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The Tubes - Now FLAC album


Performer: The Tubes
Genre: Rock
Title: Now
Country: US
Released: 1977
Style: Alternative Rock, New Wave, Avantgarde, Parody
Label: A&M Records
Catalog Number: SP-4632
FLAC version ZIP size: 2033 mb
MP3 version ZIP size: 1479 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1101 mb
Rating: 4.6
Votes: 253

Tracklist

1You're No Fun
Written-By – Cotten, The Tubes, Welnick
4:51
2My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains
Written-By – Van Vliet
5:15
3Strung Out On Strings
Written-By – Spooner, Evans, Steen
4:10
4This Town
Written-By – Hazlewood
3:15
5I'm Just A Mess
Written-By – Spooner, Steen
3:10
6God-Bird-Change
Written-By – Lewis
3:18
7Smoke (La Vie En Fumér)
Written-By – Spooner, Cotten, Welnick
4:50
8Cathy's Clone
Soprano Saxophone [Uncredited] – Don Van VlietWritten-By – Dornacker
3:30
9Golden Boy
Harmonica [Uncredited] – Harry DuncanWritten-By – Spooner, Evans
4:00
10Pound Of Flesh
Written-By – Nagle, Matthews
3:00
11Hit Parade
Written-By – Spooner, Welnick
3:35

Versions

CategoryArtistTitle (Format)LabelCategoryCountryYear
SP-4632The Tubes Now ‎(LP, Album, Gre)A&M RecordsSP-4632US1977
AMLH 64632The Tubes Now ‎(LP, Album)A&M RecordsAMLH 64632Spain1979
SP-4632The Tubes Now ‎(LP, Album, Whi)A&M RecordsSP-4632US1977
SP 4632The Tubes Now ‎(LP, Album, Yel)A&M RecordsSP 4632Canada1977
AMLH 64632The Tubes Now ‎(LP, Album)A&M RecordsAMLH 64632UK1977

Credits

  • Art DirectionRoland Young
  • BassRick Anderson
  • DesignM. Cotten, P. Prince
  • Design [Design Tech]Chuck Beeson
  • DrumsPrairie Prince
  • Engineer [Assistant]David Raeder, Jim Sintetos, John Henning, Mike Beiriger, W. S. Richardson
  • Engineer, Co-producer [Production Assistance]Don Wood
  • Illustration [Front Cover]P. Prince
  • KeyboardsVince Welnick
  • Lead Guitar, VocalsRoger Steen
  • Lead Guitar, Vocals, Supervised By [Le Gran Fromage]Bill "The Swami" Spooner
  • Lead VocalsFee Waybill
  • ManagementBag O' Bucks, Gary Peterson , Mort Moriarty
  • Mastered ByBernie Grundman
  • Mixed ByW.E. Spooner, Don Wood, John Anthony
  • PercussionMingo Lewis
  • Photography By [Back Cover]Gerald Kudo, Peter Ogilvie
  • Photography By [Liner Photos]Alvin Meyerowitz, Mort Moriarty
  • ProducerJohn Anthony
  • SynthesizerMichael Cotten
  • VocalsRe Styles

Notes

Different identifiers in runouts.
Track 5 on side 1 is longer runtime.
CRC disc (Columbia Record Club)
(New to Database) Side 2 label denotes: "God-Bird-Change" Published by Jaws Music

Vinyl contained in top-opening (black & white half-tone) varnish-printed liner, with band photos & credits on both sides.

Recorded at His Masters Wheels, San Francisco, The Record Plant, Los Angeles, The Record Plant, Sausalito, and Funky Features, San Francisco.
Mixed at The Record Plant, Los Angeles.

"Special thanks to: Captain Beefheart, Bernie Krause, Rick Bright and his Sounds Of Delight Orchestra, Rob Lawrence and Harry Duncan".

Mingo Lewis appears courtesy of Mingo Lewis

℗ 1977 A&M Records, Inc.
All selections published by Psuedo Songs, Admin. by Almo Music Corp. (ASCAP) except:
A3, A4 published by Psuedo Songs, Admin. by Almo Music Corp. (ASCAP) and Bern Doubt Music (BMI)
A5 published by Kama Sutra Music Inc. (BMI)
B4 published by Warner Bros. Inc.
B5 published by Lucky Pot Pub. (ASCAP)

This is the Yellow/Red back cover version.

Barcodes

  • Matrix / Runout (A-side run-out, hand-etched): AM SP5001 S1 CRC
  • Matrix / Runout (B-side run-out, hand-etched): AM SP5002 S1 CRC

Companies

  • Recorded At – His Masters Wheels
  • Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
  • Recorded At – Record Plant, Sausalito
  • Recorded At – Funky Features
  • Mixed At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
  • Mastered At – A&M Studios
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – A&M Records, Inc.
  • Published By – Pseudo Songs
  • Published By – Almo Music Corp.
  • Published By – Bern Doubt Music
  • Published By – Kama Sutra Music, Inc.
  • Published By – Warner Bros. Music, Inc.
  • Published By – Lucky Pork Publ.
  • Published By – Jaws Music

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