SPITBALLS
It's not unusual to have label mates to sing on each others records. At
Cameo for example, Chubby Checker often teamed up with Bobby Rydell or Dee
Dee Sharp. At Beserkley, Jonathan Richman sang on Greg Kihn's "All
The Right Reasons". Still, the idea of the ENTIRE label roster getting
together under one "band name" to make this record is kind of
unique. Not since the Kasenetz-Katz Super Circus with the combining of Bubblegum
greats the 1910 Fruitgum Company; Ohio Express; and other, has a project
encompassed such an ambitious endeavor. The fun folks at Beserkley (Matthew
King Kaufman; Glen Kolotkin; Kenny Laguna) formed The Spitballs by putting
The Rubinoos, Greg Kihn, Earthquake & Jonathan Richman together in the
studio to play the classic songs they all grew up with. Songs by The Bobby
Fuller 4; Phil Coulter; Smokey Robinson; John Fogerty; Joe Meek and others.
Hear: Knock On Wood (Steve Cropper, Eddie Floyd); Chapel Of Love (Ellie
Greenwich, Phil Spector); Way Over There; Just Like Me (Paul Revere &
Raiders); Boris The Spider (John Entwistle & The Who); Feel Too Good
(Roy Wood); Life's Too Short; Bad Moon Rising (Creedence); Over & Over;
Gino Is A Coward; I Can Only Give You Everything; Let Her Dance; I Want
Her So Bad; Telstar; and the Neil Hefti theme to Batman. From 1978, and
never released as a CD, this cool rarity appears on Beserkley Records (0058)
and is in beautiful MINT condition!
