The Fabulous Wailers

by The Wailers

The Fabulous Wailers cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 January 1959
  • Label: Golden Crest
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: The Wailers, Rich Dangel, Mike Burk, John Greek, Kent Morrill

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Five Tacoma high school friends who began as The Nitecaps travelled to New York to record 'The Fabulous Wailers' at their label's Long Island studio, with John Greek, Richard Dangel, Kent Morrill, Mark Marush and Mike Burk in the line-up. Its frat rock and instrumental rock programme, built around guitars and danceable rhythms, includes the singles 'Tall Cool One' and 'Mau-Mau'.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, party, guitars, retro, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Tall Cool One
  2. Driftwood
  3. Dirty Robber
  4. Shanghaied
  5. Gunnin' For Peter
  6. Long Gone
  7. Beat Guitar
  8. High Wall
  9. Wailin'
  10. Road Runner
  11. Tough Bounce
  12. Swing Shift

Credits

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