Bruce & Terry - The Best Of Bruce & Terry (@320)

 

Bruce & Terry - The Best Of Bruce & Terry

The Best of Bruce & Terry Review by Cub Koda.

This 20-track compilation gathers together the best of Johnston's and Melcher's best sides for Columbia under the B&T moniker. That's important, because this collection could just as easily have been double the length if they had amassed all the tracks that Bruce & Terry had recorded under other names like the Rip Chords, etc. including the hit "Hey Little Cobra." Because Bruce & Terry were a virtual vocal overdubbing machine, some of the tracks on here ("Custom Machine," "Don't Run Away," "I Love You Model T," "Come Love," "Raining In My Heart") appear in mono-only formats. This becomes the only way to hear the final product as it was etched into black phonograph records, as B&T would overdub right directly onto the final single track mix. It also gives the sound of these tracks an edgy, mid-rangey "squashed" kind of compression to them, making them leap out of the speakers. As a musical satellite orbiting around the Brian Wilson/Jan & Dean/Wrecking Crew axis, the music here reflects that time and sound beautifully. These are the beginnings of two long-standing careers in the record business and the records they literally cut their teeth on.

Tracklist:

1. Bruce & Terry - Summer Means Fun

2. Bruce & Terry - Custom Machine

3. Bruce & Terry - Carmen

4. Bruce & Terry - I Love You Model T

5. Bruce & Terry - Come Love

6. Bruce & Terry - Thank You Baby

7. Bruce & Terry - Four Strong Winds

8. Bruce & Terry - Raining In My Heart

9. Bruce & Terry - Girl, It's Alright Now

10. Bruce & Terry - Don't Run Away

11. Bruce & Terry - Yeah!

12. Bruce & Terry - Everyday (The Rogues)

13. Bruce & Terry - Roger's Reef (The Rogues)

14. Bruce & Terry - Come On, Let's Go (The Rogues)

15. Bruce & Terry - Roger's Reef [Part Two] (The Rogues)

16. Bruce & Terry - Halfway (demo)

17. Bruce & Terry - Look Who's Laughing Now (previously unissued)

18. Bruce & Terry - Help Me Rhonda (previously unissued)

19. Bruce & Terry - Here Comes Summer (previously unissued)

20. Bruce & Terry - Hawaii (previously unissued)

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