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| 1. Torquay | |||
| 2. Long Long Ponytail | |||
| 3. Bulldog | |||
| 4. I Don't Know | |||
| 5. Vaquero | |||
| 6. Cry Baby | |||
| 7. Rik - A - Tik | |||
| 8. Yacky Doo | |||
| 9. Sugar Shack - Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs | |||
| 10. Quite A Party | |||
| 11. Gunshot | |||
| 12. Daisy Petal Pickin' - Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs | |||
| 13. Footpatter | |||
| 14. Dumbo | |||
| 15. Ain't Gonna Tell Anybody - Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs | |||
| 16. Fireball | |||
| 17. Say I Am | |||
| 18. Sweet Talk | |||
| 19. Hungry, Hungry, Hungry - Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs | |||
| 20. Mexican Fun - George Tomsco & The Dots | |||
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Album Description
• A giant thirty track career-spanning retrospective featuring the very best of George Tomsco and the Fireballs including all eleven of their US Top 100 hits.
• Although Ace is already known for the sound quality of its releases we have been to Clovis to make new transfers, direct from the master tapes, using the latest 24/96 technology and making new stereo remixes.
• Sleeve note by Dave Burke and Alan Taylor of Pipeline magazine.
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1-Torquay 2-Long Long Ponytailfeat. Chuck Tharp 3-Bulldog 4-I Don't Knowfeat. Chuck Tharp 5-Vaquero 6-Cry Babyfeat. Chuck Tharp 7-Rik-A-Tik 8-Yacky Doo 9-Sugar Shack& FIREBALLS & Jimmy Gilmer 10-Quite A Party 11-Gunshot 12-Daisy Petal Pickin' 13-Footpatter 14-Dumbo 15-Ain't Gonna Tell Anybodyfeat. Jimmy Gilmer 16-Fireball 17-Say I Am 18-Sweet Talk 19-Hungry, Hungry, Hungry& FIREBALLS & Jimmy Gilmer 20-Mexican Fun& DOTS & George Tomsco 21-Good Morning Shame 22-Find Me A Golden Street 23-Ain't That Rain& FIREBALLS & Jimmy Gilmer 24-Clink Clink Classic 25-Bottle Of Wine 26-Come On Home& GEORGE & BABS 27-Goin' Away 28-Lucille& FIREBALLS & Jimmy Gilmer 29-Come On React 30-Long Green (2006/ACE)30 tracks 1959-69 / remastered (24-BIT) & stereo remixes from original master tapes with 16 page booklet / Rock & Roll & Beat Aufnahmen in digital überarbeiteter Soundqualität - Highlight ! defintive career spanning collection with all 11 US TOP 100 Hits !
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
THE FIREBALLS were an American instrumental group,whose main hit singles were in the 1958-1963 era. This is a 30 tracks CD of their-Clovis Classics-The Definitive Collection-and includes recordings with-JIMMY GILMER-,-CHUCK THARP-,-GEORGE TOMSCO AND THE DOTS-,-GEORGE AND BABS-.
Included is both sides of their singles.
-The following is a list of singles released in the U.K.,with-THE FIREBALLS-.
TORQUAY / CRY BABY 1959.
BULLDOG / NEARLY SUNRISE 1960.
FOOT-PATTER / KISSIN' 1960.
VAQUERO[COWBOY] / CHIEF WHOOPIN'-KOFF 1960.
QUITE A PARTY / GUNSHOT 1961.
RIK-A-TIK / YACKY DOO 1962.
CARIOCA / FIND ME A GOLDEN STREET 1963.
BABY WHAT'S WRONG / YUMMIE YAMA PAPA 1965.
BOTTLE OF WINE / AIN'T THAT RAIN 1967.
GOIN' AWAY / GROOVY MOTIONS 1968.
COME ON,REACT / WOMAN HELP ME 1969.
LONG GREEN / LIGHT IN THE WINDOW 1969.
-They also released eight singles[1962-1968]in the U.K.,as-JIMMY GILMER AND THE FIREBALLS-.
Many classic instrumentals are on this CD,I particuarly like,"QUITE A PARTY", "GUNSHOT", "KISSIN'", "FOOT-PATTER"[not to be confused with-THE SHADOWS-"FOOT TAPPER"-a no.1. in 1963 for them]. But-THE FIREBALLS-,-"FOOT-PATTER"- released in 1960,with-"KISSIN'"-is still a great instrumental single-which should have charted.
Also included is an informative and interesting 16 pages booklet,detailing about this great instrumental group,their recordings,plus photos,including of memorabilia.
-I would also recommend the following CD[25,tracks-'59-'64-recordings]-THE BEST OF THE FIREBALLS:THE ORIGINAL NORMAN PETTY MASTERS-.
Regards,Bill.
Included is both sides of their singles.
-The following is a list of singles released in the U.K.,with-THE FIREBALLS-.
TORQUAY / CRY BABY 1959.
BULLDOG / NEARLY SUNRISE 1960.
FOOT-PATTER / KISSIN' 1960.
VAQUERO[COWBOY] / CHIEF WHOOPIN'-KOFF 1960.
QUITE A PARTY / GUNSHOT 1961.
RIK-A-TIK / YACKY DOO 1962.
CARIOCA / FIND ME A GOLDEN STREET 1963.
BABY WHAT'S WRONG / YUMMIE YAMA PAPA 1965.
