Then we went to my place, and she never did leave...

It really was a simpler era, wasn't it?  Ok, maybe it didn't feel that way at the time, but let's face it, forty years ago mainstream radio was infinitely better than what you'll find on the middle and right-of-the-dial these days, and instantly indelible tunes like "Talk To Ya Later" enabled things go down that much more smoothly.  I don't know how much demand there will be for this on these pages, or even beyond, but instead of just sitting on this rather exhaustive collection of alternate takes, demos and such for The Tubes The Completion Backwards Principle, I thought it couldn't hurt to pitch it out to you.  

The aforementioned fireball of a ditty and, "She's a Beauty" from their subsequent platter, 1983's Outside Inside is what the masses would forever associate them for, but naturally, longtime acolytes of Fee Waybill and Co. are wont to laud the collectives initial string of inspired, albeit not-so-chart-topping albums for A&M.  My Tubes album choice, would probably wind up being the Todd Rundgren-produced Remote Control, but by the time these gents pitched their tent under the Capital Records banner in 1981, my understanding is that the Tubes were strong-armed to modify their schtick in a more "marketable" direction.  Thankfully, this didn't mean they were neutered outright, but incrementally, these developments entailed beefing up and streamlining their overarching m.o. - with the results being frequently mixed.  For all it's attendant slickness much of the magic was still intact on CBP, an album imbued with no deficit of sardonic sass and frivolity.  Even if the Tubes didn't unleash a wellspring of nervy rockers in the vein of "Talk to Ya Later" there was ample spunk in the tank to burn on "Sushi Girl," "A Matter of Pride" and "Think About Me."  You'll find multiple iterations of the aforementioned and a copious amount of other swill in this low-birate, 24-cut reimaging (if you will) of ...Backwards. Ubiquitous as this sucker was back in it's day, CBP falters a few notches short of classic but it went a long way in defining the Tubes and what the early-80s writ large would have in store for the sensibilities of millions of music fans over the ensuing decade. 

Songs included: TTYL/Let's Make Some Noise/A Matter of Pride/Mr. Hate/Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman/Think About Me/Sushi Girl/Don't Want to Wait Anymore/Amnesia/Gonna Get it Next Time/What's Wrong With Me/Sports Fans. 

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