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Tubes: Love Bomb

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In February 1985, “Capitol” label released “Love Bomb”, the seventh Tubes album. It was recorded in 1984, and was produced by Todd Rundgren.

Personnel:

  • Fee Waybill – vocals
  • Bill Spooner – vocals, guitar
  • Roger Steen – vocals, guitar
  • Vince Welnick – keyboards
  • Michael Cotton – synthesizer, cover art
  • Prairie Prince – drums, cover art
  • Todd Rundgren – engineer, mixing
  • Stacy Baird, Wally Buck – engineer
  • Tom Size – engineer assistant
  • Jim Welch – art direction

Track listing:

  1. Piece by Piece
  2. Stella
  3. Come as You Are
  4. One Good Reason
  5. Bora Bora 2000/Love Bomb
  6. Night People
  7. Say Hey
  8. Eyes
  9. Muscle Girls
  10. Theme from a Wooly Place (Wooly Bully/Theme from a Summer Place)
  11. For a Song
  12. Say Hey (Part 2)
  13. Feel It
  14. Night People (Reprise)

The Tubes: Same

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In June 1975, “A&M” label released the self-titled, debut Tubes album. It was recorded March-April, 1975, at “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Al Kooper.

Personnel:

  • Fee Waybill– vocals
  • Bill Spooner– vocals, guitar
  • Roger Steen – vocals, guitar
  • Michael Cotten – synthesizer
  • Vince Welnick– keyboards
  • Rick Anderson – bass
  • Prairie L’Emprere Prince– drums
  • Dominic Frontiere– string and horn arrangements
  • Lee Rhett Kiefer – engineer
  • Al Kooper– mixing
  • Lee Rhett Kieger – mixing
  • Roland Young – art direction
  • Michael Cotten – design
  • Prairie Prince – design
  • Ian Patrick – photography
  • Harry Mittman – photography

Track listing:

  1. Up from the Deep – Fee Waybill, Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Michael Cotton, Vince Welnick, Rick Anderson, Ray Trainer
  2. Haloes – Al Kooper, Bill Spooner, Roger Steen
  3. Space Baby – Bill Spooner, Mike Carpenter, Vince Welnick
  4. Malagueña Salerosa – Pedro Galindo, Elpidio Ramirez
  5. Mondo Bondage – Fee Waybill, Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Michael Cotton, Vince Welnick, Rick Anderson
  6. What Do You Want from Life? – Bill Spooner, Michael Evans
  7. Boy Crazy – Bill Spooner
  8. White Punks on Dope – Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Michael Evans

The Tubes: Now

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In May 1977, “A&M” label released “Now”, the third Tubes (The) album. It was recorded in 1976, at “His Masters Wheels” and “Funky Features” in San Francisco, “The Record Plant” in  Los Angeles; “The Record Plant” in  Sausalito,  and was produced by John Anthony.

Personnel:

  • Fee Waybill – vocals
  • Bill “The Swami” Spooner- vocals, guitar
  • Michael Cotten – synthesizer
  • Rick Anderson – bass
  • Mingo Lewis – drums, percussion
  • Prairie Prince- drums
  • Roger Steen – guitar, vocals
  • Vince Welnick- keyboards
  • Harry Duncan – harmonica
  • Don Van Vliet- soprano saxophone
  • Roberta Burger – violin
  • Re Styles – vocals
  • Bud Scoppa – voices
  • Don Wood – engineer, production assistant
  • Roland Young – art direction
  • Michael Cotten, Prairie Prince – design

Track listing:

