Track Listing 1. Topsy '65 2. Wooly Bully 3. Whisky a Go-Go 4. Money (That's What I Want) 5. Cannonball 6. La Bamba 7. Rumble 8. California Sun 9. Oo Poo Pah Doo 10. Midnight at Pinks 11. Land of 1000 Dances 12. Drums a Go-Go
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | John Phillips | | Distributor: | MSI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel includes: Hal Blaine (drums); John Phillips (guitar). Even among the ranks of the many studio musicians who helped make the 60s such a golden decade for rock and pop, drummer Hal Blaine holds singular status. Between Phil Spector's numerous orchestral productions and Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," Blaine added his musical expertise and rhythmic care to an avalanche of recordings. And like many master studio pros of his day, Blaine wasn't averse to leading a session of well-seasoned colleagues stomping through a handful of meticulously arranged, fiercely grooving instrumentals either. Thus, DRUMS! DRUMS! A GO GO, Blaine's second solo LP. Ignore the overdubbed crowd-noise, and concentrate on the rolling Blaine solos, LA producer extraordinaire/Grass Root PF Sloan's stinging guitar, and Gene Page's noir-ish spy-movie charts, all of which keep the shagadelic music in good-time motion. The song selection is simple--three-chord romps, quick and to the point--and the all-star crew throws them away with giddy deliberateness (check out the organ solo on "Wooly Bully" for an example). It's like a garage-rock blowing session by a bunch of seasoned professionals who just want to flex. Fun! Fun! Fun!
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