Customer Reviews

Wrap It Up

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I had this on cassette, but I wanted it on CD (and had a hard time finding it in the stores). So I looked around on Amazon and found it and ordered it. I like most of the songs pretty well on this CD and am glad to have it on CD.

I love this music! I especially like the TUFF ENUFF, AND WRAP IT UP, AND STAGGER LEE, they make you feel good, and they make you come alive, and make you want to move to the beat! I love the THUNDERBIRDS they are so great!

All the musicans, and singers are awesome, I love their style! I love the singers manly voices, and I love the awesome big sound, and beat of their great music! Some songs on this CD, I like better than others, but there was several that I liked very much! This music will stir you up, and make you forget your troubles! I loved it!

I somewhat sheepishly admit that I skip over certain songs on this CD when they come up, because they just don't hold my interest, but others, including of course the two hit songs "Wrap It Up" and "Tuff Enuff," make up for a couple of misses.

I've heard that the real forte' of the T-birds was their live performances, and I'm inclined to believe that, because I know of so many bands who absolutely brought down the house in person, but only rarely captured the same excitement in the recording studio.

If you're a big fan, you might wanna check out Sam & Dave's original version of "Wrap It Up", and you'll see that the FT's borrowed quite a bit from them. Of course, if you're gonna borrow from somebody, Sam & Dave are a great choice for source material. But that's another review...

The Fabulous Thunderbirds are far from the blues band status of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, but nevertheless "Wrap it Up" is a pretty fair record, with a pop-blues sound that is rare to hear these days. Worth a look if you like old time rythem and blues.