly entertaining collection of great tunes re-created with affection and élan. The repertoire includes "The Batman Theme," "Chapel of Love," "Boris the Spider" and "Bad Moon Rising." It matters little who's playing or singing what, as the Spitballs are playing only favorites. Except for its incidental responsibility for the welter of tribute albums that have followed, Spitballs scores a direct hit. Trouser Press
There was certainly a precedent for label mates to sing on each others records at Beserkley; for instance, Jonathan Richman sang on Greg Kihn's "All the Right Reasons." Still, the idea of the entire label roster combining under one "band name" to make this record is kind of unique and part of what makes this record fun. Consisting of mostly covers, these aren't slavish copies so much as a bunch of players who got together to jam and have fun playing some of the songs they grew up playing. All music
THE SPITBALLS (cd version) 320 kbps
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Does anyone know which other artists sing what to complete my list (based on a Creem review )?
Enjoy it & leave comments !
This is a really good album, nearly as good as johhny Thunders "copycats". Thanks for the upload.
RépondreSupprimersalut midnight
RépondreSupprimersur le lp d'origine, il n'est pas fait mention des chanteurs et musiciens juste des compositeurs,
j'ai toujours adoré cet album, je viens grace a toi d'apprendre que sean tyla earthquake....c'est vrais qu'en regardant la liste des " footballeur " au verso de la pochette j'aurais pu m'en douter
encore merci pour ton savoir et la qualité de tes post .
"Over & Over" was sung by Greg Kihn's bassist Steve Wright; "Bad Moon Rising" was sung by Sean Tyla; "Let Her Dance" was sung by Gary Phillips of Earth Quake [and later of the Greg Kihn Band]; "Boris the Spider" was sung by Rubinoos drummer Donn Spindt.
RépondreSupprimerThank you, Little Angus !
RépondreSupprimerJust heard the cover of Telstar and Knock On Wood and would be fascinated to hear the entire album - it would be great if you could repost a link to the album as apart from this post and a couple of others, no-one seems to have championed this album at all.
RépondreSupprimerMany thanks if you can help.