Today it's a pounding dance floor orgy from The Hollywood Persuaders!
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| Mick and Mallory dig that crazy beat! |
You may remember this song from the prison riot sequence in Natural Born Killers, and the tune's frantic intensity certainly fits.
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| Mastermind Paul in the middle |
The Persuaders were primarily Paul Buff, he wrote most of the songs and even played many instruments on the recordings. His first hit, "Tijuana Surf", was pressed with buddy Frank Zappa's “Grunion Run" on the flip. The success of that tune started Paul's career, and he linked up with Original Sound records for plenty more tunes.
From the "Drums A Go Go" album liner notes:
"...Paul Buff was working on an idea which showcased drums in the arrangement. Buff’s first attempt was entitled “Drums” and simply featured drums with his wife Allison’s backing vocals. This version was released on an extremely rare promotional single with “Yes, I Want To Dance” as the B-side. Paul Buff went back and completely re-recorded the track with an extremely powerful drum presence, more instrumentation and a sax replacing Allison Buff’s vocal. This version became “Drums A-Go-Go,” and it was an even bigger local success."
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| Art working the boards in a promo shot |
Original Sound is run by Art Laboe, and I believe this is still an active studio in Hollywood. Check out his website
here for the full info.
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| Current pic of the studio |
Now start bouncing!
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