From '' Have Rocket, Will Travel ''
Format: CD
Country: Germany
Released: 1993
Tracklist
01. Go Pussy Go
02. Life On Venus
03. Planet Girl
04. Zukunftsmusik
05. Stardust
06. Cowboy
07. Balla Balla (Singalong Version)
08. Cosmic Energy
09. I´m Space
10. Metaluna
11. Drums A Go-Go
12. Bul-Bul
13. Riders
14. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
15. Fiel Fergnügen
16. Man With The Golden Arm
17. China Ist Weit
18. Dan The Banjoman
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''Drums A-Go-Go'' was written by Paul Buff.
Buff's first attempt was entitled \"Drums\" and simply featured drums with his wife Allison's backing vocals.
This version was released on an extremely rare promotional single with \"Yes, I Want To Dance\" as the B-side.
Paul Buff went back and completely re-recorded the track with an extremely powerful drum presence, more instrumentation and a sax replacing Allison Buff's vocal.
This version became \"Drums A-Go-Go,\" and it was an even bigger local success.
It also just missed hitting Billboard's single chart, but it generated even more attention through cover versions by the likes of Sandy Nelson and Hal Blaine.
The flipside of \"Drums A-Go-Go\" was \"Agua Caliente (Hot Water),\" another Mexican-styled instrumental.
The belated Mexican success of \"Tijuana\" led to the release of a unique LP containing tracks from The Hollywood Persuaders, The Rotations and The Teen Beats.
\"Drums A-Go-Go\" has become The Hollywood Persuaders' most recognizable song, and it was also included in the film \"Natural Born Killers.\"
In the late spring of 1965, Art Laboe of Original Sound gave Paul Buff the go-ahead to do a \"Drums A-Go-Go\" album.
It was released in August 1965.
The Hollywood Persuaders released just five singles (including a promo-only release) between 1963 and 1965, but the original single mixes had never appeared in digital form (from the original master tapes) until the 2010 download release.
In addition to both sides of Paul Buff's solo single \"Slow Bird\"/ \"Blind Man's Buff,\" there are many unreleased tracks: two versions of \"Evil Underneath,\" a demo version of \"Drums A-Go-Go,\" \"Go-Go Music,\" \"Organ Stomp,\" \"Cruisin',\" a demo version of \"Agua Caliente (Hot Water),\" \"Rollin',\" and \"Something Else,\" which only exists on an acetate.
Another rarity is the Mexican album version of \"Yes, I Want To Dance,\" and you even get a countoff before Frank Zappa's \"Grunion Run\"!
