If anything, just make sure that whatever comp you're getting has "Magic Touch" on it. It's his last single and my fave of his - really packs a wallop.
His instrumental surf tracks are pretty essential - rivaling Dick Dale on some cuts.
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Friday, 24 June 2011 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
I never see his old records where I live (San Diego). Wonder if it was a regional thing. Don't know anything about the other artists on Mustang either:
http://www.globaldogproductions.info/m/mustang.html
― timellison, Friday, 24 June 2011 03:48 (twelve years ago) link
the first records I acquired were two 45s I conned my mom into buying at the grocery store: "I Fought The Law" and "Nowhere Man"
byron coley once called bobby fuller "the true son of buddy holly" or something similar and that still fits
― backlash stan straw man fan (m coleman), Friday, 24 June 2011 10:11 (twelve years ago) link
There is that Sonny Curtis connection
― BIG TOONCES aka the steendriving cat (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 24 June 2011 10:54 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP9Xc9Nq4YU&playnext=1&list=PL59A4C243E546748F
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 25 June 2011 04:13 (twelve years ago) link
does the el paso rock series duplicate the stuff on that long out-of-print del-fi set (which i proudly still own!) that collects the stuff he recorded in texas. that is fucking amazing.
― by another name (amateurist), Saturday, 25 June 2011 04:26 (twelve years ago) link
The mono version of "I Fought the Law" is so killer. I have been listening to it obsessively. It's such a perfect rock and roll song, and their version is the best recording of it. I love "Another Sad and Lonely Night" too. Beautiful voices. Such a good sound. It makes me sad that there aren't any '60s music stations in my city anymore.
― she was giving it to two friends ...Aaay! (crüt), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 06:30 (eleven years ago) link
I have a live e.p. as part of a 4 disc pack (various bands) of French origin. "Wine, wine, wine" and so on. It is Fierce!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 06:53 (eleven years ago) link
New bio co-authored by Miriam Linna and Bobby's brother:
http://bobbyfullerbio.blogspot.com/
― timellison, Saturday, 26 April 2014 04:48 (nine years ago) link
nice
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 26 April 2014 12:49 (nine years ago) link
This article says the book solves his murder
http://www.laweekly.com/music/new-book-may-finally-put-to-rest-the-mystery-of-bobby-fullers-death-5420456
― Poliopolice, Saturday, 7 March 2015 23:23 (nine years ago) link
Believe it when I read it.
― Cartesian Dual in the Sun (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 8 March 2015 00:04 (nine years ago) link
It doesn't. Did you read it, James Redd?
― timellison, Saturday, 26 March 2016 05:44 (eight years ago) link
No, never did.
― Woke Up Scully (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 26 March 2016 13:15 (eight years ago) link
Delightful book. I've seen some criticisms of its structure and editing but I liked it a lot.
― timellison, Saturday, 26 March 2016 18:20 (eight years ago) link
Thanks for the rec. There was another, fictional book which touched upon this topic which a pair of us discussed once.
― Woke Up Scully (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 26 March 2016 19:24 (eight years ago) link
I Am Reading A Novel That Seems To Be Something That Elvis Telecom Would Like
― Woke Up Scully (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 26 March 2016 19:31 (eight years ago) link
I Fought the Law has to be a contender for the best rock album of 1966. As consistent as a Beatles album.
― timellison, Sunday, 10 April 2016 02:50 (eight years ago) link
I like that the only reason I ever knew his version of "I Fought the Law" before I knew the Clash's was because of that episode of Cheers where Sam keeps playing it on the jukebox to taunt Rebecca after he boyfriend is arrested.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Sunday, 10 April 2016 02:52 (eight years ago) link
has the mono mix of the I Fought the Law LP ever been released on CD? I can only find mono versions of individual tracks online, and I haven't come across any vinyl rips of the mono LP. the mono version of 'I Fought the Law' (the song) has so much more punch than the stereo version.
― small doug yule carnival club (unregistered), Sunday, 10 April 2016 19:42 (eight years ago) link
http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/bobby-fuller-four-mono-cds.29655/http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/bobby-fuller-albums-in-mono-on-cd.120743/
― timellison, Sunday, 10 April 2016 19:57 (eight years ago) link
http://img.cdandlp.com/2014/11/imgL/117268173.jpg
^^^This
― Mark G, Monday, 11 April 2016 10:54 (eight years ago) link
the mono version of 'I Fought the Law' (the song) has so much more punch than the stereo version.
so otm
― ejemplo (crüt), Monday, 11 April 2016 11:27 (eight years ago) link
Would have been 77 today.
― timellison, Tuesday, 22 October 2019 05:34 (four years ago) link
When it's playing, "Let Her Dance" is the greatest rock song of all time.
Unbearably tragic loss, such lost potential. Also just learned he started taking LSD not long before he died; he probably would have made some primo psych rock (imo you can already kind of hear it in the jangling wall of guitars and propulsive garage beat of "Let Her Dance")
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 22 June 2022 16:45 (one year ago) link