Released November 1965 Producer Bob Keane | Release date 1965 Genre Rock and roll | |
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Label Mustang
Mustang M-900 (mono)
MS-900 (stereo) Artists Bobby Fuller, The Bobby Fuller Four Rock and roll albums I Fought the Law, Slade in Flame, The Baron, Hoodoo, Among the Vultures | ||
KRLA King of the Wheels is the first album by The Bobby Fuller Four. It was released by Mustang Records in November 1965 in stereo and mono. It was released in promotion of the local Los Angeles radio station, KRLA.
Contents
The album was put out soon after "Let Her Dance" made the top 40 charts locally. Bob Keane wanted a drag racing album, featuring surf instrumentals, covers, and some singles, however, his original vision changed along the way. In the end, four new drag racer songs were recorded for the album. The title track, "King of the Wheels", is a reworking of an earlier Bobby Fuller song, "King of the Beach". "KRLA Top Eliminator" was based on the real-life customized dragster made by KRLA (seen on the cover), and a reworking of a live cover of "El Paso Rock" by Long John Hunter; Fuller's band used to perform in El Paso. In addition, six songs were also taken from his three latest singles (including "Let Her Dance"), and three new songs were recorded ("Fool of Love" and "Saturday Night" were re-recordings of older Bobby Fuller tracks, and "Little Annie Lou" would go on to become a B-side for their next single, "I Fought the Law"). "The Lonely Dragster" is a reworking of the song "Wolfman", a B-side from a previous single, "Thunder Reef".
In 1990, this album was re-released on CD by Ace Records, bundled with I Fought the Law, along with seven bonus tracks (later put out by Del-Fi Records in 1994). In 1992, Repertoire Records reissued this album on CD with fifteen bonus tracks.
Track listing
All tracks written by Bobby Fuller, except where noted.
Personnel
Songs
1Never to Be Forgotten2:54
2Another Sad and Lonely Night2:17
3She's My Girl2:27