This deluxe 4CD set and book includes studio recordings made by the Fabulous Thunderbirds when the band included Jimmie Vaughan and Kim Wilson - It begins with thirteen unreleased cuts from sessions they did in 1978 for a potential album (produced by Doc Pomus) that never saw daylight but are available here commercially for the first time - The five hour music compilation then follows their career through all the subsequent releases they made on Takoma, Chrysalis and Epic until Jimmie left the band to pursue his solo career in 1989, - a total of eight albums: The Doc Pomus Sessions 1978; The Fabulous Thunderbirds (Girls Go Wild); What's The Word?; Butt Rockin'; T-Bird Rhythm; Tuff Enuff; Hot Number; Powerful Stuff.
The package is in the form of a 12" hardback, fully illustrated book with four discs containing all the recordings in chronological order and features a collection of rare photos with a history of the band written by Bill Bentley.
The Jimmie Vaughan Years: Complete Studio Recordings 1978-1979 Track List
THE DOC POMUS RECORDINGS 1978
- Kim Wilson: vocals, harmonica
- Jimmie Vaughan: guitar
- Keith Ferguson: bass
- Mike Buck: drums
- Al Copley: piano
- Doug James, Greg Piccolo, Rich Lataille: saxophones
Recorded 1978 New York City by Doc Pomus and Joel Dorn.
2019 tape restoration (from water damaged only surviving tapes) by Joe Glaswirt; 2019 mastering by Jared Tuten
- Dirty Work Is Going On
- The Things I Forgot To Do
- I Searched All Over
- I Can’t Quit You Baby
- I Got Eyes
- This Should Go On Forever?
- She’s Tough
- Scratch My Back
- She’s My Baby
- Baby Please Don’t Lie To Me
- Snake Hips
- Pecker Wrecker
- Love At First Sight
THE FABULOUS THUNDERBIRDS (GIRLS GO WILD)
- Kim Wilson: vocals, harmonica
- Jimmie Vaughan: guitar
- Keith Ferguson: bass
- Mike Buck: drums
Recorded May 1979 by Bob Sullivan at Sumet-Bernet Sound Studios, Dallas, Texas.
Produced by Denny Bruce
- Wait On Time
- Scratch My Back
- Rich Woman
- Full-Time Lover
- Pocket Rocket
- She’s Tuff
- Marked Deck
- Walkin’ To My Baby
- Rock With Me
- C-Boy’s Blues
The Jimmie Vaughan Years: Complete Studio Recordings 1978-1979 Track List (page two)
WHAT’S THE WORD?
- Kim Wilson: vocals, harmonica
- Jimmie Vaughan: guitar
- Keith Ferguson: bass
- Mike Buck: drums (tracks 1,3,5,7,11)
- Fran Christina: drums (tracks 2,4,6,8,9,10,12)
Recorded 1980 by Bob Sullivan at Sumet-Bernet Sound Studios, Dallas, Texas.
Produced by Denny Bruce
- Runnin’ Shoes (trad.)
- You Ain’t Nothin’ But Fine
- Low-Down Woman
- Extra Jimmies
- Sugar Coated Love
- Last Call For Alcohol
- The Crawl
- Jumpin’ Bad
- Learn To Treat Me Right
- I’m A Good Man (If You Give Me A Chance)
- Dirty Work
- That’s Enough Of That Stuff
BUTT ROCKIN’
- Kim Wilson: vocals, harmonica
- Jimmie Vaughan: guitar
- Keith Ferguson: bass
- Fran Christina: drums
- Al Copley: piano
- Greg Piccolo: tenor saxophone
- Doug James: baritone saxophone
Anson Funderburgh: second guitar (Tip On In)
Recorded 1980 in Los Angeles by Kim King and Dallas by Tom Gondolf.
Produced by Denny Bruce
- I Believe I’m In Love
- One’s Too Many
- Give Me All Your Lovin’
- Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
- I Hear You Knocking
- Tip On In
- I’m Sorry
- Mathilda
- Tell Me Why
- In Orbit
T-BIRD RHYTHM
- Kim Wilson: vocals, harmonica
- Jimmie Vaughan: guitar
- Keith Ferguson: bass
- Fran Christina: drums, backing vocals
- Nick Connelly: organ (Lover's Crime, How Do You Spell Love?)
Recorded 1984 at Third Coast Sound, Austin, Texas by Colin Fairley and Nick Lowe.
Produced by Nick Lowe
- Can’t Tear It Up Enuff
- How Do You Spell Love?
- You’re Humbuggin’ Me
- My Babe
- Neighbor Tend To Your Business
- The Monkey
- Diddy Wah Diddy
- Lover’s Crime
- Poor Boy
- Tell Me
- Gotta Have Some / Just Got Some
TUFF ENUFF
- Kim Wilson: vocals, harmonica
- Jimmie Vaughan: guitar, steel guitar, bass, vocals
- Preston Hubbard: electric and acoustic bass, vocals
- Fran Christina: drums, vocals
- Al Copley: keyboards
- Chuck Leavell: keyboards (Look At That, Look At That)
Geraint Watkins: piano, accordion (Amnesia)
Cesar Rosa and David Hidalgo: vocals (Two Time My Lovin’); Recorded 1985
Produced by Dave Edmunds
- Tuff Enuff
- Tell Me
- Look At That, Look At That
- Two Time My Lovin’
- Amnesia
- Wrap It Up
- True Love
- Why Get Up
- I Don’t Care
- Down At Antone’s
The Jimmie Vaughan Years: Complete Studio Recordings 1978-1979 Track List
(page three)
HOT NUMBER
- Kim Wilson: vocals, harmonica
- Jimmie Vaughan: guitar, bass, vocals
- Preston Hubbard: electric and acoustic bass
- Fran Christina: drums, vocals
- Dave Edmunds: guitars
- Chuck Leavell: keyboards
- The Memphis Horns: horns
Recorded at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee 1987
Produced by Dave Edmunds
- Stand Back
- Hot Number
- Wasted Years
- It Come To Me Naturally
- Love In Common
- How Do You Spell Love
- Streets Of Gold
- Sofa Circuit
- Don’t Bother Tryin’ To Steal Her Love
- It Takes A Big Man To Cry
POWERFUL STUFF
- Kim Wilson: vocals, harmonica
- Jimmie Vaughan: guitar
- Preston Hubbard: electric and acoustic bass
- Fran Christina: drums
- Jimi Jamison, Terry Manning, William C. Brown III: additional backing vocals
Recorded at Ardent Studios, Memphis, Tennessee November 1988-January 1989
Produced by Terry manning
Licensed courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
- Rock This Place
- Knock Yourself Out
- Mistake Number One
- One Night Stand
- Emergency
- Powerful Stuff
- Close Together
- Now Loosen Up Baby
- She’s Hot
- Rainin’ In My Heart
- For more information, please contact:
- Brian O’Neal (Los Angeles) | brianoneal@gmail.com
- Lisa Best // The Last Music Co.
- The Last Music Co. Pre-order HERE
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