| | Fireballs Firebeat! CD - Import Fireballs Discography of CDs
Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs had a big 1963 hit with the rave-up "Sugar Shack," produced by Buddy Holly's mentor, Norman Petty. Then they gradually faded into obscurity as their leather-jacketed garage-pop fare became less appealing to Beatles-addicted teenagers. This excellent compilation--with extensive liner notes and video clips--gathers some long-forgotten tracks that had been sitting untouched in Norman Petty's archives for decades. Though "Sugar Shack" is not included, an alternate take of their second-biggest hit, "Bottle of Wine," is available here for the first time. The compilation is truly a find for fans of pure, pre-British Invasion rock-and-roll.
The CD focuses on the tougher side of the Fireballs studio career during the mid-1960s, as they came to terms with the impact of the British Invasion, and made some fine beat group-styled recordings of their own. We feature here rockin' covers of items by the Knickerbockers, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Beach Boys and others, as well as punchy, guitar-fuelled workouts on 'Kansas City' and 'Summertime Blues', and strong British-flavoured original material such as 'Never You Mind' and 'Come To Me'. Firebeat! Music | List Price | $18.99 (You save $1.94) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Oldies CDs, Rock | | Label | Ace | | Orig Year | 2006 | | All Time Sales Rank |  171199  | | CD Universe Part number | 7281602 | | Catalog number | 1131 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 31, 2006 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Additional Info | United Kingdom |
Fireballs Firebeat! Songs | 1. | Say I Am (What I Am) | |
| 2. | Lies | |
| 3. | Thunder & Lightnin' | |
| 4. | Codine | |
| 5. | Louie Go Home | |
| 6. | Come to Me | |
| 7. | (I Don't Want) Your Kind of Love | |
| 8. | Never You Mind | |
| 9. | Somebody Stole My Watermelon | |
| 10. | You're So Good to Me | |
| 11. | Tough Times | |
| 12. | Dancing by Myself | |
| 13. | Hungry Hungry Hungry | |
| 14. | Will You Love Me Tomorrow | |
| 15. | Summertime Blues / Land Of 1,000 Dances / Shotgun Shotgun | |
| 16. | What Do You Do | |
| 17. | Lonesome Tears | |
| 18. | Kansas City | |
| 19. | Appreciate a Girl | |
| 20. | Here It Comes Again | |
| 21. | Bottle of Wine  | |
| 22. | One Fine Day | |
| 23. | Baby, What's Wrong? | |
| 24. | Atlanta Georgia Stray | |
| 25. | Bottle of Wine | |
| 26. | Goin' Away | |
| 27. | Three Squares | |
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