[2025-11-07] The Fabulous Thunderbirds "Jimmie Vaughan Years: Complete Studio Recordings 1978-1989" 4CD set (Last UK)

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Aug 05, 2025 3:02 pm

Amazon USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKZ53R87/?tag=imwan-20

Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0FKZ53R87/?tag=imwanca-20

Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FKZ53R87/?tag=imwan-21

Description
The only complete collection of the recordings made by the band with Jimmie Vaughan including the "lost" Doc Pomus sessions from 1978

This CD set and book includes studio recordings made by the Fabulous Thunderbirds when the band included Jimmie Vaughan and Kim Wilson.

It begins with thirteen unreleased cuts from sessions they did in 1978 for a potential album (produced by Doc Pomus) that never saw daylight but are available here commercially for the first time.

The five hour music compilation then follows their career through all the subsequent releases they made on Takoma, Chrysalis and Epic until Jimmie left the band to pursue his solo career in 1989 - a total of eight albums: The Doc Pomus Sessions 1978; The Fabulous Thunderbirds (Girls Go Wild); What's The Word?; Butt Rockin'; T-Bird Rhythm; Tuff Enuff; Hot Number; Powerful Stuff.

The package is in the form of a 12" hardback, fully illustrated book with four discs containing all the recordings in chronological order and features a collection of rare photos with a history of the band written by Bill Bentley.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Dirty Work Is Going On
2. The Things I Used To Do
3. I Searched All Over
4. I Can't Quit You Baby
5. I Got Eyes
6. This Should Go On Forever?
7. She's Tough
8. Scratch My Back
9. She's My Baby
10. Baby Please Don't Lie To Me
11. Snake Hips
12. Pecker Wrecker
13. Love At First Sight
14. Wait On Time
15. Scratch My Back
16. Rich Woman
17. Full-Time Lover
18. Pocket Rocket
19. She's Tuff
20. Marked Deck
21. Walkin' To My Baby
22. Rock With Me
23. C-Boy's Blues
24. Let Me In

[CD2]
1. Runnin' Shoes
2. You Ain't Nothin' But Fine
3. Low-Down Woman
4. Extra Jimmies
5. Sugar Coated Love
6. Last Call For Alcohol
7. The Crawl
8. Jumpin' Bad
9. Learn To Treat Me Right
10. I'm A Good Man (If You Give Me A Chance)
11. Dirty Work
12. That's Enough Of That Stuff
13. I Believe I'm In Love
14. One's Too Many
15. Give Me All Your Lovin'
16. Roll, Roll, Roll
17. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
18. I Hear You Knocking
19. Tip On In
20. I'm Sorry
21. Mathilda
22. Tell Me Why
23. In Orbit

[CD3]
1. Can't Tear It Up Enuff
2. How Do You Spell Love?
3. You're Humbuggin' Me
4. My Babe
5. Neighbor Tend To Your Business
6. The Monkey
7. Diddy Wah Diddy
8. Lover's Crime
9. Poor Boy
10. Tell Me (Pretty Baby)
11. Gotta Have Some / Just Got Some
12. Tuff Enuff
13. Tell Me
14. Look At That, Look At That
15. Two Time My Lovin'
16. Amnesia
17. Wrap It Up
18. True Love
19. Why Get Up
20. I Don't Care
21. Down At Antones
22. Stand Back

[CD4]
1. Hot Number
2. Wasted Years
3. It Comes To Me Naturally
4. Love In Common
5. How Do You Spell Love
6. Streets Of Gold
7. Sofa Circuit
8. Don't Bother Tryin' To Steal Her Love
9. It Takes A Big Man To Cry
10. Rock This Place
11. Knock Yourself Out
12. Mistake Number 1
13. One Night Stand
14. Emergency
15. Powerful Stuff
16. Close Together
17. Now Loosen Up Baby
18. She's Hot
19. Rainin' In My Heart

Packshot (click for full size):

ranasakawa · 26 Jan 2007

I'm in for this. Luckily saw them in the 80s when they supported Stevie Ray Vaughan here in Australia and on support with a few other bands in the early 90s

NoURider · **Joined:** 21 Jul 2006 **Posts:** 3300

Yeah, I am a 90% in on this. So are Tuff Enuff; Hot Number; and Powerful Stuff as poor as the reviews seem to be (appreciating Tuff Enuff being the mainstream break through, which may be deserved but no necessarily a good thing when it comes to blues based bands)?

ARK · **Joined:** 23 Mar 2013 **Posts:** 1317

Wow. This looks pretty cool!

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Aug 21, 2025 9:27 pm

One of the Doc Pomus session tracks, "Dirty Work Is Going On":

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:00 pm

All of the pre-order links in the first post are now active.

Lawrence Talbot · 31 Jan 2007

Hope it comes down in price. $60 or less and then I'm in.

[2025-11-07] The Fabulous Thunderbirds "Jimmie Vaughan Years: Complete Studio Recordings 1978-1989" 4CD set (Last UK)

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