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| | Drums! Drums! A Go Go | | | Music Artist : | | Hal Blaine | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Universal Japan | | Release Date : | | 2008-01-13 | | Store Price : | | $39.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $39.98 | | Usually ships in 2 to 3 weeks | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Topsy '65
2. Wooly Bully
3. Whiskey A-Go-Go
4. Money (That's What I Want)
5. Cannonball
6. Bamba
7. Rumble
8. California Sun
9. Ooh Poo Pah Doo
10. Midnight at Pinks
11. Land of 1000 Dances
12. Drums A-Go-Go
13. Bang Bang Rhythm [*]
14. Invaders [*]
15. Swinger [*]
16. Secret Agent Man [*]
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Drummer Man
Submitted on: 2005-02-28 |
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It has been said that Hal Blaine is the most recorded drummer in pop music history. After 50 years in the music business, he has played on over 4,000 records. Over 3,000 of these made it onto the Billboard Hot 100. More than 300 were certified gold and at least 40 of them hit the #1 position. Some of the artists Blaine has worked with include The Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Simon & Garfunkel, Jan & Dean, The Carpenters and Herb Alpert. Most of Phil Spector's lush productions for The Ronettes, The Crystals, Darlene Love and others featured the drumming of Hal Blaine, as did many orchestral pieces by arrangers such as Jimmie Haskell and Nelson Riddle.
This CD features Hal's second solo album. It is an instrumental album, since Hal didn't sing. The album mostly features cover versions of recent hits. Although it is not a live album, it features audience reactions dubbed in, to simulate the "a go-go" sound featured on the Johnny Rivers live albums that were popular at the time. Although this is not an important album by any stretch of the imagination, it is still a lot of fun. It is designed to showcase Hal's drumming, and it does that quite well. The CD features four bonus tracks that were not on the original album. Fans of 1960s instrumentals should dig it. |
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swanky and delectible
Submitted on: 2005-01-19 |
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| Put on your red shoes and get ready to shake out that dusty rug. This album really gets your feet stomping and your hands clapping. Back from Hal Blaine's better days of drumming, this is pure drumming excellence. The solo in "Topsy '65" is ever most delicious, and tastes almost (not nearly) as good as the drum solo in Santana's "Soul Sacrifice". . . with a hint of dick dale. . .this album is a compilation of Blaine's ripest material fresh for the picking. in other words.. drumming paradise |
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The Wrecking Crew rocks!
Submitted on: 2002-05-15 |
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| A better album than the "Deuces, T's, ..." set, but now sadly out of print. Get it if you can find it. Those wishing to hear Blaine at his best, though, can pick up Phil Spector's "Back to Mono" box set or nearly anything recorded on the West Coast in the 1960s. |
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Probably the Most Recorded Musician Ever
Submitted on: 2002-02-19 |
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| "Drums! Drums! A Go Go" is an apt title for this CD. Hal Blaine's playing is excellent as always, but I think the Ventures were better at doing surf instrumentals. The digital remastering by Bill Inglot and Dan Hersh sounds great. The main reason I only gave this 4 stars is for the overdubbed audience noise. I also recommend the book "Hal Blaine and the Wrecking Crew" on MixBooks, although it is a bit skimpy on facts. |
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