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 Post subject: [2012-02-28] The Tubes "Love Bomb" (expanded and remastered edition)
PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:43 pm 
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Track Listing:
1. Piece By Piece
2. Stella
3. Come As You Are
4. One Good Reason
5. Bora Bora 2000
6. Love Bomb
7. Night People
8. Say Hey
9. Eyes
10. Muscle Girls
11. Theme From A Wooly Place (Wooly Bully / Theme From A Summer Place)
12. For A Song
13. Say Hey (Part 2)
14. Feel It
15. Night People (Reprise)
16. Piece By Piece (Single Edit)
17. Night People (Parts 1 & 2)

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 Post subject: [2012-02-28] The Tubes "Love Bomb" (expanded and remastered edition)
PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 5:59 pm 
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Against a backdrop of political corruption as the American public were still coming to terms with the Watergate scandal and the resultant resignation of President Nixon, one of the country's first satirical rock bands exploded from the San Francisco music scene with their 1975 self-titled debut album. The Tubes with their heavily dramatised stage show presented a toe-curling affront to all middle-class Americans, shining a light on society's peccadillo by mirroring anything from S&M sex acts; criminal violence; explicit drug references and at times done with full nudity and with a throbbing Punk Rock N' Roll soundtrack, they cut through the mainstream media's cultivated image of clean-cut white American youth presenting a truth that was captured superbly with their anthem, `White Punks On Dope' (written also as a back-handed compliment to their rich, San Franciscan teenage fanbase).
Over the course of the following ten years, The Tubes enhanced their reputation by delivering critically acclaimed albums such as `Young And Rich' and the Todd Rundgren produced `Remote Control'. Singles such as `Prime Time' made the UK Top 40 and `She's A Beauty' from the FM friendly `Outside Inside' album hit the top slot of the US Mainstream Rock charts. Their stage show, although by now extremely expensive to produce, continued to assault the senses and challenge society's mores.
For the 1985 `Love Bomb' album Rundgren returned once more to oversee production duties. And whilst tracks such as, `Piece By Piece' and `Come As You Are' mirrored the slick commercial potential of previous fare, side two of the album flew in the face of what fans had by now come to expect, and its uninterrupted dance-a-thon-mash-up, though a decade ahead of its time, was just a dub-step too far and `Love Bomb' fell short in commercial terms.
For this Re-mastered Collector's Edition, two new tracks to the CD format have been added with the 7" Single edit of the superb `Piece By Piece' and a Single B-side alternative mix of `Night People' edited together with `Night People (Reprise)'.

* Fully re-mastered Collector's Edition of the final studio album from THE TUBE's classic line-up.
* Expanded to include two bonus tracks previously unreleased on CD.
* 16 page booklet with story of the album sleeve-note and rare photos and images of memorabilia.

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 Post subject: [2012-02-28] The Tubes "Love Bomb" (expanded and remastered edition)
PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:59 pm 
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I'm still waiting for "She's Out Of Control" from Heavenly Bodies to show up as a bonus track :sigh:.

I'll probably get this, but imo, this is by far the worst album from the original Tubes. Piece By Piece is a great overlooked single, but other than that....... This was also a horrid tour by Tubes standards. The only Tubes show i ever saw worse was when Fee was replaced by some young kid in thick thick plastic glasses.

Somehow I don't think the band was getting along at this point; Fee temporarily quit after this tour. When Fee returned Spooner quit, & they've never been the same since (though I've bought everything they've ever released).

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 Post subject: [2012-02-28] The Tubes "Love Bomb" (expanded and remastered edition)
PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 12:58 am 
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Geff R. wrote:
I'm still waiting for "She's Out Of Control" from Heavenly Bodies to show up as a bonus track :sigh:.


Yep.

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 Post subject: [2012-02-28] The Tubes "Love Bomb" (expanded and remastered edition)
PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:34 am 
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This is next in line for reissue? Really? Not Outside Inside or any of their A&M stuff? You know, the albums that need it and that people want?

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 Post subject: [2012-02-28] The Tubes "Love Bomb" (expanded and remastered edition)
PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 2:52 am 
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The A&M's have all been reissued multiple time, other than Now & Live which have each only been reissued once.

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 Post subject: [2012-02-28] The Tubes "Love Bomb" (expanded and remastered edition)
PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 1:43 am 
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The only one released more than twice was the first one (by MFSL, then by A&M themselves, then by Acadia as a two-fer with Young and Rich). Moreover, all the CDs of this era are OOP and expensive, with the exception of the A&M CD of the first one!

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 Post subject: [2012-02-28] The Tubes "Love Bomb" (expanded and remastered edition)
PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:11 am 
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Young & Rich was released at least 2x: A&M & the Acadia you mention (I used to have the A&M, I bought the Acadia & sold the A&M for a fortune several years ago!).

Remote Control at least 2x: A&M & the complete RC album is on the UK Goin' Down comp; it fills up 2/3 of cd #2 in the same running order as the original album. Again, I sold my A&M for big $'s years ago & bought the import. BTW, this is a great comp, & under $10 new on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0018RR9XA/?tag=imwan-20

I could have sworn there was a 3rd issue of RC, but I can't find it right now.

While it does appear that Now has once again gone oop, What Do You Want from Live is still available cheap on A&M UK.

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 Post subject: [2012-02-28] The Tubes "Love Bomb" (expanded and remastered edition)
PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:45 am 
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Geff R. wrote:
I could have sworn there was a 3rd issue of RC, but I can't find it right now.

Yes, Remote Control was reissued by American Beat Records in 2007, now out of print.


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PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:12 am 
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Geff R. wrote:
I could have sworn there was a 3rd issue of RC, but I can't find it right now.

Yes, Remote Control was reissued by American Beat Records in 2007, now out of print.

It's here (and it's pricey):

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000PSJD1E/?tag=imwan-20

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 Post subject: [2012-02-28] The Tubes "Love Bomb" (expanded and remastered edition)
PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:01 pm 
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This Tubular discussion led me to browsing. It turns out before they shut down Renaissance released an "official" version of the 1976 Roxy show. It's brand new on Amazon for $1.74. I have no idea how the sound is on this edition, but it's a very good show.

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