BOTTLE OF WINE / AIN'T THAT RAIN 1967.
GOIN' AWAY / GROOVY MOTIONS 1968.
COME ON,REACT / WOMAN HELP ME 1969.
LONG GREEN / LIGHT IN THE WINDOW 1969.
-They also released eight singles[1962-1968]in the U.K.,as-JIMMY GILMER AND THE FIREBALLS-.
Many classic instrumentals are on this CD,I particuarly like,"QUITE A PARTY", "GUNSHOT", "KISSIN'", "FOOT-PATTER"[not to be confused with-THE SHADOWS-"FOOT TAPPER"-a no.1. in 1963 for them]. But-THE FIREBALLS-,-"FOOT-PATTER"- released in 1960,with-"KISSIN'"-is still a great instrumental single-which should have charted.
Also included is an informative and interesting 16 pages booklet,detailing about this great instrumental group,their recordings,plus photos,including of memorabilia.
-I would also recommend the following CD[25,tracks-'59-'64-recordings]-THE BEST OF THE FIREBALLS:THE ORIGINAL NORMAN PETTY MASTERS-.
Regards,Bill.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
As the title says...
13 Feb 2007
Format:Audio CD
For about a decade during the sixties, the Fireballs, with and without Jimmy Gilmer, intermittently had chart successes with a variety of tunes, both vocal and instrumental. This new collection of their recordings from the top-notch Ace label in the U.K., produces what it says - a definitive collection of their music. Ace and other domestic labels (Varese and Sundazed) have made the Fireballs' music available for some time but this is the first truly comprehensive collection.
Here are all eleven of their pop-charting singles culled from the many labels on which the Fireballs were to appear over their charting lifetime. While some popular groups of the era had a very identifiable sound with an initial success on the charts, they were often stuck with a sound that, once unique and fresh, quickly became old-hat and delegated them to one-hit wonder status. The Fireballs were anything but predictable. They didn't even stick to one format in that they had both instrumental and vocal singles make the charts. Changes in personnel and labels also contributed to the variety of their output. While well-established by 1963, it was the Keith McCormack of the String-A-Longs' tune "Sugar Shack" that put the Fireballs square on the top of the pop charts. So different from their previous instrumental successes, and with Jimmy Gilmer's name now on the marquis, many listeners did not even realize that this was the same Fireballs group. But, as with so many other pop groups their follow-up recordings were in fact too similar, and in the face of the British invasion sales rapidly declined with these subsequent releases. Although they continued releasing tunes for the next three years, chart-wise their music languished until 1967 when, with a reinvented style they bounced back into the top-10 with the raucous "Bottle of Wine" on Atco. Again switching styles, the introspective and tuneful followup release "Goin' Away" did not fare as well and may have been too much of a departure for the musical styles of the era. Two more minor hits followed until the Fireballs decade-long life on the hit charts ended.
This collection is by far the best and most complete compendium of the Fireballs' music, both in quantity and quality. The new mastering and previously unavailable stereo mixes, a very generous 30 tracks, a widely illustrated 16-page liner notes booklet and Ace's attention to detail all contribute to the outstanding quality of this piece. Thirteen (5,17-21,23,25-30) of the tracks are in stereo with the remainder in mono including "Sugar Shack", "Daisy Petal Pickin'" and "Ain't Gonna Tell Anybody", which often appear in their faux stereo versions on other CD's.
For the devoted Fireballs fan there are many individual album and compilation CD's available, but for the best start-to-finish overview of their music, this is the one to buy.
Here are all eleven of their pop-charting singles culled from the many labels on which the Fireballs were to appear over their charting lifetime. While some popular groups of the era had a very identifiable sound with an initial success on the charts, they were often stuck with a sound that, once unique and fresh, quickly became old-hat and delegated them to one-hit wonder status. The Fireballs were anything but predictable. They didn't even stick to one format in that they had both instrumental and vocal singles make the charts. Changes in personnel and labels also contributed to the variety of their output. While well-established by 1963, it was the Keith McCormack of the String-A-Longs' tune "Sugar Shack" that put the Fireballs square on the top of the pop charts. So different from their previous instrumental successes, and with Jimmy Gilmer's name now on the marquis, many listeners did not even realize that this was the same Fireballs group. But, as with so many other pop groups their follow-up recordings were in fact too similar, and in the face of the British invasion sales rapidly declined with these subsequent releases. Although they continued releasing tunes for the next three years, chart-wise their music languished until 1967 when, with a reinvented style they bounced back into the top-10 with the raucous "Bottle of Wine" on Atco. Again switching styles, the introspective and tuneful followup release "Goin' Away" did not fare as well and may have been too much of a departure for the musical styles of the era. Two more minor hits followed until the Fireballs decade-long life on the hit charts ended.
This collection is by far the best and most complete compendium of the Fireballs' music, both in quantity and quality. The new mastering and previously unavailable stereo mixes, a very generous 30 tracks, a widely illustrated 16-page liner notes booklet and Ace's attention to detail all contribute to the outstanding quality of this piece. Thirteen (5,17-21,23,25-30) of the tracks are in stereo with the remainder in mono including "Sugar Shack", "Daisy Petal Pickin'" and "Ain't Gonna Tell Anybody", which often appear in their faux stereo versions on other CD's.
For the devoted Fireballs fan there are many individual album and compilation CD's available, but for the best start-to-finish overview of their music, this is the one to buy.
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