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The Tubes 01/04/1980

SHOWID 217165

Set I

Tubes: Suffer For Sound
Unreleased final A&M studio album: 1980

Drivin' All Night
Dreams Come True
Dangerous
Don't Ask Me
Holy War
Rat Race
Train Of Pictures
Don't Slow Down
Suffer For Sound
Colour Me Wild

Set II

 

Set III

 

Comment

The missing link between Remote Control and Completion Backward Principle.
Back in 1980 the band recorded the backing tracks for this album at Tubesound in SF. Inner disputes over the lyrical content caused problems with Fee - who initially refused to participate on some of the more cynical material. In the end the album was finished and handed to A&M who refused to release the album and instead put out T.R.A.S.H as the final album of the Tubes A&M contract.
Suffer for Sound - aka The Black Album - was also performed live at the time and formed the basis for the 1981 tour overture. Don't Slow Down (whose lyrics were changed for the recorded version) was also performed live in 1981 and, later still, Dreams Come True was performed solo by Bill Spooner.
In many ways SFS, and the resultant A&M trouble, was the final straw for the Tubes who eventually gave them what they wanted in 1981 with the business suited analyst concept - music was now about finance and the CBP parody worked well - the Tubes 'sold out' in capital letters.
A good album with a few AAA cuts such as Steen's 'Dangerous', Spooner's rockers 'Don't ask me' and 'Colour me Wild' and the awesome title track.

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DudeMan (0/5) CD-R / 1 A- View   "Suffer For Sound" (Glasshouse08) - Unreleased final A&M studio album
Notes: Filler: Robben Ford w/ Gary Willis (Tribal Tech) and Casey Scheuerell (Jean Luc Ponty) - 1989 11 - You Cut Me to the Bone 12 - Unknown instrumental/jam 13 - Help the Poor Filler: Steve Vai 777 - 5/1/85 (last 2 tracks) 14 - Variations 15 - The Attitude Song (cuts out)
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