Dawn of the Tubes: Demo Daze and Radio Waves [Import]

The Tubes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 13, 2003)
• Original Release Date: March 21, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Phoenix Gems
• ASIN: B00004OCFV
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #359,288 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. White Punks On Dope

2. Brighter Day

3. Mondo Bondage

4. Stand Up And Shout

5. Whiz Quiz

6. Never Amount To Nothing/Hermuta

7. Baby Your Face Is Mutated

8. Wonderbread Bodies

9. Lunch Face

10. The Hip Dip

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Embryonic Tubes, March 29, 2000

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M. Kucharski (Marion, IA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dawn of the Tubes: Demo Daze and Radio Waves (Audio CD)

Just picked this up the other day. If you're a big Tubes fan you'll want to buy this, but be warned, these are very early recordings from the band's beginnings and is not their best stuff. Early versions of WPOD, Mondo Bondage and Brighter Day are interesting to listen to but the real reason to buy this CD would be to hear the songs that have never before been available. A lot of the subject matter in the lyrics can be found in later Tubes songs (ex. Whiz Quiz/What Do You Want From Life). Musically, these equate with early Tubes albums but lyrically, these songs are strictly the novelty type.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just amazing retro Tubes, February 22, 2002

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Steve (Midwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dawn of the Tubes: Demo Daze and Radio Waves (Audio CD)

All of the material on this CD was recorded before the "fame and fortune". We have some demos and some un-released tunes. The un-released material is a display of sheer musical talent. All of these songs appear to be high energy jam sessions that have been polished to a nice tight presentation. Most impressive is the fact that the un-released songs are all done live ( in a small to medium sized club)yet still sound studio "tweaked" as far as band tightness is concerned. The signature changes, lighting quick fills, and off time drumming of Praire is a clinic in dynamic drumming.Fee and the boys sound like they are having way too much fun , I just wish I was one of the few people in the crowd during the taping of these sessions.
If you a moderate to hard core Tubes fan you will love this CD as it`s an timeless documentation of the creation of one of rocks most technical groups. Listen and pick the songs apart for yourself... you`ll agree.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It is about time!, April 12, 2000

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Steven Ades (Santa Monica, CA.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dawn of the Tubes: Demo Daze and Radio Waves (Audio CD)

It is amazing that it took so long for this collection of great tunes to come out. This is the album that those of us have wanted to hear for over 20 years. It captures the band before the commercial producers at A&M and Capitol put their spin on what they felt the band "should" sound like. The music is raw and real, it is the closest to the live shows yet released. I hope there will be future volumes of material from this vastly under appreciated band.