  1. Smoke (La Vie en Fumér) – Bill Spooner, Michael Cotten, Vince Welnick
  2. Hit Parade – Bill Spooner, Vince Welnick
  3. Strung Out on Strings – Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Michael Evans
  4. Golden Boy – Bill Spooner, Michael Evans
  5. My Head Is My Only House Unless It Rains – Don Van Vliet
  6. God-Bird-Change – Mingo Lewis
  7. I’m Just a Mess – Bill Spooner, Roger Steen
  8. Cathy’s Clone – Fee Waybill, Bill “The Swami” Spooner, Michael Cotton, Mingo Lewis, Prairie Prince, Roger Steen, Re Styles, Vince Welnick, Rick Anderson
  9. This Town – Lee Hazlewood
  10. Pound of Flesh – Ron Nagle, Scott Mathews
  11. You’re No Fun – Michael Cotten, Vince Welnick

 

The Tubes: Young and Rich

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In April 1976, “A&M” label released “Young and Rich”, the second Tubes (The) album. It was recorded in 1976 at “A&M Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Scott.

Personnel:

  • Fee Waybill- vocals
  • Bill “Sputnik” Spooner- vocals, guitar
  • Roger Steen – vocals, guitar, harp
  • Rick “Gator” Anderson – vocals, bass
  • Vince Welnick- keyboards, synthesizer
  • Michael Cotten – synthesizer
  • “Preposterous” Prairie Prince- percussion
  • Re Styles (Shirley MacLeod) – “funky-pretty” vocals
  • Chuck Domanico– bass
  • Don Randi– piano
  • Alan Estes, Julius Wechter– percussion
  • Jay Migliori, Steve Douglas– saxophone
  • Bobby Shew– trumpet
  • George Bohanon– trombone
  • Allan Harshman, Assa Drori, Harry Bluestone, Herschel Wise, James Getzoff, Jesse Ehrlich, Leonard Malarsky, Lou Klass, Marshall Sosson, Marvin Limonick, Murray Adler, Nathan Ross, Ray Kelley, Samuel Boghossian, Virginia Majewski, William Kurasch – strings
  • Armand Kaproff, David Speltz – cello
  • Deniece Williams, Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Williard Waters, The Ron Hicklin Singers – backing vocals
  • David Paich, Jack Nitzsche– arrangements
  • Ed Thacker – engineer
  • Michael Cotten, Prairie Prince – design
  • Harry Mittman, Norman Seeff– photography

Track listing:

  1. Tubes World Tour – Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Fee Waybill
  2. Brighter Day – Roger Steen
  3. Pimp – Bill Spooner
  4. Stand Up and Shout – Ray Trainer, Mike Condello
  5. Don’t Touch Me There – Ron Nagle, Jane Dornacker
  6. Slipped My Disco – Bill Spooner, Roger Steen
  7. Proud to Be an American – Bill Spooner
  8. Poland Whole/Madam I’m Adam – Roger Steen, Bill Spooner
  9. Young and Rich – Bill Spooner

The Tubes: Outside Inside

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In March 1983, “Capitol” label released “Outside Inside” the sixth Tubes (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1982, and was produced by David Foster, Prairie Prince and Stacy Baird.

Personnel:

  • Bill Spooner- vocals, guitar
  • Roger Steen – vocals, guitar
  • Steve Lukather– guitar
  • Freddy Washington – guitar
  • Fee Waybill- vocals, mixing
  • Michael Cotten – synthesizer
  • Vince Welnick– keyboards
  • David Foster– keyboards
  • James Newton Howard– keyboards
  • David Paich– keyboards
  • Steve Porcaro– keyboards
  • David Williams – bass
  • Rick Anderson – bass
  • Nathan East– bass
  • Prairie Prince- drums, art direction
  • Mingo Lewis – percussion
  • Chuck Finley– horn
  • Bill Reichenbach Jr.– horn
  • Larry Williams – horn
  • Gary Grant – horn
  • Jay Graydon – horn
  • Gary Herbig – horn
  • Jerry Hey- arranger, horn
  • Martha Davis– vocals
  • Maurice White – vocals
  • Patti Austin- backing vocals
  • Bill Champlin- backing vocals
  • Bobby Kimball- backing vocals
  • Jack Leahy – engineer
  • Dennis Kirk – engineer
  • Ken Kessie – engineer
  • Stacy Baird – engineer
  • David Cole – engineer
  • Humberto Gatica – engineer, mixing
  • Larry Ferguson – engineerm assistant
  • Tom Fouce – engineer assistant
  • Bob Bullock – engineer assistant
  • Gene Wooley – engineer assistant
  • Barbara Rooney – engineer assistant
  • Marnie Moore – engineer assistant
  • Gregg Jampol – engineer assistant
  • Howard Johnston – engineer assistant
  • Jeff Kliment – engineer assistant
  • George Massenburg – mixing
  • Greg Ladanyi– mixing
  • Jim Welch – contribution
  • Bill Burks – contribution
  • Paul Knotter – collaboration
  • Roy Kohara – art direction
  • Jim McCrary – photography

