The Tubes - The Tubes (A&M AMLH 64534) (NL 1975) (Vinyl 24-96 & 16-44.1)

Info:

Tubes, The – The Tubes

Label: A&M Records
Catalog#: AMLH 64534
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1975
Genre: Rock
Style: Glam

Tracklist:

A1 Up From The Deep 4:30
A2 Haloes 4:55
A3 Space Baby 4:26
A4 Malaguena Salerosa 4:51

B1 Mondo Bondage 4:34
B2 What Do You Want From Life 4:02
B3 Boy Crazy 4:12
B4 White Punks On Dope 6:45

Credits:

Arranged By – Tubes, The
Arranged By [Strings And Horns] – Dominic Frontiere
Artwork By [Art Direction] – Roland Young
Bass – Rick Anderson
Drums – Prairie Prince
Edited By [Re-arranged By] – Al Kooper
Engineer – Lee Rhett Kiefer
Guitar – William Edward Spooner*
Guitar, Vocals – Roger Steen
Keyboards – Vince Welnick
Keyboards [Synthesizer] – Michael Cotten
Mixed By – Al Kooper, Lee Rhett Kiefer
Photography – Harry Mittmann
Producer – Alan Peter Kooper*
Vocals [Lead] – Fee Waybill

Notes:


The album is dedicated to Bob McIntosh and Tom Donahue.


Discogs Url: http://www.discogs.com/Tubes-The-Tubes/release/500180

Review

by Peter Kurtz

Produced by Al Kooper, this debut by the notorious San Francisco group is best known for the blazing anthem "White Punks on Dope." Although the Tubes' raison d'être was their shock-rock stage dynamic, Bill Spooner, Fee Waybill, and company could, on occasion, deliver some offbeat pop splendor. A good example is the song "Haloes," co-written with Kooper, a tough power pop jewel that sounds like Todd Rundgren colliding with Roxy Music. Also of note is "Boy Crazy," which shows off Spooner's guitar skills. But for every "Haloes" and "Boy Crazy," there's a novelty number consciously created for the stage and that ultimately embarrasses, such as "Mondo Bondage" and "Space Baby." Kooper's production is faultless, however, as are the horn and string arrangements by Dominic Frontiere (Frontiere did the original score for the '60s cult sci-fi show The Outer Limits).

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Dynamic Range Analysis


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Analyzed folder: E:\Recovery\=== VINYL RIPS ===\The Tubes - The Tubes\16Bit\
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR12 -0.24 dB -15.18 dB A1 - Up From The Deep.wav
DR12 -1.16 dB -14.89 dB A2 - Haloes.wav
DR12 -0.09 dB -14.17 dB A3 - Space Baby.wav
DR12 -2.25 dB -16.56 dB A4 - Malaguena Salerosa.wav
DR12 -1.06 dB -15.49 dB B1 - Mondo Bondage.wav
DR12 -0.72 dB -15.82 dB B2 - What Do You Want From Life.wav
DR12 -0.46 dB -15.14 dB B3 - Boy Crazy.wav
DR12 -1.04 dB -15.39 dB B4 - White Punks On Dope.wav
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Number of files: 8
Official DR value: DR12

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