Track listing:

  1. She’s a Beauty – David Foster, Fee Waybill, Steve Lukather
  2. No Not Again – Rick Anderson, Michael Cotton, Mingo Lewis, Prairie Prince, Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Fee Waybill, Vince Welnick
  3. Out of the Business – Rick Anderson, Michael Cotton, Mingo Lewis, Prairie Prince, Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Fee Waybill, Vince Welnick
  4. The Monkey Time – Curtis Mayfield, Rick Anderson, Michael Cotton, Mingo Lewis, Prairie Prince, Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Fee Waybill, Vince Welnick
  5. Glass House – Rick Anderson, Michael Cotton, Mingo Lewis, Prairie Prince, Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Fee Waybill, Vince Welnick
  6. Wild Women of Wongo – Rick Anderson, Michael Cotton, Mingo Lewis, Prairie Prince, Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Fee Waybill, Vince Welnick
  7. Tip of My Tongue – Maurice White, M. Snyder
  8. Fantastic Delusion – Rick Anderson, Michael Cotton, Mingo Lewis, Prairie Prince, Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Fee Waybill, Vince Welnick
  9. Drums – Rick Anderson, Michael Cotton, Mingo Lewis, Prairie Prince, Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Fee Waybill, Vince Welnick
  10. Theme Park – Rick Anderson, Michael Cotton, Mingo Lewis, Prairie Prince, Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Fee Waybill, Vince Welnick
  11. Outside Lookin’ Inside – Rick Anderson, Michael Cotton, Mingo Lewis, Prairie Prince, Bill Spooner, Roger Steen, Fee Waybill, Vince Welnick

The Tubes: Remote Control

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In March 1979, “A&M” label released “Remote Control” the fifthTubes (The) album. It was recorded 1978-1979, at “Music Annex Studios” in Menio Park, California, and was produced by Todd Rundgren.

Personnel:

  • Fee Waybill – vocals
  • Re Styles – vocals
  • Bill Spooner – vocals, guitar
  • Roger Steen – vocals, guitar
  • Vince Welnick – keyboards
  • Michael Cotten – synthesizer
  • Rick Anderson – bass
  • Prairie Prince- drums
  • Mingo Lewis – percussion
  • Todd Rundgren – guitar, keyboards

Track listing:

All tracks by Fee Waybill, Bill Spooner, Michael Cotton, Mingo Lewis, Prairie Prince, Roger Steen, Re Styles, Vince Welnick and Rick Anderson, except where noted.

  1. Turn Me On
  2. V. Is King – Fee Waybill, Bill Spooner, Michael Cotton, Mingo Lewis, Prairie Prince, Roger Steen, Re Styles, Vince Welnick, Rick Anderson, Todd Rundgren
  3. Prime Time
  4. I Want It All Now
  5. No Way Out
  6. Getoverture
  7. No Mercy
  8. Only the Strong Survive
  9. Be Mine Tonight
  10. Love’s a Mystery (I Don’t Understand) – Fee Waybill, Bill Spooner, Michael Cotton, Mingo Lewis, Prairie Prince, Roger Steen, Re Styles, Vince Welnick, Rick Anderson, Todd Rundgren
  11. Telecide